Influence of gender on kinematic parameters in top level frontcrawl swimmers;Influence du sexe sur les parametres cinematiques de nage chez les crawleurs de haut niveau

Science and Sports

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-44

  Deschodt, V J ^a,b   Rouard, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Faculte des Sci du sport et de l'E   (France)

Author keywords

Free style swimming; Kinematic analysis; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING;

EID: 0032713290     PISSN: 07651597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0765-1597(99)80027-6     Document Type: Article

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