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Exercise responses to in-line skating: comparisons to running and cycling.

A comparison of the physiological responses to in-line skating with the more traditional modes of exercise training has not been reported. The purpose of this study was to examine the physiological responses to in-line skating compared with running and cycling. Nine trained volunteers (2 male, 7 female) performed 3-6 submaximal (30-90% VO2max) workloads with each exercise mode. Oxygen uptake, heart rate and blood lactate were measured during each trial. Across the spectrum of oxygen uptakes studied, heart rate was higher with in-line skating than with cycling or running. At a lactate concentration of 4 mM, oxygen uptake was less for in-line skating and cycling than for running. Therefore, while in-line skating may be an effective mode of aerobic exercise, the training adaptations for in-line skating at 4 mM lactate may not be as great as for running, and at a given HR may be less than for running and cycling.

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A new skate allowing powerful plantar flexions improves performance.

To prevent the tip of the blade from scratching through the ice, the technique in speed skating requires that plantar flexion is largely suppressed during the gliding push off. This not only prevents the plantar flexors from contributing to external work but also causes the skater to lose contact with the ice long before the knee is fully extended. To prevent these disadvantages of the gliding technique, a new skate was developed that permits the shoe to rotate relative to the blade in a hinge between shoe and blade. In a case control study the progression between the 1993/1994 and 1994/1995 skating seasons of 11 male skaters from a regional junior selection who consented to switch to this new skate was compared with the progression of 72 skaters of this and all other regional and national male junior selections of The Netherlands. The experimental group appeared to improve their personal best times by 6.2 +/- 2.3%, which is a significantly (P < 0.001) larger progress than the 2.5 +/- 1.6% improvement of the control group. The new skate will therefore most likely add a new dimension to the art of speed skating.

Adolescent↗

A prospective study of in-line skating: observational series and survey of active in-line skaters--injuries, protective equipment, and training.

OBJECTIVES: 1) To assess the relationship between types of injuries incurred and training and protective equipment worn by adults injured while in-line skating; 2) to observe the type and amount of protective equipment worn by in-line skaters while skating; and 3) to survey active in-line skaters about formal training, protective equipment, and history of injuries incurred, and the effect of such injuries on the protective equipment subsequently worn. METHODS: A prospective study of consecutive adult patients presenting to the ED for evaluation of in-line skating injuries; a consecutive-series observational study of active in-line skaters to assess protective equipment worn; and a survey of selected active in-line skaters. Eighty-five adult patients were included who presented with a history of injury related to in-line skating to the EDs of an urban academic medical center, a suburban academic-affiliated hospital, and a community hospital. Four hundred eleven active in-line skaters on the Chicago lakefront were observed for protective equipment worn, 91 of whom participated in the survey. RESULTS: Of those presenting to the ED with injuries, only 15% indicated that they had received formal in-line skating instruction. Of the ED patients, 50% wore no protective equipment; overall, 6% wore a helmet; 44%, wrist protection; 23%, knee protection; and 19%, elbow protection. Only 2% wore all of the above equipment. The primary mechanism of injury reported was a loss of balance (58%); others included collision with objects (25%), collision with bicycles (11%), and collision with cars (5%). Fractures or dislocations occurred in 48% of the patients; 6% had head injuries necessitating CT scans. Those who wore no protective gear were more likely to require hospital admission (p < 0.05). Of the 411 in-line skaters observed, 157 (38%) wore no protective equipment. Compared with the injured group presenting to the ED, fewer observed participants were without protection (p < 0.05). Among those surveyed, prior injury was not associated with the subsequent use of protective gear. CONCLUSION: Patients who present to the ED for evaluation of in-line skating injuries have a high incidence of fractures/dislocations. Few injured or surveyed in-line skaters had formal training. Use of protective equipment by injured skaters was associated with a decreased likelihood of hospitalization. Observed in-line skaters more commonly wore protective gear than did those who presented to the ED with injuries.

Athletic Injuries↗

Carrier-mediated uptake of lucifer yellow in skate and rat hepatocytes: a fluid-phase marker revisited.

Uptake of lucifer yellow (LY), a fluorescent disulfonic acid anionic dye, was studied in isolated skate (Raja erinacea) perfused livers and primary hepatocytes to evaluate its utility as a fluid-phase marker in these cells. However, our findings demonstrated that LY is transported across the plasma membrane of skate hepatocytes largely via carrier-mediated mechanisms. Isolated perfused skate livers cleared 50% of the LY from the recirculating perfusate within 1 h of addition of either 22 or 220 microM LY, with only 4.5 and 9% of the LY remaining in the perfusate after 7 h, respectively. Most of the LY was excreted into bile, resulting in high biliary LY concentrations (1 and 10 mM at the two doses, respectively), indicating concentrative transport into bile canalicular lumen. LY uptake by freshly isolated skate hepatocytes was temperature sensitive, exhibited saturation kinetics, and was inhibited by other organic anions. Uptake was mediated by both sodium-dependent [Michaelis-Menten constant (K(m)), 125 +/- 57 microM; maximal velocity (V(max)), 1.5 +/- 0.2 pmol. min(-1). mg cells(-1)] and sodium-independent (K(m), 207 +/- 55 microM; V(max), 1.7 +/- 0.2 pmol. min(-1). mg cells(-1)) mechanisms. Both of these uptake mechanisms were inhibited by various organic anions and transport inhibitors, including furosemide, bumetanide, sulfobromophthalein, rose bengal, probenecid, N-ethylmaleimide, taurocholate, and p-aminohippuric acid. Fluorescent imaging techniques showed intracellular vesicular compartmentation of LY in skate hepatocyte clusters. Studies in perfused rat livers also indicated that LY is taken up against a concentration gradient and concentrated in bile. LY uptake in isolated rat hepatocytes was saturable, but only at high concentrations, and demonstrated a K(m) of 3.7 +/- 1.0 mM and a V(max) of 1.75 +/- 0.16 nmol. min(-1). mg wet wt(-1). These results indicate that LY is transported into skate and rat hepatocytes and bile largely by carrier-mediated mechanisms, rather than by fluid-phase endocytosis.

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Bile salt excretion in skate liver is mediated by a functional analog of Bsep/Spgp, the bile salt export pump.

Biliary secretion of bile salts in mammals is mediated in part by the liver-specific ATP-dependent canalicular membrane protein Bsep/Spgp, a member of the ATP-binding cassette superfamily. We examined whether a similar transport activity exists in the liver of the evolutionarily primitive marine fish Raja erinacea, the little skate, which synthesizes mainly sulfated bile alcohols rather than bile salts. Western blot analysis of skate liver plasma membranes using antiserum raised against rat liver Bsep/Spgp demonstrated a dominant protein band with an apparent molecular mass of 210 kDa, a size larger than that in rat liver canalicular membranes, approximately 160 kDa. Immunofluorescent localization with anti-Bsep/Spgp in isolated, polarized skate hepatocyte clusters revealed positive staining of the bile canaliculi, consistent with its selective apical localization in mammalian liver. Functional characterization of putative ATP-dependent canalicular bile salt transport activity was assessed in skate liver plasma membrane vesicles, with [(3)H]taurocholate as the substrate. [(3)H]taurocholate uptake into the vesicles was mediated by ATP-dependent and -independent mechanisms. The ATP-dependent component was saturable, with a Michaelis-Menten constant (K(m)) for taurocholate of 40+/-7 microM and a K(m) for ATP of 0.6+/-0.1 mM, and was competitively inhibited by scymnol sulfate (inhibition constant of 23 microM), the major bile salt in skate bile. ATP-dependent uptake of taurocholate into vesicles was inhibited by known substrates and inhibitors of Bsep/Spgp, including other bile salts and bile salt derivatives, but not by inhibitors of the multidrug resistance protein-1 or the canalicular multidrug resistance-associated protein, indicating a distinct transport mechanism. These findings provide functional and structural evidence for a Bsep/Spgp-like protein in the canalicular membrane of the skate liver. This transporter is expressed early in vertebrate evolution and transports both bile salts and bile alcohols.

ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Mem↗

Maintenance and accumulation of trimethylamine oxide by winter skate (Leucoraja ocellata): reliance on low whole animal losses rather than synthesis.

Trimethylamine oxide (TMAO) is typically accumulated as an organic osmolyte in marine elasmobranchs to levels second only to urea (which can reach >400 mM); however, little is known about the whole animal regulation of TMAO in elasmobranchs. In the present study on the winter skate (Leucoraja ocellata), we determine whether this species can maintain levels of TMAO in the absence of feeding, and if so, is this due to endogenous synthesis or low whole animal losses. Winter skates maintain plasma TMAO levels for up to 45 days without feeding. The liver displays methimazole oxidation, which is consistent with the presence of flavin-containing monooxygenase (E.C. 1.14.13.8) activity, the class of enzymes responsible for the physiological oxygenation of trimethylamine (TMA) to TMAO in mammals. However, no evidence for TMA oxygenation by winter skates was found using in vivo or in vitro techniques, indicating no significant capacity for endogenous TMAO synthesis. Fed skates displayed low, but measurable ( approximately 4-13 micromol.kg(-1).h(-1)), efflux of TMAO (plus TMA), whereas fasted skates did not. Using the loss of injected [14C]TMAO, it was determined that whole animal TMAO losses are likely <1% of whole body TMAO per day. These results demonstrate that winter skates utilize low whole animal TMAO losses, rather than endogenous synthesis, to maintain TMAO levels when not feeding.

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Trauma on eight wheels. A study of roller skating injuries in Seattle.

Thirty-five fractures secondary to roller skating accidents from March 15 to October 1, 1979 were treated in the University of Washington-affiliated hospitals. Twenty-eight involved the wrist and elbow. Only three were in skeletally immature individuals. Sixty-three percent of the patients were female with the 20- to 34-year-old age group the most commonly involved. A fall, usually backwards, onto outstretched arms and hands was the most frequent mechanism of injury. A detailed study of the popular outdoor skating area in Seattle, Green Lake, indicated that more than 75% of the injuries occurred on sloped surfaces with otherwise favorable environmental conditions. Most people were either first time skaters or had not skated since childhood. Based on our study, we recommend: (1) skating on level, familiar terrain; (2) learning to skate in a sparsely congested area; (3) skating with experienced partners who can give instructions; and (4) using protective equipment, such as knee and elbow pads and rigid wrist splints.

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Primitive organization of cytosolic Ca(2+) signals in hepatocytes from the little skate Raja erinacea.

Cytosolic Ca(2+) (Ca(i)(2+)) signals begin as polarized, inositol 1, 4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3)-mediated Ca(i)(2+) waves in mammalian epithelia, and this signaling pattern directs secretion together with other cell functions. To investigate whether Ca(i)(2+) signaling is similarly organized in elasmobranch epithelia, we examined Ca(i)(2+) signaling patterns and InsP3 receptor (InsP3R) expression in hepatocytes isolated from the little skate, Raja erinacea. Ca(i)(2+) signaling was examined by confocal microscopy, InsP3R expression by immunoblot, and the subcellular distribution of InsP3Rs by immunochemistry. ATP induced a rapid increase in Ca(i)(2+) in skate hepatocytes, as it does in mammalian hepatocytes. Unlike in mammalian hepatocytes, however, the Ca(i)(2+) increase in skate hepatocytes began randomly throughout the cell rather than in the apical region. In cells loaded with heparin ATP-induced Ca(i)(2+) signals were inhibited, but de-N-sulfated heparin was not inhibitory, suggesting that the increases in Ca(i)(2+) were mediated by InsP3. Immunoblot analysis showed that the type I but not the types II or III InsP3R was expressed in skate liver. Confocal immunofluorescence revealed that the InsP3R was distributed throughout the hepatocyte, rather than concentrated apically as in mammalian epithelia. These findings demonstrate that ATP-induced Ca(i)(2+) signals are mediated by InsP3 in skate hepatocytes, as they are in mammalian hepatocytes. However, in skate hepatocytes Ca(i)(2+) signals begin at loci throughout the cell rather than as an organized apical-to-basal Ca(i)(2+) wave, which is probably because the InsP3R is distributed throughout these cells. This primitive organization of Ca(i)(2+) signaling may in part explain the observation that Ca(2+)-mediated events such as secretion occur much less efficiently in elasmobranchs than in mammals.

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In-line skating injuries.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the type and site of injuries associated with in-line skating in patients encountered during an 18-month period. DESIGN: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients in our emergency department and Sports Medicine Center with injuries that had resulted from in-line skating between July 1992 and December 1993. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A computer search was conducted to identify medical records on which in-line skating was denoted as the mechanism of injury. The records were then manually reviewed to confirm that the injury had occurred during in-line skating. The patient's sex, age, type of injury, and injured body part were recorded. RESULTS: During the designated study period, 32 in-line skating injuries were recorded in 32 patients (19 female and 13 male skaters). The mean age of the study group of injured skaters was 17 years (range, 6 to 46). An upper extremity was involved in 78% of all injuries, and the wrist was the body part most often injured (56%). A lower extremity was involved in 16% of all injuries, including two that were severe. Of the 32 injuries, 62% were fractures, and surgical treatment was necessary for only 1 injury during the study period. CONCLUSION: In this study, in-line skating injuries most commonly involved the upper extremities. Fractures, particularly of the distal radius, were the most common type of injury. Lower extremity trauma was less frequent, but severe injuries can occur. Further prospective studies are needed.

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Isolation and characterization of a skate retinal GABA transporter cDNA.

PURPOSE: The inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is believed to play a crucial role in the processing of information within the vertebrate retina. Extracellular concentrations of GABA are thought to be tightly regulated by carrier-mediated transport proteins in neurons and glial cells. The purpose of this work was to isolate the gene that encodes one of these transport proteins in the skate retina. METHODS: cDNA clones were isolated from a skate retinal cDNA library using a mouse retinal GABA transporter (GAT1) cDNA as a probe. The PCR technique was used to fill sequence gaps, and 5' and 3' RACE were employed to amplify the 5' and 3' untranslated regions. The amplified fragments were subcloned into a T-vector. Blots containing RNA from 10 different tissues were probed to determine the size of the transcript and the tissue distribution. RESULTS: Sequence analysis revealed that the skate retinal GABA transporter cDNA shared 72% identity with the mouse GABA transporter-1 at the DNA level and 80% identity at the amino acid level. Multiple sequence alignments showed that our sequence is closest to the Torpedo GABA transporter-1. Two transcripts, 4.5 and 7 kb, were detected in retina and possibly brain by RNA blot analysis. Fourteen introns were detected in the skate GABA transporter gene. CONCLUSIONS: We successfully isolated a full length GABA transporter cDNA from the retina of the skate. The size of the full length sequence of the skate retinal GABA transporter is in agreement with the size of the smaller transcript detected on RNA blots. The larger transcript observed on the RNA blot may be the result of either alternative splicing or utilization of a downstream poly A signal.

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Hepatic microsomal NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase from little skate, Raja erinacea. Comparison of thermolability and other molecular properties with a mammalian enzyme.

Components of little skate (an elasmobranch) and rabbit hepatic microsomal cytochrome P-450 dependent monooxygenase systems were examined for differences which might explain the decreasing xenobiotic-metabolizing activity of little skate microsomes assayed at temperatures above 30 degrees C. The proportion of saturated fatty acids in microsomal lipids and the habitat temperature are both lower in skate as compared to rabbit, which is consistent with the known adaptive pattern. The more thermolabile enzyme of the skate system in microsomal preparations is NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase. The optimal assay temperature for purified skate reductase (30 degrees C) is 10 degrees C lower than that for the purified rabbit reductase. The purified skate reductase differs from rabbit reductase in monomeric molecular weight, in peptides produced by partial proteolysis, in immunochemical properties, but not in flavin content.

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Relationship between hockey skating speed and selected performance measures.

The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between specific performance measures and hockey skating speed. Thirty competitive secondary school and junior hockey players were timed for skating speed. Off-ice measures included a 40-yd (36.9-m) sprint, concentric squat jump, drop jump, 1 repetition maximum leg press, flexibility, and balance ratio (wobble board test). Pearson product moment correlations were used to quantify the relationships between the variables. Electromyographic (EMG) activity of the dominant vastus lateralis and biceps femoris was monitored in 12 of the players while skating, stopping, turning, and performing a change-of-direction drill. Significant correlations (p < 0.005) were found between skating performance and the sprint and balance tests. Further analysis demonstrated significant correlations between balance and players under the age of 19 years (r = -0.65) but not those over 19 years old (r = -0.28). The significant correlations with balance suggested that stability may be associated with skating speed in younger players. The low correlations with drop jumps suggested that short contact time stretch-shortening activities (i.e., low amplitude plyometrics) may not be an important factor. Electromyographic activities illustrated the very high activation levels associated with maximum skating speed.

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Effects of skating and diagonal skiing techniques on results and some physiological variables.

In this study, the effects of skating and diagonal techniques on skiing load at various speeds were compared. When skiing at the same speed, subjects' heart rates were significantly lower when using the skating technique than when using the diagonal technique (p less than 0.05). At maximal speed, skating technique gave a significantly higher speed at the same heart rate (p less than 0.001) than diagonal technique. Above the anaerobic threshold (4 mmol.L-1) blood lactic acid levels remained significantly lower (p less than 0.005) when using the skating technique than when using the diagonal technique. The results suggest that at the same speed, skating technique loads aerobic and anaerobic energy production less than diagonal technique, and that the same maximal energy production gives a significantly higher skiing speed when using the skating technique than when the diagonal technique (p less than 0.001).

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Developmental analysis of the cone photoreceptor-less little skate retina reveals distinct Onecut1 isoforms.

The retinal development of elasmobranchs, the subclass comprising sharks, skates, and rays, remains poorly understood. This group is diverse in retinal phenotype, with many sharks and rays possessing rods together with one or more cone types. In contrast, the little skate (Leucoraja erinacea) has only a single rod photoreceptor type, which has been reported to exhibit some physiological and anatomical properties associated with cones. To investigate how this unusual photoreceptor system develops, we first identified an embryonic stage of early photoreceptor formation based on otx2 expression. We then developed a retinal electroporation approach to test whether a onecut1-dependent cone-associated reporter could be activated in the embryonic skate retina. Activation of this reporter was not detected, indicating that the corresponding enhancer is not robustly active under the conditions tested. To assess developmental changes in gene expression, we generated bulk RNA-seq datasets from embryonic, hatchling, and adult retinas. These analyses showed strong embryonic expression of onecut1, increasing expression of rod-associated genes through development, and pseudogenization or loss of multiple cone-enriched genes. We further identified a developmentally regulated onecut1 splice isoform containing an additional 48 amino acid sequence between the CUT and homeodomain DNA-binding domains. This spacer-containing isoform, termed LSOC1X2, was most abundant in the embryonic retina. To test whether LSOC1X2 retained regulatory activity, we assayed it in a mouse retinal reporter system. Both skate Onecut1 isoforms activated the ThrbCRM1 reporter in this heterologous context. Together, these findings identify a novel, developmentally regulated retinal onecut1 isoform in the little skate and establish it as a candidate regulator for future studies of photoreceptor development in this species and its elasmobranch relatives.

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Characterization of progesterone-binding moieties in the little skate Raja erinacea.

In this study we report evidence of a [3H]progesterone-binding moiety in the liver and oviduct of the little skate Raja erinacea. It is characterized by high affinity, low capacity and DNA-cellulose-binding activity. Furthermore Western blot analysis revealed that monoclonal antibodies against the chicken progesterone receptor (PR) subunits A and B cross-reacted with a 110-kDa band in the liver and a 80-kDa band in the oviduct. When analyzed by DEAE-Sepharose ion-exchange column chromatography, [3H]progesterone-binding molecules resolved into two peaks, one nonadherent and one adherent to the column. The liver adherent peak eluted in a linear gradient at a NaCl concentration of about 0.07 M and resolved on Western blot as a single band of a 110 kDa. The oviduct adherent peak eluted at about 0.14 M NaCl and resolved on Western blot as a single band of 80 kDa. Competition studies showed that the progesterone-binding moiety in the cytosol was specific for progesterone. On the contrary, the nuclear component is not specific for progesterone; it also binds testosterone and estradiol 17 beta in the oviduct, and progesterone, testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, estradiol 17 beta, mibolerone, and R5020 in the liver. The [3H]progesterone-binding activity was monitored in both liver and oviduct of females in different reproductive stages. Females were separated into three groups; laying, nonlaying, and immature. [3H]Progesterone-binding activity levels were higher in the liver of immature than of nonlaying skates, and it was undetectable in laying skates. [3H]Progesterone binding was higher in the oviduct of laying and nonlaying skates than of immature skates. This PR-binding moiety has many characteristics of a true receptor: high affinity, low capacity, binds to DNA, and cross-reacts with antibodies against chicken PR. However, while the cytosolic form of this progesterone-binding component was quite specific for P, nuclear extracted material was nonspecific. If these progesterone-binding components are homologous with the PR A and PR B forms of other vertebrates, as we believe, it is clear that there are species differences that probably relate to phylogenetic level and physiology of the organism.

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Expression of the skate (Raja erinacea) AE1 osmolyte channel in Xenopus laevis oocytes: monovalent cation permeability.

The aim of this study was to express the cloned skate anion exchanger 1 (skAE1) in Xenopus oocytes and determine whether the differences in monovalent cation permeabilities in hypotonically stimulated skate and trout erythrocytes could be due to differences in the presence or absence of intracellular channel regulators between the two species or in the intrinsic permeability properties of the channels themselves. The expressed protein (skAE1) was inserted into the oocyte cell membrane and facilitated both Cl- exchange and taurine transport. Expression of skAE1 in oocytes showed similar monovalent cation permeabilities as previously reported for skate erythrocytes and different from both trout erythrocytes and trAE1 expressed in Xenopus oocytes. These results show that the skAE1 expressed in oocytes functions in a manner similar to that of the osmolyte channel in hypotonically activated skate erythrocytes and supports the hypothesis that differences in the monovalent cation permeabilities of the osmolyte channels in skate and trout RBCs resides in the differences in permeability properties of the channels between the two species.

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A geometrical model of speed skating the curves.

The centripetal force in speed skating the curves has to be delivered by the push off force which also does the external work to maintain the speed. Based on the geometry of the speed skating oval and the sideward push off characteristics in speed skating, a mathematical model of the power output in skating the curves was deduced. The power required to follow the curve is dependent on the mean speed in the curve, the work per stroke and the radius of the speed skating oval. Measurements (by means of film and video analysis) during the 5000 m races at the European Championships for ladies (n = 16) yielded on the one hand power from the geometrical model and on the other hand power losses due to air- and ice- friction. The difference between power delivered and power lost is used by the skaters to increase their speed. The difference between predicted power and measured power used to increase the kinetic energy of c.g. was only 3% thereby providing strong support for the validity of the model. The analysis suggested that skaters who want to accelerate in the curves should increase their work per stroke. The model can be a useful tool to provide insight into this form of human locomotion and its optimization under competitive conditions.

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Ice friction during speed skating.

During speed skating, the external power output delivered by the athlete is predominantly used to overcome the air and ice frictional forces. Special skates were developed and used to measure the ice frictional forces during actual speed skating. The mean coefficients of friction for the straights and curves were, respectively, 0.0046 and 0.0059. The minimum value of the coefficient of ice friction was measured at an ice surface temperature of about -7 degrees C. It was found that the coefficient of friction increases with increasing speed. In the literature, it is suggested that the relatively low friction in skating results from a thin film of liquid water on the ice surface. Theories about the presence of water between the rubbing surfaces are focused on the formation of water by pressure-melting, melting due to frictional heating and on the 'liquid-like' properties of the ice surface. From our measurements and calculations, it is concluded that the liquid-like surface properties of ice seem to be a reasonable explanation for the low friction during speed skating.

Biomechanical Phenomena↗