Wearable movement sensors for rehabilitation: a focused review of technological and clinical advances

F Porciuncula, AV Roto, D Kumar, I Davis, S Roy… - Pm&r, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent technologic advancements have enabled the creation of portable, low-cost, and
unobtrusive sensors with tremendous potential to alter the clinical practice of rehabilitation …

How to prevent injuries in alpine ski racing: what do we know and where do we go from here?

J Spörri, J Kröll, M Gilgien, E Müller - Sports medicine, 2017 - Springer
Alpine ski racing is known to be a sport with a high risk of injury and a high proportion of time-
loss injuries. In recent years, substantial research efforts with regard to injury epidemiology …

Sports injuries and illnesses in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games

T Soligard, K Steffen, D Palmer-Green… - British journal of sports …, 2015 - bjsm.bmj.com
Background Systematic surveillance of injuries and illnesses is the foundation for
developing preventive measures in sport. Aim To analyse the injuries and illnesses that …

[HTML][HTML] The training of Olympic alpine ski racers

M Gilgien, R Reid, C Raschner, M Supej… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Alpine combined was the only alpine ski racing event at the first Winter Olympic Games in
1936, but since then, slalom, giant slalom, super-G, downhill, and team events have also …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking performance in endurance racing sports: evaluation of the accuracy offered by three commercial GNSS receivers aimed at the sports market

Ø Gløersen, J Kocbach, M Gilgien - Frontiers in physiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Advances in global navigation satellite system (GNSS) technology have resulted in smaller
and more accurate GNSS receivers, which have become increasingly suitable for …

Potential mechanisms leading to overuse injuries of the back in alpine ski racing: a descriptive biomechanical study

J Spörri, J Kröll, C Haid, B Fasel… - The American journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Overuse injuries of the back are a common complaint among top athletes and
of competitive alpine skiers in particular. However, there is limited understanding about the …

Anterior cruciate ligament injury/reinjury in alpine ski racing: a narrative review

MJ Jordan, P Aagaard, W Herzog - Open access journal of sports …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of the present review was to: 1) provide an overview of the current
understanding on the epidemiology, etiology, risk factors, and prevention methods for …

An inertial sensor-based method for estimating the athlete's relative joint center positions and center of mass kinematics in alpine ski racing

B Fasel, J Spörri, P Schütz, S Lorenzetti… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
For the purpose of gaining a deeper understanding of the relationship between external
training load and health in competitive alpine skiing, an accurate and precise estimation of …

[HTML][HTML] Application of dGNSS in alpine ski racing: Basis for evaluating physical demands and safety

M Gilgien, J Kröll, J Spörri, P Crivelli… - Frontiers in physiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
External forces, such as ground reaction force or air drag acting on athletes' bodies in sports,
determine the sport-specific demands on athletes' physical fitness. In order to establish …

Injury rate and injury patterns in FIS World Cup Alpine skiing (2006–2015): have the new ski regulations made an impact?

B Haaland, SE Steenstrup, T Bere, R Bahr… - British journal of sports …, 2016 - bjsm.bmj.com
Background New regulations for ski equipment were implemented prior to the 2012/2013
season in the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Cup (WC). Objective To …