Are there limits to swimming world records?

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1012-1017

  Nevill, Alan M ^a   Whyte, G P ^b   Holder, R L ^c   Peyrebrune, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Logistic curve; Non linear regression; Period of acceleration; Women's men's world record performance ratio; World record swimming speeds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARAMETER; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SWIMMING;

EID: 37249060607     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965088     Document Type: Article

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