Determination of external forces in alpine skiing using a differential global navigation satellite system

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 9821-9835

  Gilgien, Matthias ^a   Spörri, Jörg ^b   Chardonnens, Julien ^c   Kröll, Josef ^b   Müller, Erich ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine skiing; Force; Global navigation satellite system; GPS; Kinematics; Kinetics; Precision; Technical validation

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; DRAG; ENZYME KINETICS; FRICTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HAZARDS AND RACE CONDITIONS; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; NAVIGATION;

ALPINE SKIING; FORCE; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; PRECISION; TECHNICAL VALIDATION;

SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 84881257259     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130809821     Document Type: Article

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