Kinematic differences between front crawl sprint and distance swimmers at a distance pace

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 601-608

  McCabe, Carla B ^a   Sanders, Ross H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

distance pace; distance specialists; sprint specialists; swimming technique

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELBOW; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857866001     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.660186     Document Type: Article

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