Effect of fatigue on the intra-cycle acceleration in front crawl swimming: A time-frequency analysis

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-92

  Tella, V ^a   Toca Herrera, J L ^b   Gallach, J E ^a   Benavent, J ^a   Gonzalez L M ^a   Arellano, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CIC BIOMAGUNE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Fatigue; Frequency analysis; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; SPEED CONTROL; SYNCHRONIZATION;

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PEAK POWER FREQUENCY (PPF); ROOT MEAN SQUARE (RMS); SWIMMERS; SWIMMING;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37249027297     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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