Stroke frequency and arm coordination in front crawl swimming

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-198

  Potdevin, F ^a   Bril, B ^b   Sidney, M ^a   Pelayo, P ^a,c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Faculte des Sciences du Sport   (France)

Author keywords

Coordination; Crawl; Motor control; Stroke rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; SWIMMING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWIMMING;

EID: 33644908753     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-837545     Document Type: Article

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