Effect of swimming velocity on arm coordination in the front crawl: A dynamic analysis

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 651-660

  Seifert, Ludovic ^a   Chollet, D ^a   Bardy, B G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Coordination; Dynamic approach; Swimming; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SWIMMING; TIME; TRAINING; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; SWIMMING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 4444365475     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410310001655787     Document Type: Article

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