Active and passive drag: The role of trunk incline

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-205

  Zamparo, Paola ^a,d   Gatta, G ^b   Pendergast, D ^c   Capelli, C ^a,d  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e della Visione   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drag coefficient; Hydrodynamic resistance; Projected frontal area; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORTS MEDICINE; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SWIMMING;

EID: 67349263897     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-009-1007-8     Document Type: Article

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