The new STP 1464, Skiing Trauma and Safety, 15th volume, provides the latest information on snow sport safety. The eight peer-reviewed papers contained in the book are a valuable resource for binding, boot and ski manufacturers; engineers; university professors; physicians, and lawyers as well as skiing professionals such as ski instructors, ski area managers, and recreational and professional participants.

The volume’s topics include:

• Use of the signal detection theory to evaluate the effectiveness of current release value recommendations for alpine ski bindings;
• Methods that can minimize time-consuming correction procedures that improve the release retention performance of rental ski equipment;
• Insight into the means of choosing an appropriate contrast-enhancing filter to allow better recognition of irregularities in the snow surface by moving skiers;
• A case control study of the injury incidence of alpine skiing, telemarking, and snowboarding;
• A one-year study of an indoor, artificial slope in Neuss, Germany, to evaluate sustained injuries;
• A three-year study of skiboarding injuries in comparison to those sustained by classic alpine skiers;
• Use of a calibrated radar speed gun to determine the velocity of alpine skiers and snowboarders on "blue square" (more difficult) ski trails at three ski areas widely dispersed in the United States; and
• A means of predicting the risk of sustaining a knee injury in alpine skiing by computer simulations.

Copies of STP 1464, Skiing Trauma and Safety: Fifteenth Volume (87 pages, soft cover, ISBN: 0-8031-3490-8; stock # STP1464), are available for $43, by contacting ASTM Customer Service (phone: 610/832-9585; fax: 610/832-9555; or https://www.astm.org/contact) or online at www.astm.org.

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