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000125855 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3390/ijerph20075302
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000125855 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-6159-2554$$aCarus, Luis$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000125855 245__ $$aManaging accident prevention in ski resorts: participants’ actual velocities in slow zones
000125855 260__ $$c2023
000125855 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted
000125855 5203_ $$aVelocity is one of the main factors affecting the kinematic of snow sports’ accidents and the severity of resulting injuries. The aims of the present study were to measure the actual maximum velocities attained by a sample of snow sports participants in slow zones, to compare them to the recommended velocity limits and to assess whether their velocities were in any way related to their personal characteristics and to environmental conditions. Data were drawn from a sample of 1023 recreational skiers and snowboarders during the 2021–2022 winter season at four ski resorts located in the Spanish Pyrenees. Maximum velocity measurements were taken by the authors with a radar speed gun whose precision had been previously validated. Bivariate analysis tests were used to compare the influence that personal characteristics and environmental conditions had on the participants’ maximum velocities. Furthermore, a multivariate analysis was performed. The binary logistic regression was used to distinguish the categories of personal and environmental factors that have the highest probabilities of impact on different segments of velocity. As generally accepted, probability values were two-tailed, and values of 0.05 or less were regarded as statistically significant. Participants’ mean measured maximum velocity (±SD) was 51.61 (±16.14) km/h. A vast majority of the participants in this study traveled in slow zones at actual maximum velocities well over the recommended limits. Multivariate analysis showed that modality and both environmental conditions (visibility and snow quality) were highly significant and can be used to explain the chances of an increase in velocity in slow zones. Further research is needed to investigate causal relationships between skiers and snowboarders’ accidents, injuries and disrespect for velocity limits.
000125855 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
000125855 592__ $$a0.808$$b2023
000125855 593__ $$aHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis$$c2023$$dQ2
000125855 593__ $$aPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health$$c2023$$dQ2
000125855 593__ $$aPollution$$c2023$$dQ2
000125855 594__ $$a7.3$$b2023
000125855 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
000125855 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-4711-9792$$aMamaqi-Kapllani, Xhevrije$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000125855 7102_ $$14012$$2650$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Direcc.Organiza.Empresas$$cÁrea Organización de Empresas
000125855 7102_ $$14000$$2415$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Análisis Económico$$cÁrea Fund. Análisis Económico
000125855 773__ $$g20, 7 (2023), 5302 [12 pp.]$$pInt. j. environ. res. public health$$tInternational journal of environmental research and public health$$x1661-7827
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