Arm coordination in elite backstroke swimmers

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 675-682

  Chollet, Didier ^a   Seifert, Ludovic M ^a   Carter, Melwyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Backstroke; Biomechanics; Motor control; Swimming; Testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHOULDER; SPORTS MEDICINE; SPORTS SCIENCE; SWIMMING; THIGH; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; SWIMMING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 42149104368     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410701787791     Document Type: Article

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