A comparison of the kinematics of the dolphin kick in humans and cetaceans

Human Movement Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-112

  Loebbecke, Alfred von ^a   Mittal, Rajat ^a   Fish, Frank ^b   Mark, Russell ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USA Swimming   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Dolphin kick; Strouhal number; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CETACEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SWIMMING;

EID: 58149242773     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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