The effects of wet suits on physiological and biomechanical indices during swimming

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  De Lucas, Ricardo Dantas ^a   Balikian, Pedro ^b   Neiva, Cassiano Merussi ^b   Greco, Camila Coelho ^a   Denadai, Benedito Sérgio ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIBEIRÃO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; WATER;

ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; SWIMMING; TRIATHLON; VELOCITY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0034030426     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1440-2440(00)80042-0     Document Type: Article

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