Maximising somersault rotation in tumbling

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 471-477

  King, Mark A ^a   Yeadon, Maurice R ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gymnastics; Optimisation; Simulation model; Tumbling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; ROTATION;

ANGULAR MOMENTA; SOMERSAULT ROTATION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; JOINTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROTATION; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 1442275385     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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