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Transformations through Proximity Flying: A Phenomenological Investigation

July 15, 2018

Participation in extreme sports has been linked to personal transformations in everyday life. Descriptions of lived experience resulting from transformative experiences are limited. Proximity flying, a relatively new discipline involving BASE jumping with a wingsuit where participants fly close to solid structures, is arguably one of the most extreme of extreme sports. The aim ofRead More about Transformations through Proximity Flying: A Phenomenological Investigation

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Pediatric and adolescent injury in skateboarding

July 15, 2018

Skateboarding has become an international action sport attractive to young people. For this reason, skateboarding has been promoted by some researchers as important for encouraging young people to become more physically active. However, skateboarding is also considered to be inherently dangerous by the medical and broader community and as a result skateboarding is banned inRead More about Pediatric and adolescent injury in skateboarding

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Injury in kite buggying: the role of the ‘out-of-buggy experience’

May 2, 2018

Kite buggying is considered an extreme sport, where extreme sports are those activities where a mismanaged execution or mistake has the potential to result in death. Infrequent kite buggy incidents have resulted in the death of the participant. For example, as recently as 2009, an experienced kiter died when he and his craft were liftedRead More about Injury in kite buggying: the role of the ‘out-of-buggy experience’

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Pediatric and adolescent injury in skateboarding

July 15, 2018

Skateboarding has become an international action sport attractive to young people. For this reason, skateboarding has been promoted by some researchers as important for encouraging young people to become more physically active. However, skateboarding is also considered to be inherently dangerous by the medical and broader community and as a result skateboarding is banned inReadRead More about Pediatric and adolescent injury in skateboarding

Transformations through Proximity Flying: A Phenomenological Investigation

July 15, 2018

Participation in extreme sports has been linked to personal transformations in everyday life. Descriptions of lived experience resulting from transformative experiences are limited. Proximity flying, a relatively new discipline involving BASE jumping with a wingsuit where participants fly close to solid structures, is arguably one of the most extreme of extreme sports. The aim ofReadRead More about Transformations through Proximity Flying: A Phenomenological Investigation

Injury in kite buggying: the role of the ‘out-of-buggy experience’

May 2, 2018

Kite buggying is considered an extreme sport, where extreme sports are those activities where a mismanaged execution or mistake has the potential to result in death. Infrequent kite buggy incidents have resulted in the death of the participant. For example, as recently as 2009, an experienced kiter died when he and his craft were liftedReadRead More about Injury in kite buggying: the role of the ‘out-of-buggy experience’

Chest Ultrasonography in Modern Day Extreme Settings: From Military Setting and Natural Disasters to Space Flights and Extreme Sports

March 15, 2018

Chest ultrasonography (CU) is a noninvasive imaging technique able to provide an immediate diagnosis of the underlying aetiology of acute respiratory failure and traumatic chest injuries. Given the great technologies, it is now possible to perform accurate CU in remote and adverse environments including the combat field, extreme sport settings, and environmental disasters, as wellRead More about Chest Ultrasonography in Modern Day Extreme Settings: From Military Setting and Natural Disasters to Space Flights and Extreme Sports

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