Biophysical approach in swimming: Gender effect

Gender Gap: Causes, Experiences and Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 59-80

  Seifert, Ludovic ^a   Barbosa, Tiago ^b   Kjendlie, Per Ludvik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

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