Kinematical changes in swimming front Crawl and Breaststroke with the AquaTrainer® snorkel

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1155-1162

  Barbosa, Tiago ^a,b   Silva, António José ^b   Reis, António Malvas ^b   Costa, Mário ^a,b   Garrido, Nuno ^b   Policarpo, Fernando ^b   Reis, Victor Machado ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b RESEARCH CENTER IN SPORTS SCIENCES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Competitive swimming; Speed Xuctuation; Stroke length; Stroke rate; Swimming snorkel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ARM; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; SWIMMING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956618295     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-010-1459-x     Document Type: Article

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