The optimum finger spacing in human swimming

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2188-2190

  Minetti, Alberto E ^a   Machtsiras, Georgios ^b   Masters, Jonathan C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Computer Aided Engineering Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Drag; Finger; Hand; Optimization; Swimming

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; CFD; FINGER; FINGER SPACING; HAND; HAND PALMS; HAND POSTURE; PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCIES; SWIMMING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DRAG;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; HAND PALM; HUMAN; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINGERS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RHEOLOGY; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 69449107954     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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