Tethered forces in crawl stroke and their relationship to anthropometric characteristics and sprint swimming performance

Journal of Human Movement Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Sidney, M ^a   Pelayo, P ^a   Robert, A ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

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