Individual flight styles in ski jumping: Results obtained during Olympic Games competitions

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1055-1065

  Schmolzer B ^a   Muller W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Computer simulation; Field studies; Flight styles; Ski jumping

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPETITION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DRAG; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

AIR DENSITY; DRAG FORCES; IN-RUN VELOCITY; SKI JUMPING;

BIOMECHANICS;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DYNAMICS; FORCE; HUMAN; JUMPING; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

AIR MOVEMENTS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; SKIING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 15944421750     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.05.038     Document Type: Article

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