Arm coordination adaptations assessment in swimming

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 480-486

  Schnitzler, Christophe ^a,b   Seifert, L ^a   Ernwein, V ^b   Chollet, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Arm coordination; Crawl; Gender; Hip velocity; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORTS MEDICINE; SWIMMING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SWIMMING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 44949164661     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-989235     Document Type: Article

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