Stroking parameters in top level swimmers with a disability

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1839-1843

  Pelayo, Patrick ^a   Sidney, Michel ^b   Moretto, Pierre ^b   Wille, Fabien ^b   Chollet, Didier ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Stroking characteristics; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERFORMANCE; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

EID: 0033396881     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199912000-00022     Document Type: Article

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