Passive and active floating torque during swimming

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 75-81

  Kjendlie, Per Ludvik ^a   Stallman, Robert Keig ^a   Stray Gundersen, James ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Olympiatoppen   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body angle; Hydrostatic lift; Passive underwater torque; Performance; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CAMERA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING; VOLUMETRY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

EID: 8444236289     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-004-1165-7     Document Type: Article

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