Evaluation of fins used in underwater swimming

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-73

  Pendergast, D R ^a   Mollendorf, J ^a   Logue, C ^a   Samimy, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Active drag; Efficiency; Oxygen consumption; SCUBA; Thrust; Underwater swimming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FRICTION; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRICTION; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTURE; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; SWIMMING;

EID: 0037927889     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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