Mitigating risk of injury in alpine skiing in the Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games: the time is now!

Br J Sports Med. 2018 Apr;52(7):419-420. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-098864. Epub 2018 Jan 19.

Wayne Derman^{1

2}, Cheri Blauwet³, Nick Webborn⁴, Martin Schwellnus^{2

5}, Peter Van de Vliet⁶, Dimitrije Lazarovski⁶

¹ Institute of Sport and Exercise, Department of Surgical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
² IOC Research Center, South Africa.
³ Kelley Adaptive Sports Research Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Center for Sport and Exercise Medicine and Science, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.
⁵ Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁶ International Paralympic Committee, Bonn, Germany.

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Keywords: Paralympic Games; Pyeongchang; alpine skiing; downhill; injury; paralympic; risk reduction.

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