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Effects of Acute Fatigue on Balance Control of Alpine Skiing Athlete. [PDF]
Life (Basel)Background: Great physical requirements are necessary to maintain the entire body in a streamlined and aerodynamic position during downhill skiing. Balance control has an important role in alpine skiing and depends on muscle endurance and strength.
Riscart-López J +6 more
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Alpine Skiing Tracking Method Based on Deep Learning and Correlation Filter
IEEE Access, 2022 In outdoor sports such as alpine skiing, athletes hope to obtain information such as movement trajectory and speed to achieve scientific training. The portable sensor has a sense of restraint and affects the athlete’s performance.
Jiashuo Qi +3 more
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Home advantage in the Winter Olympics (1908-1998). [PDF]
, 2007 We obtained indices of home advantage, based on the medals won by competing nations, for each event held at the Winter Olympics from 1908 to 1998. These indices were designed to assess home advantage while controlling for nation strength, changes in the ...
Balmer, Nigel J. +2 more
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Annales Kinesiologiae, 2018 In the research, the relationship between individual variables of technical assessment of free and competitive style alpine skiing and the criterion variable (competitive performance) are addressed.
Stojan Puhalj, Blaž Lešnik
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Do Impairments in Visual Functions Affect Skiing Performance?
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 Nordic and alpine skiing-related visual tasks such as identifying hill contours, slope characteristics, and snow conditions increase demands on contrast processing and other visual functions. Prospective observational studies were conducted to assess the
Amritha Stalin +2 more
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Tibial Plateau Fractures among Alpine Skiers: A Retrospective Case Series
Osteology, 2023 The purpose of this retrospective case series was to review the demographics of alpine skiers who sustain tibial plateau fractures, evaluate the inter-observer reliability of the Schatzker classification for fractures sustained while alpine skiing, and ...
Tyler R. Williamson +5 more
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2021 The alpine skiing event is particularly vulnerable to changes in meteorological conditions as a winter sport held outdoors. The commonly used risk assessment methods cannot be inflexible and cannot be dynamically adjusted to combine multiple risk factors
Muhua Wang +5 more
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Alpine Ski Racing Injuries [PDF]
Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 2019 Context: This article reviews the epidemiology of alpine ski racing–related injuries, risk factors, mechanisms of injury, and injury prevention strategies. Evidence Acquisition: Pertinent literature from peer-reviewed publications from
Mitchell C, Tarka +5 more
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Snow sports injuries in Scotland: a case-control study. [PDF]
, 2002 OBJECTIVES: To examine the incidence and patterns of snow sports injuries at the three largest commercial ski areas in Scotland and to identify factors associated with injury risk.
Langran, M, Selvaraj, S
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Prevalence, causes, and risk factors for functional low vision in Nigeria: results from the national survey of blindness and visual impairment. [PDF]
, 2011 PURPOSE: To estimate prevalence and describe causes of functional low vision (FLV) among a nationally representative sample of Nigerian adults, assess socioeconomic risk factors, and estimate the number of adults in Nigeria who might benefit from low ...
Entekume, Gabriel +14 more
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