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 number of medals on offer and the performance of 'non-hosting' nations. Some evidence of home advantage was found in figure skating, freestyle ...

INTRODUCTION Previous reports in the literature from Europe and Asia cite an increased burden on the local emergency departments and orthopaedic services during the operational period of the ice skating rinks. This retrospective observational study was undertaken in order to report the incidence, characteristic, and severity of injuries during a full season at a large urban ice skating rink, as...

Modern institutions face the recurring dilemma of designing accurate evaluation procedures in settings as diverse as academic selection committees, social policies, elections, and figure skating competitions. In particular, it is essential to determine both the number of evaluators and the method for combining their judgments. Previous work has focused on the latter issue, uncovering paradoxes ...

10.1083/jcb.1726rr1jcb.1726rr1Kendall [email protected] on MTs D ynactin can skate along the length of a microtubule (MT), giving a boost to the attached dynein motor’s forward progress, according to Tara Culver-Hanlon, Stephen King (University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO), and colleagues. Dynein is a poorly processive motor compared with ...

Albert and Miller (1997) performed an analysis of vertical velocity and angular momentum for single and double Axels. Their results indicate that both radial and tangential motion of the skater are critical to the generation of vertical velocity throughout the take-off of single and double Axels. In generating angular momentum during the take-off, the movement of the free leg was most critical....

OBJECTIVES AND SETTING Injuries from in-line skating have risen sharply in many cities around the world. To understand risk taking behavior and safety practices associated with urban in-line skating, 2210 outdoor skaters were observed in Boston, Massachusetts. METHODS Estimated age, gender, use of helmets, wrist guards, elbow and kneepads were recorded. Skaters were coded as beginner, average...

EFFECTS OF MILD DEHYDRATION ON THERMOREGULATION, PERFORMANCE AND MENTAL FATIGUE DURING AN ICE HOCKEY SCRIMMAGE Mark Edward Linseman Advisor: University of Guelph, 2011 Professor L.L. Spriet This study investigated the effects of progressive dehydration by 1.5-2.0% body mass (BM) (NF) on core temperature (Tc), heart rate (HR), on-ice performance, and mental fatigue during a 70-min scrimmage, com...