Predicting the intra-cyclic variation of the velocity of the centre of mass from segmental velocities in butterfly stroke: A pilot study

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-209

  Barbosa, Tiago M ^a,c   Fernandes, Ricardo J ^b   Morouco, Pedro ^b,d   Vilas Boas, Joao P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c RESEARCH CENTER IN SPORTS SCIENCES   (Portugal)

^d POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Body's velocity fluctuation; Feet's velocity; Hand's velocity; Swimming

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649105138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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