Table 1.

Comparison of the mean weighted root-mean-square accelerations (RMS, n = 8), the fourth-power vibration of doses (VDV, n = 8) and maximum transient vibration value (MTVV, n = 7) for the six types of skiing.

Parameter	Straightrunning	Plowing	Snow-plowswinging	Basicswinging	Shortswinging	Carvedturns	ANOVA Fstatistics	p-valuesphericity	Pairedsample t-tests§
RMS	2.55 ± 0.70	6.05 ± 1.38	2.78 ± 0.25	7.73 ± 0.50	12.92 ± 1.49	9.69 ± 0.63	147.06	0.0002	SR/SPS: 0.40
VDV 10 min	22.19 ± 6.69	44.80 ± 11.97	21.44 ± 3.49	56.77 ± 4.98	96.00 ± 13.01	67.48 ± 5.42	92.48	0.0054	SR/SPS: 0.78
VDV 8 h	58.41 ± 17.61	116.10 ± 31.50	56.44 ± 9.17	149.43 ± 13.10	252.67 ± 34.24	177.62 ± 14.27	92.48	0.0054	SR/SPS: 0.78
MTVV#	5.11 ± 1.71	7.85 ± 2.63	5.29 ± 0.49	13.11 ± 1.38	19.18 ± 2.06	14.99 ± 1.20	78.17	0.6284	SR/SPS: 0.79

Overall means ± standard deviations and the results of the ANOVA and paired sample t-test are presented.

10 min, 10-min equivalent; 8 h, 8-h equivalent;

^§, only pairs for which p ≥ 0.05 are shown; SR/SPS, straight running vs. snow-plow swinging;

^#, one skier was excluded from the MTVV analysis to obtain normal distribution of these data.