Alpine skiing is a popular outdoor winter sport with approximately 400 million skier visits worldwide. It is known that recreational alpine skiing is associated with high injury rates ranging from 2.4 to 7.0 injuries per 1,000 activity days, while the these injury rates are even several times higher in competitive skiing. In addition to frequent acute injuries, overuse injuries are also common. Skis can be described by several properties such as ski length, ski width, side-cut radius, camber profile, weight, inertial properties, bending and torsional stiffness, ski edges and running base. In addition, ski plates and bindings with their properties are often considered to belong to skis, especially with a trend of integrating three part together. In this invited planar presentation the above-mentioned “skis” properties were discussed in connection with potential traumatic and overuse injury risk in alpine skiing on different levels and different skiing conditions based on biomechanical concepts. In addition, to better cope with aim, the skis’ properties and their connection to injury risk was further elucidated with: 1) chain of events that is needed to lead to an injury, 2) which risk factors are intrinsic to alpine skiing and which factors are extrinsic (e.g. last-run of the day or after-lunch skiing) and 3) a connection of injury rates to changes in e.g. safety equipment, skiing traffic and slope preparation over the years.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 5295793This book is the result of scientific discussions within the conference Youth Sport. This collection of abstracts illustrates that the sport in Europe is as multifaceted and dynamic influenced by the diverse structures and cultures that characterize sports in various national contexts. Sport environment and sport knowledge is changing every day. Ignoring novelties in sport science is irresponsible. New findings and knowledge’s could be a key factor for making decision for young people to take sport as part of their daily life or maybe to continue career as athlete.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 297609472In this paper, we discussed and synthesized the findings form several of our studies and systematic literature reviews on the field of implementing kinesiological effective interventions to promote the health of working population. Interventions targeting working population should include carefully chosen exercise-based content, alongside psychological, organizational and individual measures. Kinesiology plays an important role in preventive and diagnostic procedures that help to determine people at risk and design interventions specifically for them. Future studies should test more interventions that are cost-effective and easy to implement, while the importance of performing regular physical activity within and outside the occupational settings should be promoted.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 1540297412Identification of talented sports individuals and their timely introduction into the training process of a sport that corresponds the most to their abilities is one of the most demanding processes in the modern sport science. Wrong decisions are frequent and usually very painful. Elite sport is an area of human creativity which Slovenians value extremely highly. In terms of population size, Slovenia is one of the most successful "sport countries" in the world. Due to the smallness of the biological base, a well deliberate and professional approach is required in the identification of individuals for a specific sport. The Faculty of Sport has developed certain expert systems and methods for evaluation and identification of children’s talents, the purpose of which is to help parents and experts adopt the correct decisions concerning the introduction of children in a sport. These methods are based on the application of specific tests for establishing individual motor abilities.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 5389745Leon Štukelj is the most succesfull Slovenian gymnast and athlete. Decorated by IOC, he is the person who personifies the best both most important statements in physical culture »Mens sana in spiritus sano« and »Altius, citius, fortius«. At exhibition more than 400 items from his life are displayed.
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