Introduction: Alpine skiers face high speeds, significant forces, natural and unnatural obstacles, various environmental conditions on the slopes. Thus, they are highly exposed to certain injuries, amongst which most common those knee followed by injuries spine, shins, head, as well arm thumb injuries. Purpose: The purpose was systematically review scientific literature risk factors, prevention...

In winter sports, the equipment often comes into contact with snow or ice, and this generates a force that resists motion. some such as cross-country skiing, resistive can significantly affect outcome of race, small reduction in give an athlete advantage. Researchers have examined between skis detail, to fully understand friction, entire ski must be studied at various scales. At macro scale, ge...

In the process of recreation, nature acts as one leading factors rest and recovery, restoration physical neuropsychological strength a person. Recreational sports usage is implemented through complex activities related to natural resources for purpose improving people's health, restoring their psychological well-being, expanding ecological cultural outlook. The study geospatial features recreat...

BACKGROUND Despite a risk of harm, the past 20 years have seen dramatically increased participation in snow sports such as skiing, and particularly, snowboarding. This period has also seen revolutions in piste maintenance and paradigm developments in the use of safety equipment. Consequently, the numbers and characteristics of injury may be very different from those traditionally quoted. PURP...

context groin injuries are among the most common injuries co-existing with sports. the aim of this review was to outline the epidemiology and identify risk factors, as well as examine preventative and interventional measures for reducing the occurrence of this form of injury among athletes. evidence acquisition an electronic, systematic search for relevant keywords, either separately or in comb...

OBJECTIVE To describe the trends in recreational sports injury in Perth, Western Australia. DESIGN A prospective cohort study of sports injuries during the 1997 winter season (May to September). SETTING Sample of Australian football, field hockey, basketball, and netball players from the Perth metropolitan area, Western Australia. METHODS A cohort of sports participants was followed over ...

Left-handers may have strategic advantages over right-handers in interactive sports and innate superior abilities that are beneficial for sports. Previous studies relied on differing criteria for handedness classification and mostly did not investigate mixed preferences and footedness. Footedness appears to be less influenced by external and societal factors than handedness. Utilizing latent cl...

BACKGROUND Due to the potential negative impact of low Vitamin D status on performance-related factors and the higher risk of low Vitamin D status in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) population, research is warranted to determine whether elite athletes with SCI have sufficient 25(OH)D levels. The purposes of this study were to examine: (1) the seasonal proportion of vitamin D insufficiency among elite ...