Swimming: Differences in stroke phases, arm‐leg coordination and velocity fluctuation due to event, gender and performance level in breaststroke

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-27

  Takagi, Hideki ^a   Sugimoto, Seiji ^a   Nishijima, Naohiko ^a   Wilson, Barry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arm leg coordination; Biomechanics; Breaststroke; Intra cycle motion; Race analysis; Stroke phases; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ARM; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; SEX FACTORS; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 3142712887     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763140408522827     Document Type: Article

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