STP 1289 features comprehensive material from the world'sleading experts on the primary causes of serious skiing accidents,as well as the most current research and information on advances inskiing safety.

12 peer-reviewed papers cover the following subjects in 3 keyareas:

Epidemiology--Olympic alpine racer injuries • The impactof alcohol on injury rates • Fatalities resulting from cardiaccauses and trauma during skiing *Skiing injury trends over atwenty-three year period • An overview of snowboard injuries from1988 - 1995.

Skiing Equipment--Boot design impact on muscle activity •The dynamics of an electromechanical ski binding release system •Ski binding minimum retention requirements.

Knee Injuries--A seven year evaluation of over 7300 skiinjuries and their relationship to demographics, gender, experienceand conditions • The impact of heel-low types of bindings on kneeinjuries • A computer simulation investigation tool for preventinginjuries that occur during landing from a jump.