BACKGROUND Alpine skiing is one of the most popular winter sports in the world. Nevertheless, it has always been associated with a high risk of injury. There are however, only a few studies that have examined the risk of injury of competitive skiers, especially of the junior ski racers. METHODS The inclusion criterion was an injury in alpine skiing resulting in a pause in training longer than...

Cross-country (XC) skiing has been an Olympic event since the first Winter Games in Chamonix, France, in 1924. Due to more effective training and tremendous improvements in equipment and track preparation, the speed of Olympic XC-ski races has increased more than that of any other Olympic endurance sport. Moreover, pursuit, mass-start, and sprint races have been introduced. Indeed, 10 of the 12...

In the article "European experience of organization physical culture and sports societies - National Bureau Tourism in Carpathians (Romania, interwar period)" analyzed European on example activities (Romania) period. The authors identified peculiarities starting tourism work with population Romanian lands 19th century, highlighted purpose such associations development tourism, mass involvement ...

Medical care in disabled sports is crucial both as prophylaxis and as ongoing medical intervention. The aim of this paper was to present changes in the quality of medical care over the consecutive Paralympic Games (PG). The study encompassed 31 paralympians: Turin (11), Vancouver (12), and Sochi (8) competing in cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, biathlon and snowboarding. The first, question...

Coach education programs in Canada and abroad have recently been framed around Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD), a seven-stage model that is based on the physical, mental, emotional, and cognitive development of children and adolescents. To date, limited empirical research on LTAD exists. The primary objective of this study was to identify whether individuals who completed a coach education...

Th e purpose of this paper was to develop a typology for winter sports tourists deriving from the behavioural characteristics of British skiers and snowboarders. Th e paper also aimed to ascertain whether diff erences in the characteristics and behaviour of skiers and snowboarders were identifi able, and consequently whether the market could be meaningfully segmented based upon the sport partic...

BACKGROUND Skiing is a very popular sport in Austria. Nevertheless, there is little information concerning online monitoring of bio-signals during alpine skiing in the mountains. Within the last years innovative scientific monitoring tools for evaluating features of neurocardial fitness have been developed. AIMS The goal of this study was to demonstrate the new 'Fire of Life' heart rate varia...