Vernersson skrev:
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> Men för h-vete!
> Kan vi låta debatten om hjälm eller inte vara
> för en gång skull??
> Det är ju bara SÅÅÅÅ tröttsamt. Alla har en
> åsikt om detta, end of story.
Lugn och fin, alla har rätt att skriva sina åsikter om det så länge de behagar. End of story? Don't think so.
Det står ju faktiskt i artikeln också att man numera ta mycket högre risker och utmanar mer än förr.
"Experts agree that the roots of the trend are complicated and could be related to increased awareness about brain injuries and reporting of them. But they also agreed on one element underpinning the trend: an increase in risk-taking behaviors that they said the snow-sports industry had embraced. In recent years, many resorts have built bigger features in their terrain parks and improved access to more extreme terrain. At the same time, advances in equipment have made it easier to ski faster, perform tricks and venture out of bounds."
Det här var också intressant:
“The helmet does a very good job at protecting against skull lacerations and skull fractures, but it doesn’t seem to have much effect on concussions or T.B.I.’s,” Shealy said, referring to traumatic brain injuries. “Our guess is that this is due to the fact that those injuries are occurring at such a high magnitude of energy that they overwhelm what a helmet can do for you.”