Drafting distance in swimming

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1176-1181

  Chatard, Jean Claude ^b   Wilson, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Laboratory of Physiology   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic; Metabolic cost; Passive drag; Triathlon

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MUSCLE METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERFORMANCE; SWIMMING; TRIATHLON;

EID: 0037678714     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000074564.06106.1F     Document Type: Article

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