Effect of swim cap model on passive drag

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2904-2908

  Gatta, Giorgio ^a   Zamparo, Paola ^b   Cortesi, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drag; Gliding; Hydrodynamics; Performance; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLOTHING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CLOTHING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; HUMANS; SWIMMING;

EID: 84888240792     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: 15334295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e318280cc3a     Document Type: Article

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