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Parachute use to prevent death, major trauma when jumping from aircraft (2018)
- cfcosta 5y agoNow we need a double-blind version.
- hndamien 5y agoReplication study required with more participants and potentially less extrapolation for higher altitudes. Seems to be a large assumption for high altitude applicability.
- clove 5y agoA within-subjects design would remove the influence of individual differences.
- unsupp0rted 5y ago> [...] However, the trial was only able to enroll participants on small stationary aircraft on the ground, suggesting cautious extrapolation to high altitude jumps. I'm surprised they were permitted to use human participants for this in the first place. Should have been done in mice and on the floor of a lab, as a first pass.
- r00tanon 5y agoI didn't know The Onion published studies.
- oneplane 5y agoAs long as the protocol and data checks out, anything can be a study. That said, not everything is equally useful.
- MorrisMinor 5y agoThe Christmas edition of the BMJ traditionally includes some satire. https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-authors/article-types/christmas-issue https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-authors/article-type...
- WalterGR 5y agoIg Nobel candidate?