Just read this on the ABC website
A team of researchers from the University of Canberra is trying to determine whether hydration levels affect the balance and cardio-vascular performance of skiers.
The research is designed to help people who ski socially, and builds on results from last year showing that skiers who had accidents were more likely to be dehydrated or fatigued.
G-P-S equipment will be used to measure the balance, heart rate, speed and fatigue levels of a group of skiers on the New South Wales snow fields.
Doctor Tracey Dickson from the University of Canberra said people often sleep less and drink more alcohol and caffeine when they go skiing, but there were also other factors which affect performance.
"The combination of altitude, dry air, doing a physical activity and not drinking as much can add to dehydration, which can ultimately increase their fatigue, decrease their enjoyment and possibly contribute to injuries" she said.
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Bloody Tracey! She just doesn't understand that the mountains and sliding on snow are only the setting for boozing it up and recovering on coffee the next day so you can booze it up all over again!
Hhmmm....how would you measure balance using a GPS? I will have to ask her next time I see her.
I think GPS is the perfect device for the project Romfrantic. It is most probably a car mounted GPS.
They record the vehicle's motion on the journey from the snow back to Sydney or Canberra, and watch it for anomalies.
Poor balance is indicated by the car repeatedly crossing the centre-line of the road, speed is easy, and fatigue by the number of rest stops or horrific car crashes - multiple GPS indicating they are in the same place at the same time.
Not sure about heart rate.
Phew, after several years of research, she may be able to conclude that tired or drunk skiers returning from skiing socially at the snow are more likely to have accidents.
No offence intended if she reads this blog.
yes, but you're assuming the GPS is to used on cars ...I mean, whose balance are they talking about? I didn't get those details from the article. GPS are not that perfect, so I also wondered about margin of errors and how these may be taken into account etc etc ....ah well, one to ask her about over a snow coffee (or beer! he he he ;-p)
It'd have to be coffee, she doesnt' drink
ah well, then can't test her own theory on herself :-p
It would have to be pretty trick GPS equipment, as gps only provides horizontal speed and distance and is not too good on elevation.
And who's to say the differnce between a loss of balance and yardsale and corked 720 or a lincholn loop for drunken freeride legends.
Blood monitoring equipment would be the way to go, ski along with a machine that goes -ping- and a finger tab to measure alcohol saturation,vo2, lactic acid level, blood sugar, stress hormone levels.
Who needs gps, this and a 3d accelerometer should have it sorted.
On face value, given what we're told from the article, Marvin's approach would sound more feasible - it is, in the end, a question of physiology. If altitude is t be factored in, need to measure these variables at sea level as well and compare (grass skiing?!?), and determine the level of 'significance' altitude really has...the bell curve on that one alone is quite a wide one...blah, blah...Ach!, brain hurts.
I want a machine that goes -ping- :)
More research into the blinding obvious.
Yep!
'blinding obvious'...yeah, I like that pun ;-p
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