Added mass in human swimmers: Age and gender differences

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2369-2373

  Caspersen, Cecilie ^a   Berthelsen, Petter A ^b   Eik, Mari ^a   Pâkozdi, Csaba ^b   Kjendlie, Per Ludvik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Added mass coefficient; Gender; Shape and body size; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ADDED MASS; BODY SHAPES; BODY SIZES; GENDER DIFFERENCES; PERIOD OF OSCILLATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY;

RISK ANALYSIS;

WATER;

ADDED MASS; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOMATOTYPES; SWIMMING; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955559757     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.04.022     Document Type: Article

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