Stroke frequency in front crawl: Its mechanical link to the fluid forces required in non-propulsive directions

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-62

  Yanai, Toshimasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bodyroll; Euler's equation of motion; Principal moment of inertia; Six beat kick; Three dimensional videography

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; FREQUENCIES; TURNING;

FLUID FORCES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENT; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINETICS; LIQUID; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; TECHNIQUE; TORQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXERTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PERIODICITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORTS; STATISTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWIMMING; TORQUE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0037212111     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(02)00299-3     Document Type: Article

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