Abstract

During the past several years design and function of skis have changed. The use of shaped skis, so-called carving skis with a short side curve radius, is dramatically increasing. Skiing technique and injury pattern have been shown to be somewhat different between conventional and carving skiing.Therefore, it might be speculated that also ski type-specific cardiorespiratory and metabolic responses are different. The knowledge of cardiorespiratory and metabolic responses during sports activities is important for training recommendations and emergency prevention of untrained persons and athletes as well. Although alpine skiing represents the most popular winter sport in the Alps there are only limited data from field measurements during alpine skiing and no information regarding carving skiing. Therefore, the main goal of the study was to compare cardiorespiratory and metabolic responses to skiing with conventional and carving skis under standardised conditions. Einleitung (gekürzt)