Comparison between passive drag and drag during leg kicking of the crawl stroke in top level swimmers;Confronto fra drag passivo e drag durante la battuta di gambe a crawl in nuotatori d'alto livello

Medicina dello Sport

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-87

  Bonifazi, M ^a,b   Adami, A ^c   Veronesi, A ^c   Castioni, G M ^c,d   Cevese, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Centro Studi e Ricerche   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d Centro Federale d'Alta Specializzazione di Verona   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ben Hur; Drag; Leg kicking; Swimming

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC SPORT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

EID: 33745394520     PISSN: 00257826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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