ASTM STP 1440 Skiing Trauma and Safety: Fourteenth Volume
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Johnson RJ
The thirteen articles published in this STP were presented at the 14th International Conference on Skiing Trauma and Safety in August of 2001. This conference was co-sponsored by the ASTM International Committee F27 on Snow Skiing and the International Society of Ski Safety (ISSS).
The primary purpose of the conference was to bring together a wide variety of individuals interested in all aspects of skiing safety. This meeting served as a format for the presentation of topics concerning snow sports including the means to prevent injury and improve various aspects of the sport and the treatment of injuries.
The papers contained in this STP are organized into two sections. The first deals with winter sport skiing equipment issues and the second with the epidemiology of injuries resulting from skiing, snowboarding and related activities. Papers in this STP address topics such as:
- pressure distribution inside the ski boot when using carving skis or conventional skis
- incidence of ACL injury
- dynamic model for the performance of carving skis
- binding design
- side cut shape for energy optimal skiing on various snow surfaces
- release bindings for skiboards
- spiral fractures
- binding function and relationship to skiing injuries
- knee sprains
- recommended release values
- ASTM International standard shop procedures and test methods
- ISO recommendations for ski binding settings
- winter sports injuries
- injury rates
- lower leg fractures were still found to be a problem
- wrist injuries and fractures
- hand injuries
- skiboarders
- snowboards
- telemark
- tibia and ankle fractures
- epidemiology data winter sport injuries
- effect of ski shape on the occurrence of downhill injuries
- shaped skis
- knee injuries in free style World Championship skiers
The information contained in this STP would be of interest to representatives of the skiing industry such as binding, boot and ski manufacturers, engineers from industry, universities and technical institutions, skiing professionals such as ski instructors and ski patrol, physicians, lawyers, ski area managers and participants in recreational and professional skiing and riding activities.