Background Alpine ski racing is a popular international winter sport that is complex and
challenging from physical, technical, and tactical perspectives. Despite the vast amount of …

Objectives: Downhill skiing represents one of the most popular winter sports worldwide.
Whereas a plethora of studies dealt with the risk of injury and death associated with downhill …

Alpine combined was the only alpine ski racing event at the first Winter Olympic Games in
1936, but since then, slalom, giant slalom, super-G, downhill, and team events have also …

Abstract Vitale, JA, La Torre, A, Banfi, G, and Bonato, M. Effects of an 8-week body-weight
neuromuscular training on dynamic balance and vertical jump performances in elite junior …

External forces, such as ground reaction force or air drag acting on athletes' bodies in sports,
determine the sport-specific demands on athletes' physical fitness. In order to establish …

SUMMARY THE SPORT OF ALPINE SKI RACING REQUIRES RELATIVELY SLOW
ECCENTRIC AND CONCENTRIC MOVEMENTS AS COMPARED WITH TRADITIONAL …

Introduction We aimed to manipulate physiological determinants of severe exercise
performance. We hypothesized that (1) beta-alanine supplementation would increase …

Winter sports are played in cold conditions on ice or snow and often at moderate to high
altitude. The most important nutritional challenges for winter sport athletes exposed to …

Eccentric muscle contraction, during which a muscle lengthens while under tension, is a
fundamental process of human movement but a surprisingly under-researched area of …

Abstract White, GE and Wells, GD. The effect of on-hill active recovery performed between
runs on blood lactate concentration and fatigue in alpine ski racers. J Strength Cond Res 29 …