Assessment of Anaerobic Power of Swimmers: The Correlation of Laboratory Tests on an Arm Ergometer with Field Tests in a Swimming Pool

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 395-398

  Guilherme, Luiz ^a   Guglielmo, Antonacci ^a   Denadai, Benedito Sérgio ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Arm; Power; Swimmers; Wingate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347109787     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00124278-200011000-00005     Document Type: Article

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