Buoyancy is the primary source of generating bodyroll in front-crawl swimming

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 605-612

  Yanai, Toshimasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Angular momentum; Center of buoyancy; Moment of inertia; Principal axes; Three dimensional videography

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; THREE DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SKILL; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME; TORQUE; VARIANCE; VELOCITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXERTION; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHEOLOGY; ROTATION; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TORQUE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 1842576574     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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