Inter-individual variability in the upper-lower limb breaststroke coordination

Human Movement Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 550-565

  Seifert, L ^a   Leblanc, H ^a   Herault, R ^b   Komar, J ^a   Button, C ^c   Chollet, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN   (France)

^b IRISA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Motor control; Skill; Swimming; Variability

Indexed keywords

MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ANGULAR POSITION; ANGULAR VELOCITY; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BREASTSTROKE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE SWIMMER; CONTINUOUS RELATIVE PHASE; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERINDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RECREATIONAL SWIMMER; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECREATION; SWIMMING;

EID: 79955840943     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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