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| Title: |
The actual release-values of ski safety-bindings on ski-runs in Austria |
| Author: |
Boldrino, Christian Goethals, Bob Wachter-Fritz, Renate |
| Appeared in: |
International journal on injury control and safety promotion |
| Paging: | Volume 3 (1996) nr. 1 pages 39-46 |
| Year: |
1996-03-01 |
| Contents: |
Safety-bindings contribute significantly to avoiding ski-injuries and can help keep the number of injuries low. To ensure that the release-mechanism of the bindings functions as required, the bindings must be adjusted to skiing-boots and skis in accordance with the skills and anatomical conditions of the skier. Procedures for the manual adjustment of safety-bindings to these parameters simply follow standardized tabulations, like the 'weight method', for example. Yet these methods disregard the so-called real release-values of safety-bindings. If the real release-value differs from the indicated release-value of the binding, the risk of an injury will increase. Only electronic or mechanical test devices can measure real release-values. Moreover, it is likely that many skiers use bindings which are incorrectly adjusted. This study aims at determining the number of skiers in Austria using bindings for which the electronically measured release-values do not differ from the theoretical values as determined by the 'weight method'. Data were collected in three Austrian skiing-regions. From 351 skiers the data relevant to adjustment were recorded, the theoretical settings were calculated, the actual release-values were tested with an electronic binding device and the bindings were readjusted if necessary. In addition, self-administered questionnaires were given to each participant. 38% of the skiers in our random sample used bindings for which the electronically measured release-value differed from the theoretical value as determined by the 'body-weight method' by more than 20%, 17% of the skiers used bindings that were so old or damaged that it was not possible to adjust them according to the Austrian rules, called 'ONORM-ISO IIO88' Only each fifth skier had the binding adjusted correctly at the beginning of the winter season. A campaign should be started to force skiers to have their bindings controlled each year before the season starts. In addition, the experts should be motivated and supported to create new and easy solutions for skiers to adjust their bindings, e.g. over-night services, do-it-yourself computerized machines or bonus systems for yearly check-ups. |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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