Ski Mountaineering (SkiMo) is a fast growing sport requiring both endurance and technical skills. It involves different types of locomotion with and without the skis. The aim of this study is to develop and validate in the snowfield a novel inertial-based system for analysing cycle parameters and classifying movement in SkiMo in real-time. The study was divided into two parts, one focused on re...

A 44-year-old male presents with shortness of breath, non-productive cough, and chest tightness to the ski clinic in Winter Park, Colorado. He flew from his home town, San Antonio, Texas, three days earlier. Symptoms began the day after arrival and progressively worsened over the course of the last 2 days. Shortness of breath is exacerbated by physical activity and relieved by rest. He tried hi...

The ski resort of Arosa (Switzerland) is geographically isolated and has recorded it winter sports accidents since 1969. Based on this reliable data, the ski (3877 in total) and snowboard (512 in total) accidents of the last seven years were statistically analyzed. The study showed that snowboarding isn't much more dangerous than skiing the number of accidents was about the same in both groups,...

BACKGROUND Mass tourism during winter in mountain areas may cause significant clustering of body injuries leading to increasing emergency admissions at hospital. We aimed at assessing if surgical safety and efficiency was maintained in this particular context. METHODS We selected all emergency admissions of open surgery performed in French hospitals between 2010 and 2012. After identifying mo...

External forces, such as ground reaction force or air drag acting on athletes' bodies in sports, determine the sport-specific demands on athletes' physical fitness. In order to establish appropriate physical conditioning regimes, which adequately prepare athletes for the loads and physical demands occurring in their sports and help reduce the risk of injury, sport-and/or discipline-specific kno...

PURPOSE To compare areal bone mineral density (aBMD) of female winter sport athletes to healthy controls of similar age and body mass index (BMI). METHODS Areal BMD (g x cm(-2)) of the whole body, lumbar spine (L2-L4), and right proximal femur were assessed by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry in athletes (N = 40; age: 26.1 +/- 5.7 yr; ht: 165.6 +/- 0.1 cm; wt: 63.0 +/- 6.5 kg; BMI: 23.0 +/- 1...

ABSTRACT Introduction The biathlon is a snow sport that combines cross-country skiing and shooting, originating in Scandinavia. It requires athletes to not only have the ability glide quickly over long distances but also shoot accurately. There little research on characteristics analysis of influencing factors training strategies China. Objective This study analyzes modern athletes’ specific ex...

In the sport of cross-country skiing, equipment has a direct influence on results. Ski teams do extensive testing different ski base grinds and products yearly basis. To achieve reliable results, quality methods used for skis needs to be taken in account addition factors including physical characteristics personnel changes weather conditions. The aim this study was introduce custom-made skitest...

1Département Médical, Ecole Nationale de Ski et d’Alpinisme, Chamonix, France; 2Department of Human Morphology and Biomedical Sciences Città Studi, University of Milano, Milano, Italy; 3Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy; 4Department of Sciences and Biomedical Technologies, University of Milano, Segrate, Italy; 5The Copenhagen Muscle Research C...