Influence of swimming speed on inter-arm coordination in competitive unilateral arm amputee front crawl swimmers

Human Movement Science

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 921-931

  Osborough, Conor D ^a   Payton, Carl J ^a   Daly, Daniel J ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Crawl; Disability sport; Motor control; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RATING SCALE; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; AMPUTEES; ATAXIA; BIOMECHANICS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SWIMMING; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049256267     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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