Arm coordination, power, and swim efficiency in national and regional front crawl swimmers

Human Movement Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 426-439

  Seifert, L ^a,e   Toussaint, H M ^b   Alberty, M ^c   Schnitzler, C ^a,d   Chollet, D ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN   (France)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e ERT 1087 Mesure de l'efficience motrice: technologie   (France)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Drag; Expertise; Motor control; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MECHANICAL TORSION; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; SPORTS MEDICINE; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SWIMMING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952891819     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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