Relative contribution of arms and legs in humans to propulsion in 25-m sprint front-crawl swimming

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 192-199

  Deschodt, J V ^a,b   Arsac, L M ^b   Rouard, A H ^a  

^a U Form Rech Sci Techniques A   (France)

^b Lab Perf Sportive et Santé Fac Sci Sport et de l'Educ Phys   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic locomotion; Leg kick effects; Maximal velocity; Wrist trajectory

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING; WRIST;

EID: 0344117586     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050581     Document Type: Article

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