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of the Shell and Liner on the Shock Absorption of Helmets.- Simulation of Puck Flight to Improve Safety in Ice Hockey Arenas.- Dynamic Wrist Joint Protector for Sports Applications.- Do Helmets Reduce Fatalities or Merely Alter the Patterns of Death?.- Computer Applications in Sports.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Computer Application in Sports.- Development and Integration of a Novel Cricket Bowling System.- Creating the SMART system-A Database for Sports Movement.- Computer Application in Sports.- Ubiquitous Fitness Support Starts in Everyday's Context.- Application of Different Computerized Methods for Modelling the Training-Performance Relationship.- Computer-Supported Training (CST) - Integrating Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Outdoor Training.- Potentials of Information Technologies for Innovation in Fitness Equipment - A Case Study.- Computer Support for Coaching and Scouting in Football.- The Effects of Multimedia Computer-Assisted Instruction on Middle School Students' Volleyball Performance.- Human Factors.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Human Factors.- Human Movement as a Culturally Shaped Act.- Understanding Human Perception of Field Hockey Stick Performance.- Strategies for Bank Shots and Direct Shots in Basketball.- Optimising Sweeping Techniques for Olympic Curlers.- An Initial Investigation of Human-Natural Turf Interaction in the Laboratory.- Analysis of Game Creativity Development by Means of Continuously Learning Neural Networks.- Influence of Sports Equipments on Human Arm.- Using Sport to Educate and Enthuse Young People About Engineering and the Physical Sciences.- Movement, Health and Quality of Life for Senior Citizens - Prerequisites, Approaches, Concepts.- Performance Sports.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Performance Sports.- The Application of Inertial Sensors in Elite Sports Monitoring.- Requirements and Solution Concepts for the Development of Sport-Specific Measuring Units in High Performance Sports.- Analysis of Fulcrum Skate Performance.- The Klap-Trap: A Device to Monitor Dynamics of the Klap Mechanism in Speed Skating.- Golf Club Development.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Golf Club Development.- Optimum Design and Validation of a Graphite Golf Shaft Based on Dynamics of Swing.- Modelling Vibration Frequency and Stiffness Variations in Welded Ti-Based Alloy Golf Driver Heads.- Optimal Adjustment of Composite-Material Club Shaft Characteristics.- Factors Determining Backspin from Golf Wedges.- Player Fitting of Golf Equipment Using a Calibration Club.- Evaluation of Long and Short Shafts of Golf Club by Real Swing.- Iron Golf Club Striking Characteristics for Male Elite Golfers.- A Golf Swing Robot Emulating Golfers Considering Dynamic Interactions Between Arms and Clubs.- Outdoor Sports.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Outdoor Sports.- Influence of a New Backpack Design on Kinematics and Dynamics of Walking.- Study of the Loss of Thermal Properties of Mountain Boots in an Expedition to Mount Everest.- The Role of Engineering in Fatigue Reduction.- Shoes & Apparel.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Shoes and Apparel.- Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Technology for Sports Recovery.- A New Protocol for Testing the Tensile Strength of Rugby Garments - A Preliminary Study.- Modelling Traction of Studded Footwear on Sports Surfaces using Neural Networks.- The use of Stereoscopy and High-Speed Video for the Measurement of Quasi-Static and Dynamic Shoe Loading Scenarios.- Benchmarking Stiffness of Current Sprint Spikes and Concept Selective Laser Sintered Nylon Outsoles.- Relationship Between Shoe Dimensions, Ground Reaction Forces and Perception of Stability During Locomotion.- Mechanical Properties of Orthopaedic Insoles under Cyclic Loads and Correlation with Daily Use.