Biomechanical analysis of the breaststroke start

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 970-976

  Seifert, Ludovic ^a   Vantorre, J ^a   Chollet, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Coordination; Kinematics; Skill level; Swimming start

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COORDINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SPORTING EVENT; SWIMMING; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ARM; BIOMECHANICS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 36348942298     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965005     Document Type: Article

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