The impact of technology on sporting performance in olympic sports

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1421-1431

  Haake, Steve J ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cycling; Performance improvement index; Sports engineering; Track and field

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLE; CLOTHING; ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MECHANICS; SPORT; TECHNOLOGY;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; CLOTHING; ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MECHANICS; SPORTS; TECHNOLOGY; TRACK AND FIELD;

EID: 74949105428     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410903062019     Document Type: Article

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