Injury prevention: Individual factors affecting adult recreational snowboarders' actual and estimated speeds on regular slopes.

ABSTRACT: Speed is a main factor affecting the kinematic of snow-sports accidents and the degree of severity of the resulting injuries. The aim of this study was to measure on-slope actual maximum speeds of snowboarders and to assess their ability to accurately them with regard to individual factors such as gender, skill level, age and risk-taking behaviour and actual maximum speed. The data were obtained from a sample of 312 (67% male, 33% female) adult recreational snowboarders taking lessons in one of the major resorts in the Spanish Pyrenees. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to investigate the relationship between maximal measured actual speed and estimated speed for all participants. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to estimate the impact of individual factors on both th

SUBMITTER: Carus L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7875360 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature