Estimating skills level in recreational skiing: Development and validation of a practical multidimensional instrument.

ABSTRACT: Skiing and snowboarding are both popular recreational alpine sports, with substantial injury risk of variable severity. Although skills level has repeatedly been associated with injury risk, a validated measure to accurately estimate the actual skills level without objective assessment is missing. This study aimed to develop a practical validated instrument, to better estimate the actual skills level of recreational skiers, based on the criteria of the Dutch Skiing Federation (DSF), and covering five different skill domains. A sample of Dutch recreational skiers (n = 84) was asked to fill in a questionnaire reflecting seven, a priori chosen predictors by expert opinion, to ski downhill and to be objectively evaluated by expert assessors. The instrument was developed to have a multidimensio

SUBMITTER: Luppino FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10091691 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature