Sex differences in the centre of buoyancy location of competitive swimmers

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 373-383

  McLean, Scott P ^a   Hinrichs, Richard N ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centre of buoyancy; Competitive swimmers; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD; SWIMMING; THIGH; VARIANCE;

EID: 0031798796     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640419808559365     Document Type: Article

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