Tag: Biomechanik

Testing bicycle helmets with/without MIPS

The AGU has tested new bicycle helmets in cooperation with the Dynamic Test Center (DTC). As part of a consumer test, the advantages and disadvantages of the innovative helmet system…

Trauma Biomechanics – new edition

The book Trauma Biomechanics - An Introduction to Injury Biomechanics has now appeared in the 5th edition, respectively. For more information please visit our publications section.

Research: Testing ice hockey dasher boards

A new impactor was developed for improved testing of ice hockey boards. The instrumented impactor is built of a steel tube covered with neoprene foam and filled with rigidly mounted…

Research: testing ice hockey boards

A mobile system to assess the performance of ice hockey dasher boards was developed by AGU. Today the system was presented at Bossard Arena in Zug. Utilizing a standardised pendulum…

Article: Ice hockey boards

The results of our study on the assessment of impact performance of ice hockey boards is published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The article is available online. Reference:…

Publication: ACL-ruptures in Alpine ski racing

ACL ruptures in Alpine ski racers are frequently observed. We analysed the association between physical fitness, race performance and the knee injury history. This corresponding publication “Investigating physical fitness and…