An energy balance of front crawl

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 134-144

  Zamparo, P ^a   Pendergast, D R ^b   Mollendorf, J ^c   Termin, A ^d   Minetti, A E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c the State University of New York   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Energetics; Fins; Propelling efficiency; Swimming

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; SWIMMING; VELOCITY; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 23244445217     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-004-1281-4     Document Type: Article

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