The relationship between biomechanical variables and driving performance during the golf swing

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1251-1259

  Chu, Yungchien ^a   Sell, Timothy C ^a   Lephart, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Driving performance; Golf swing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPORT;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GOLF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957021936     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2010.507249     Document Type: Article

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