Determinants of the energy cost of front-crawl swimming in children

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-6

  Poujade, B ^a,b   Hautier, C A ^a   Rouard, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropometric; Children; Energy cost; Stroking parameters; Swimming

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; ENERGY COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SWIMMING; CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TORQUE;

WATER;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SWIMMING; TORQUE; WATER;

EID: 0036559956     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-001-0564-2     Document Type: Article

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