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Comparison of Standard and Newer Balance Tests in Recreational Alpine Skiers and Ski Novices [PDF]

open access: yesMontenegrin Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 2017
Alpine skiers should physically prepare for skiing due to the specific body movements it requires. As balance is essential for the success of competitive alpine skiers, we investigated its importance during preparation for alpine skiing in recreational ...
Vjekoslav Cigrovski   +4 more
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ALPINE SKIING SCHOOL

open access: yes, 2020
In the history of physical education, there are different opinions about the origin of skiing, i.e. about the time when the first tools were used to enable people to move easier and faster on the snow in order to survive, and later as an aspect of ...
Milanović, Sandra R.   +1 more
core   +1 more source

CONTRIBUTIONS REGARDING THE IMPROVEMENT OF SPECIFIC PHYSICAL TRENING ON LAND OF ALPINE SKIERS [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the “Ştefan cel Mare” University: Physical Education and Sport Section - The Science and Art of Movement, 2019
This work is designed to complement the shortcomings created in the preparation of alpine skiers in relation to technological development and the development of alpine skiing internationally.
Grosu Bogdan-Marius, Stoleru Răzvan
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Station‐Based Assessment of Sub‐Seasonal Climate Trends in the Tyrolean Alps (Austria)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
In this study, we quantify the magnitude and significance of sub‐seasonal trends in the Tyrolean Alps (Austria) by collecting, processing and analysing meteorological observations from a dense network of climate stations. Our analysis indicates a warming rate of 0.43°C/dec over 1964–2023, greater sub‐seasonal trend variability when the analysis window ...
Erwin Rottler   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Similar revision rates after ACL reconstruction with hamstring tendon or bone–patellar tendon–bone autografts in young females: Results from the Swedish knee ligament registry

open access: yesKnee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To compare subjective knee function and revision rates at the 5‐year follow‐up in young females (14–25 years) undergoing primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) with either hamstring tendon (HT) or bone–patellar tendon–bone (BPTB) autografts in a nationwide registry‐based cohort.
Firathan Koca   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Allograft use and fixed suspensory fixation increase revision risk in multiple revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A Swedish knee ligament registry study

open access: yesKnee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess the association between surgical‐related variables, revision‐free survival and knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score (KOOS) following multiple revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (mrACLR) using data from a national knee ligament registry.
Felix Conrad Oettl   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

ALPINE SKIING AS LEISURE ACTIVITY PRACTICED AFTER A SPECIFIC TRAINING [PDF]

open access: yesBulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series IX Sciences of Human Kinetics, 2018
In the current society, the use of specific training in alpine skiing is facilitated by the presence of the rental centers, for the necessary sports equipment and by the presence of ski instructors.
Camelia Daniela PLĂSTOI
doaj  

An Innovative Compact System to Measure Skiing Ground Reaction Forces and Flexural Angles of Alpine and Touring Ski Boots

open access: yesSensors, 2023
Skiing is a popular winter activity spanning various subdisciplines. Key hardware are ski boots, bindings, and skis, which are designed to withstand loads generated during skiing.
Giuseppe Zullo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Ladies’ Alpine Club, Embattled Collaboration and International Communities of Knowledge, 1907–39

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract This article considers the development of the Ladies’ Alpine Club from its inception until the Second World War through its Yearbooks, articles and lectures, as part of a community of knowledge which was devoted to international mountaineering.
James Watts
wiley   +1 more source

MIRACLE URBANIZATION: Spatial Production and Political Legitimation in the Sochi 2014 and Beijing 2022 Olympics

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract From desert ski resorts to subtropical Winter Games, there is a global proliferation of ‘mission‐impossible’ mega‐projects. The prevailing frameworks of city branding and urban entrepreneurism fail to explain the political logics behind these seemingly irrational projects.
Yiqiu Liu, Sven Daniel Wolfe
wiley   +1 more source

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