Relationship between tethered forces and the four swimming techniques performance

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-169

  Morouço, Pedro ^a,b   Keskinen, Kari L ^c   Vilas Boas, João Paulo ^a   Fernandes, Ricardo Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^c Finnish Society of Sport Sciences   (Finland)

Author keywords

Backstroke; Biomechanics; Breaststroke; Butterfly; Front crawl; Strength

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; ORTHOPEDICS;

BACKSTROKE; BREASTSTROKE; BUTTERFLY; FRONT CRAWL; STRENGTH;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKSTROKE TECHNIQUE; BREASTSTROKE TECHNIQUE; BUTTERFLY TECHNIQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONT CRAWL TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SWIMMING; TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY;

EID: 79956226798     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.27.2.161     Document Type: Article

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