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Managing risk in ski resorts: Environmental factors affecting actual and estimated speed on signposted groomed slopes in a cohort of adult recreational alpine skiers

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  • Luis Carus
  • Isabel Castillo

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Background: Certain weather conditions are clearly harmful, increasing the risk of injury of winter sports participants substantially. The objective of this study was to investigate actual speeds of skiers on signposted groomed slopes and to measure their skill to accurately estimate them with regard to environmental conditions such as visibility, sky cover, snow quality, wind and temperature. Methods: The data were obtained from a sample of 421 adult recreational skiers taking ski courses. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to explore the relationship between actual and estimated speed for all participants. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to measure the effect of environmental conditions on both the skiers’ actual speeds and their errors of estimation. Values of 0.05 or less were considered to indicate statistical significance. Results: The Pearson correlation coefficient between estimated and actual speed was 0.90 (P

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  • Luis Carus & Isabel Castillo, 2021. "Managing risk in ski resorts: Environmental factors affecting actual and estimated speed on signposted groomed slopes in a cohort of adult recreational alpine skiers," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(8), pages 1-13, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0256349
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256349
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    1. Luis Carus & Xhevrije Mamaqi-Kapllani, 2023. "Managing Accident Prevention in Ski Resorts: Participants’ Actual Velocities in Slow Zones," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(7), pages 1-12, March.

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