Technique and energy losses in front crawl swimming

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1491-1498

  Berger, Monique A M ^a   Hollander, A Peter ^a   De Groot, Gert ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Front crawl; Lift force; Propelling efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ENERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINESIOLOGY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWIMMING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0030732394     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199711000-00016     Document Type: Article

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