Effect of ambient wind on the performance of alpine downhill skier by Bo Li, Peng Li, Yuanzhao Zhang, Kun Jia, Ping Hong

“…Then, the Chinese National Alpine Ski Center (CNASC) downhill track was taken as a case study to investigate the effect of ambient wind on the gliding time using the proposed combined evaluation method. …”
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THE DICTIONARY OF SNOWBOARDERS’ SOCIOLECT by Екатерина Игоревна Маштакова (Ekaterina I. Mashtakova)

“…Therefore, elements of the snowboarders’ subculture sociolect are based on the lexicon of the literary language, the youth sociolect, the alpine skiing sociolect and the sociolect of climbers. …”
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Recommendations for physical activity for pregnant women by Mateja Videmšek, Eda Bokal Vrtačnik, Darija Šćepanović, Lidija Žgur, Naja Videmšek, Maja Meško, Damir Karpljuk, Jože Štihec, Vedran Hadžić

“…Certain forms of physical activity need special adjustments (alpine skiing, ice skating and rollerblading, racket sports, team ball games, horseback riding and scuba diving). …”
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Effect of mental toughness on sporting performance: Review of studies by Monika Guszkowska, Katarzyna Wójcik

“…No such relationship was found only in equestrian and Alpine skiing athletes. Although mental toughness in basketball players did not correlate with the sport results, it was an important predictor. …”
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The skiers knee without swelling or instability, a difficult diagnosis: a case report by O'Donnell Mark E, Badger Stephen A, Campbell David, Loan Willie, Sinnott Brendan

“…An increased diversity in alpine skiing techniques, as well as snowboarding and cross-terrain disciplines has also influenced this change.…”
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HDL-ODPRs: A Hybrid Deep Learning Technique Based Optimal Duplication Detection for Pull-Requests in Open-Source Repositories by Saud S. Alotaibi

“…Following that, we compute the similarities between pull requests by utilizing the multiobjective alpine skiing optimization (MASO) algorithm, which provides textual, file-change, and code-change similarities. …”
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Application and Surgical Technique of ACL Reconstruction Using Worldwide Registry Datasets: What Can We Extract? by Ulrike Wittig, Georg Hauer, Ines Vielgut, Patrick Reinbacher, Andreas Leithner, Patrick Sadoghi

“…The leading sports activities resulting in ACL injury included soccer, alpine skiing, handball, rugby, and netball. Moreover, a strong variability in graft choice for primary reconstruction was found. …”
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Call for the application of a biopsychosocial and interdisciplinary approach to the return-to-sport framework of snow sports athletes by Evert Verhagen, Jörg Spörri, Jim Taylor, Johannes Scherr, Dave Collins, Philippe O Müller, Matthew J Jordan

“…Snow sports such as alpine skiing or snowboarding are associated with a high risk of injury and reinjury and are subject to a very special environment with specific rehabilitation challenges that must be addressed. …”
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Retrospective analysis of injury trends in recreational skiers and snowboarders in Erciyes Ski Centre by G. Özen, E. Yilmaz, H. Koç, C. Akalan

“…A total of 834 injury cases that ski patrols registered injury cases caused by recreational alpine skiing and snowboarding during the 2002 to 2017 winter seasons were respectively examined. …”
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Description of Telemark Skiing Technique Using Full Body Inertial Measurement Unit by Piotr Aschenbrenner, Bartosz Krawczyński, Marcin Krawczyński, Tomasz Grzywacz, Włodzimierz Erdmann

“…Researchers involved in skiing investigations postulate Telemark skiing as an alternative technique to Alpine skiing, which may be associated with lower injury risk. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Observation on Maximal Eccentric Hamstring Strength in 7- to 15-Year-Old Competitive Alpine Skiers by Kirsten Kiers, Lynn Ellenberger, Marie Javet, Björn Bruhin, Walter O. Frey, Jörg Spörri

“…Severe knee injuries are common in alpine skiing and the hamstring muscles are known to counteract the anterior tibial displacement that typically accompanies major injury mechanisms. …”
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Surgical Treatment of an Unusual Ski Injury: Combined Tibial Fracture With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Avulsion and Segond Lesion by Edoardo Monaco MD, Etienne Cavaignac MD, PhD, Natale Criseo MD, Alessandro Annibaldi MD, Matteo Cantagalli MD, Rita Pucciatti MD, Alessandro Carrozzo MD, Andrea Feretti MD

“…Background: Alpine skiing is considered to be a high-risk sport due to frequent knee injuries and lower limb fractures. …”
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Nutrition Status of Female Winter Sports Athletes by María José Jiménez-Casquet, Javier Conde-Pipó, Ignacio Valenzuela-Barranco, Raquel Rienda-Contreras, Fátima Olea-Serrano, Cristina Bouzas, Josep A. Tur, Miguel Mariscal-Arcas

“…There are two main types of winter sports: those that are practiced outdoors on snow (−25 to +5 °C and 2500 m), such as alpine skiing and snowboarding, and those that are practiced indoors on ice (5–10 °C at low altitude), such as figure skating and ice hockey. …”
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The viability of a private four-season resort in Northern New England by Adams, William D. (William Dyer), 1964-, Hurley, Shawn M. 1972-

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Use of pharmaceuticals amongst athletes tested by Anti-Doping Norway in a five-year period by Astrid Gjelstad, Astrid Gjelstad, Tine Marie Herlofsen, Anne-Linn Bjerke, Fredrik Lauritzen, Ingunn Björnsdottir

“…The highest proportion of DCFs containing information about at least one pharmaceutical were found in speed skating (79.1%), alpine skiing (74.0%), rowing (72.4%) and cross-country skiing (71.7%). …”
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Before hitting the slopes: athlete and staff perspectives on warm-up and activation in high-performance snowsports by Evert Verhagen, Jörg Spörri, Sheree Bekker, Caroline Bolling, Lisa Beck

“…Qualitative study consisting of semistructured interviews with 13 international elite-level athletes, on-snow coaches, strength and conditioning coaches, sports physiotherapists and sports psychologists from different snowsports and subdisciplines: alpine skiing, freestyle skiing (park and pipe, aerials, moguls) and snowboarding (park and pipe, snowboard cross). …”
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Carved Turn Control with Gate Vision Recognition of a Humanoid Robot for Giant Slalom Skiing on Ski Slopes by Cheonyu Park, Baekseok Kim, Yitaek Kim, Younseal Eum, Hyunjong Song, Dongkuk Yoon, Jeongin Moon, Jeakweon Han

“…Along with the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, a Skiing Robot Competition was held in which humanoid robots participated autonomously in a giant slalom alpine skiing competition. The robots were required to transit through many red or blue gates on the ski slope to reach the finish line. …”
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Deadbug Bridging Performance in 6- to 15-Year-Old Competitive Alpine Skiers—A Cross-Sectional Study by Gerda Strutzenberger, Lynn Ellenberger, Björn Bruhin, Walter O. Frey, Johannes Scherr, Jörg Spörri

“…In competitive alpine skiing, a superior antirotation and rear-chain stabilization capacity is essential to constantly remain in dynamic equilibrium while skiing and to counteract the ski-specific adverse loading patterns of the back. …”
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Giant Slalom: Analysis of Course Setting, Steepness and Performance of Different Age Groups — A Pilot Study by Björn Bruhin, Rowie J. F. Janssen, Sebastien Guillaume, Mara Gander, Felix Oberle, Silvio Lorenzetti, Michael Romann

“…Introduction: Giant slalom is the core discipline of alpine skiing, and each race has its own specific course and terrain characteristics. …”
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Laser-Treated Steel Surfaces Gliding on Snow at Different Temperatures by Ettore Maggiore, Carmelo Corsaro, Enza Fazio, Inam Mirza, Francesco Ripamonti, Matteo Tommasini, Paolo M. Ossi

“…With the goal of substituting a hard metallic material for the soft Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) presently used to make the bases of skis for alpine skiing, we used two non-thermodynamic equilibrium surface treatments with ultra-short (7–8 ps) laser pulses to modify the surface of square plates (50 × 50 mm²) made of austenitic stainless steel AISI 301H. …”
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