The effect of wet suit use by triathletes: An analysis of the different phases of arm movement

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1025-1030

  Hue, O ^a   Benavente, H ^b   Chollet, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Crawl; Motor coordination; Swimming; Video analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CLOTHING; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SWIMMING; TRIATHLON; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0345771963     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0264041031000140419     Document Type: Article

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