Biomechanical factors influencing breaststroke turns by age-group swimmers

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 180-189

  Blanksby, Brian A ^a   Simpson, Jennifer R ^a   Elliott, Bruce C ^a   McElroy, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Force platform; Swimming; Underwater videography

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CORRELATION METHODS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY; VIDEO RECORDING;

BREASTSTROKE; UNDERWATER VIDEOGRAPHY;

SPORTS MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SWIMMING; TELEVISION CAMERA; VELOCITY;

EID: 0032080523     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.14.2.180     Document Type: Article

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