...Arne Ekeland; Andreas Rødven A central ski-patrol-based registration of skiing and boarding injuries was performed by the Norwegian Ski Lift Association during the winter seasons 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 as part of an ongoing study since 1996. Totals of 8547 injured skiers/boarders and 6.621 × 10 6...

... their data-collection period: age range 9–80 years ( x¯ = 42.0), 39.8 % females and 67.6 % advanced/expert. Total skiing/boarding time logged was 497 h (17 min–7 h, 38 min, x¯ = 4 h, 52 min) covering 4475 km ( x¯ = 43.87 km). Estimates of distance traveled was 3–100 km ( x¯ = 33.70 km, SD = 21.98 km...

...Giannina Bianchi; Othmar Brügger; Steffen Niemann; Mario Cavegn The aim of this study is to examine the correlation between helmet use and on-slope ski conduct. During the months of February and March 2009, eight trained interviewers asked 1550 skiers and snowboarders at 20 ski resorts...

...Erin M. Harley; Irving S. Scher; Lenka Stepan; Douglas E. Young; Jasper Shealy Collisions with obstacles, such as trees, rocks, and other people, are a common occurrence in the sports of skiing and snowboarding. Once an obstacle becomes visible, whether or not the skier has time to avoid...

...Kai-Uwe Schmitt; Peter Niemetz; Markus Muser Video recordings of a ski slope were used in combination with a video-based tracking software to analyze the riding behavior of skiers and snowboarders. It was shown that the methodology is a powerful tool to measure biomechanical parameters...

...Arne Ekeland; Andreas Rødven A central ski patrol-based registration of skiing and boarding injuries was performed by the Norwegian Ski Lift Association during the winter seasons of 2006/2007 and 2007/2008. A total of 8149 injured skiers/boarders and 6.024 million skier/boarder days were recorded...

... at 54.3 kph 178 % of the initial velocity , and was 38.2 kph at snow contact 125 % of the initial velocity . The data presented here may be useful for assessing drop height requirements for snow helmet evaluations. KEYWORDS: helmet, kinematics, skiing, snowboarding, head injuries, helmet standards...

...Arne Ekeland; Andreas Rødven A central ski patrol-based registration of skiing and boarding injuries was performed by the Norwegian Ski Lift Association during the winter seasons 2004/2005 and 2005/2006. Totals of 8130 injured skiers/boarders and 5.466 million skier/boarder days were recorded...

...Arne Ekeland; Andreas Rødven A central ski patrol-based registration of skiing and boarding injuries was performed by the Norwegian Ski Lift Association during the winter seasons 1996/1997–2005/2006. Totals of 31 175 injured skiers/boarders and 21.898 million skier/boarder days were recorded during...

... chairs were observed carrying 7293 passengers, of which 4551 (62 %) were skiers and 2742 (38 %) were snowboarders. 877 (12 %) passengers fell while unloading from the chairlift, with a significant difference between 133 skier falls (15 %) and 744 snowboarder falls (85 %) ( p = 0.0005). Ski patrol...

...Richard M. Greenwald; Jean-Dominique Laporte The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that age and experience level significantly affect injury rates, and lower leg fracture injury rates in particular, in a sufficiently large Alpine sports population. An epidemiology study of skiing...

... equipment usage include alpine skiers, beginners, and females. 08 09 2007 02 03 2008 17 04 2008 snowsport injuries safety skiing snowboarding protective equipment 2007-05-13 - 2007-05-19 17th Symposium on Skiing Trauma and Safety Aviemore, Scotland References...

...David A. Krauss; Daniel H. Lieberman; Helene Grossman; Rose Ray; Irving Scher We applied the principles of visual perception, light, and optics to quantify the influence of ambient sunlight on the ability of skiers and snowboarders to perceive ground contours on a ski slope. To this end, we...

...Irving Scher; Darrin Richards; Michael Carhart; Reed Thomas; Natalie Hurlen; Tack Lam The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported in 1999 that head injuries represent approximately 14 % of all skiing and snowboarding injuries. Cadman and Macnab showed that children were twice as likely...

...A Ekeland; A Rødven A central ski patrol-based registration of skiing and boarding injuries was performed by the Norwegian Ski Lift Association during the winter seasons 2002/2003 and 2003/2004. Totals of 7252 injured skiers/boarders and 4.884 million skier/boarder days were recorded during the two...

...JE Shealy; RJ Johnson; CF Ettlinger This study documents fatalities and risk factors in alpine winter sports. The authors have tracked all known fatalities ( n = 854) occurring to recreational skiers and snowboarders within the boundaries of ski resorts in the United States since January 1978...

... to return to low-impact activity such as downhill skiing, jogging, hiking, and mountaineering. It is too early to determine the effect of these increased activities on polyethylene wear and loosening. Journal of ASTM International, Vol. 3, No. 5 Paper ID JAI14198 Available online at www.astm.org Tsuneo...

...I Scher, Ph.D. P.E.; D Richards, P.Eng.; M Carhart, Ph.D. According to a 1999 report by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, head injuries represent approximately 14 % of all skiing and snowboarding injuries. In a recent retrospective study of patients treated for snowboarding-related head...

...A Ekeland; S Sulheim; A Rodven A central ski patrol-based registration of skiing and snowboarding injuries was performed by the Norwegian Ski Lift Association during the winter seasons 2000/2001 and 2001/2002. A control material of 3002 randomly sampled uninjured skiers was collected from the same...

.../accidents reported at the indoor artificial ski slope in Neuss (Germany) were documented and evaluated by way of an accident protocol. Injuries requiring medical attention or treatment were documented in the casualty department and injured persons were interviewed by a telephone survey regarding cause, type...