What static and dynamic properties should slalom skis possess? Judgements by advanced and expert skiers

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1567-1576

  Fischer, Christian ^a   Overney, Leila S ^b   Fauve, Mathieu ^c   Blanke, Olaf ^b   Rhyner, Hansueli ^c   Herzog, Michael H ^b   Bourban, Pierre Etienne ^a   Månson, Jan Anders E ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE TECHNOLOGIE DES COMPOSITES ET POLYMÈRES LTC   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Slalom skis; Subjective judgement; Vibration and damping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DECISION MAKING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGIDITY; SKIING; SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY; SPORTS SCIENCE; VIBRATION;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIING; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VIBRATION;

EID: 35148840658     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410701244991     Document Type: Article

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