At the Institute for Theory and Practice of Training and Movement a model was developed to calculate the running time and the optimal trajectory in alpine skiing with the use of genetic algorithms. Up to now the results of the validation of the model were promising but the evaluation (3D-kinematic, DLT) required a lot of time. A GPS-System from the Institute for Sports and Environment offers ne...

OBJECTIVE To critically examine the literature on skiing and snowboarding injuries in children and adolescents. DATA SOURCES Searched English language articles from: Medline, SPORTDiscus, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Current Contents, and HealthSTAR. The table of contents for Ski Trauma and Skiing Safety Series published by the American Society for Testing and Mat...

BACKGROUND Up to date, no information exists about the intra-articular temperature changes of the knee related to activity and ambient temperature. METHODS In 6 healthy males, a probe for intra-articular measurement was inserted into the notch of the right knee. Each subject was jogging on a treadmill in a closed room at 19 degrees C room temperature and skiing in a ski resort at -3 degrees C...

The aim of this study is to investigate the influence different training activities on development logical thinking junior athletes who specialize in various sports. 131 students-athletes and 77 students-non-athletes aged 17-20 took part study. They were divided into two experimental groups (group A group B) one control C). Group included 69 engaged speed power sports (boxing, freestyle wrestli...

Research dealing with the motives of sports tourists from a marketer’s perspective remains underdeveloped. This chapter describes the phenomenon of sports tourism and aspires to examine with an empirical study the motives of winter and summer sports tourists. The first sample (n=339) was comprised of active as well as passive summer sports tourists. The second sample (n=477) only focused on act...

A high performance seating unit has been produced for a water-skier with bilateral transfemoral amputations. The system, in which the user sits whilst skiing, has helped the client to further her sporting career and enabled her to compete successfully at the highest levels of disabled water-skiing competition.

This study explores coaches’ and athletes’ subjective views about what they think are expected fromcoaches in sport. A Q-sample of 36 different opinions about different expectations about coaches’ behaviors, and how these expectations affect their athletes’ motivation, performance, focus and emotions, was presented to 23 coaches and 59 athletes at a Norwegian high school specialized for sports....

The automatic classification of sub-techniques in classical cross-country skiing provides unique possibilities for analyzing the biomechanical aspects of outdoor skiing. This is currently possible due to the miniaturization and flexibility of wearable inertial measurement units (IMUs) that allow researchers to bring the laboratory to the field. In this study, we aimed to optimize the accuracy o...

BACKGROUND With the increase in the amount of medical data handled by emergency units, advances in computerisation have become necessary. New computer technology should have a major influence on accident analysis and prevention and the quality of research in the future. OBJECTIVES To investigate the occurrence of sports related maxillofacial injuries using a newly installed relational databas...

INTRODUCTION Park amenities promote visitation and physical activity during summer. Physical activity declines during winter. Identifying park amenities that promote visitation during winter would increase year-round activity. The purpose of this study was to determine how park visitation, amenity choice, and physical activity intensity change across seasons. METHODS Physical activity intensi...