Wide Skis As a Potential Knee Injury Risk Factor in Alpine Skiing

• Main Authors: Martin Zorko (Author), Bojan Nemec (Author), Zlatko Matjačić (Author), Andrej Olenšek (Author), Katja Tomazin (Author), Matej Supej (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Alpine skis with wider waist widths have recently become more popular. With such skis, the contact point of the ground reaction force during ski turns is displaced more medially from beneath the sole of the outer ski, which may present an increased risk of injury. The aim of this study was to invest...