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Announcements and Introductions => Media Center => Topic started by: AgnesNitt on November 05, 2015, 07:59:03 PM
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http://lifesciences.byu.edu/LabsResources/Resources/CollegeNews/Article.aspx?ArticleID=87
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Interesting problem for jumpers. It seems they need the high levels of repetitions to learn and then perfect a competitive jump but the amount of repetitions may need to be reduced to prevent injuries.
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That is why jumps are done in the harness first.
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Here's more info on the design of the instrumented blade:
http://www.vishaypg.com/docs/25501/25501.pdf .
It would be great if the various figure skating associations would fund more research. But perhaps the money is not there. Maybe we need to get the NHL involved somehow ;).