Biomechanical analysis in freestyle snowboarding: Application of a full‐body inertial measurement system and a bilateral insole measurement system

Leisure/ Loisir

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 17-23

  Krüger, Andreas ^a   Edelmann‐Nusser, Jürgen ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ankle joint; injury; motion analysis; safety; snowboarding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960084197     PISSN: 14927713     EISSN: 21512221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19346182.2009.9648494     Document Type: Article

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