Triathlon Wet Suit and Technical Parameters at the Start and End of a 1500-m Swim

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-13

  Perrier, David ^a   Monteil, Karine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Fatigue; Hand trajectory; Swimming technique

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; VIDEO CAMERAS;

UNDERWATER CAMCORDERS; WET SUIT (WS);

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SWIMMING; TRIATHLON; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 1342312050     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.20.1.3     Document Type: Article

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