Kinematic characteristics of the stroke and orientation of the hand during front crawl resisted swimming

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1165-1173

  Gourgoulis, Vassilios ^a   Antoniou, Panagiotis ^a   Aggeloussis, Nikolaos ^a   Mavridis, Georgios ^a   Kasimatis, Panagiotis ^a   Vezos, Nikolaos ^a   Boli, Alexia ^a   Mavromatis, Georgios ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Added resistance; Pitch angle; Sweepback angle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWIMMING; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957090855     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2010.507251     Document Type: Article

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