Economy and efficiency of swimming at the surface with fins of different size and stiffness

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-470

  Zamparo, Paola ^a   Pendergast, David R ^b   Termin, Albert ^c   Minetti, Alberto E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Fin swimming; Kick frequency; Propelling efficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; SWIMMING;

EID: 33644598155     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-005-0075-7     Document Type: Article

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