Kinematics, coordination, variability, and biological noise in the prone flutter kick at different levels of a "learn-to-swim" programme

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-227

  Sanders, Ross H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological noise; Coordination; Dynamical systems; Flutter kick; Fourier analysis; Skill acquisition; Swimming; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SWIMMING; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33751433631     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410600631025     Document Type: Article

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