Drag characteristics of competitive swimming children and adults

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-42

  Kjendlie, Per Ludvik ^a   Stallman, Robert Keig ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drag; Front crawl; Froude number; Reynolds number; Swimming technique; Wave drag

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FROUDE NUMBER; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY CONTROL;

FRONT CRAWLS; MASKING; SWIMMING TECHNIQUES; TECHNIQUE DRAG INDEX (TDI); WAVE DRAG;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

EID: 41149101835     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.24.1.35     Document Type: Article

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