Maximal mechanical power during a taper in elite swimmers

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1643-1649

  Trinity, Joel D ^a   Pahnke, Matthew D ^a   Reese, Edwin C ^a   Coyle, Edward F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Sports Texas Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Human performance; Inertial load ergometer; Swim training; Torque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERGOMETER; ERGOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INERTIAL LOAD ERGOMETER; INERTIAL LOADING; MALE; MECHANICS; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SWIMMING; TAPER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SWIMMING; TORQUE;

EID: 33748524866     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000229104.39145.6b     Document Type: Article

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