Relationships between the front crawl stroke parameters of competitive unilateral arm amputee swimmers, with selected anthropometric characteristics

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 304-312

  Osborough, Conor D ^a,b   Payton, Carl J ^b   Daly, Daniel J ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Disability sport; Distance per stroke; Stroke rate; Swimming performance

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY;

DISTANCE PER STROKE; FRONT CRAWL; PERFORMANCE OUTCOME; STROKE LENGTH; STROKE PARAMETERS; STROKE RATES; SWIMMING PERFORMANCE; SWIMMING SPEED;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 70350726348     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.25.4.304     Document Type: Article

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