Paleo-biomechanics and paleo-energetics of cross-country skiing and ice skating (3200 BC to date)

This thesis originated from the interest in understanding features characterizing the development of human locomotion on snow and on ice since their very beginning. No evidence could be found on how performance changed through history and there was no ground for reasonable assumptions to be made on...

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Main Author: Formenti, Federico
Published: Manchester Metropolitan University 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.434060