Instrumentation of an ergometer to monitor the reliability of rowing performance

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-173

  Macfarlane, D J ^a   Edmond, I M ^a   Walmsley, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Instrumentation; Reliability of results; Rowing ergometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ERGOMETER; FOOT; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONITOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCER; VELOCITY;

EID: 0030965339     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026404197367434     Document Type: Article

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