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100 1 _aKNAPIK Joseph J
245 _aInjury risk factors in parachuting and acceptability of the Parachute Ankle Brace /
_cJospeh J Knapik ...[et al]
260 _c2008
520 _aReport of a study conducted among students at the US Army Airborne School to identify factors likely to affect risk of injury while parachuting and to discover attitudes to the parachute ankle brace (PAB). Negative risk factors are age, weight, height, fitness, and non-use of PAB. As a result of responses to the survey the design of the PAB is being changed.
650 _aPARACHUTIST ANKLE BRACE
650 _aPARACHUTE DROP INJURIES
773 _aAviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine :
_gVol 79 No 7, July 2008, pp.689-694
945 _i24456-1001
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