Experimental case study with a modified ski boot: Does the spoiler design influence muscle activity and kinematics during landing?

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1289, Issue , 1997, Pages 63-80

  Senner, Veit ^a   Schaff, Peter ^b  

^a BASiS Institute   (Germany)

^b TUEV Product Service   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine skiing; Anterior cruciate ligament; Backward falls; Boot induced anterior drawer mechanism; Electromyograms; Electromyograph; Injury; Jumping; Kinematics; Landing; Ski boots; Spoiler design; Sports equipment

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; LIGAMENTS; MUSCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTING GOODS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ALPINE SKIING; BOOT INDUCED ANTERIOR CRUCIATE INJURY;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 0031139980     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp18289s     Document Type: Article

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