The changes in age of peak swim speed for elite male and female Swiss freestyle swimmers between 1994 and 2012

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 248-258

  Rüst, Christoph Alexander ^a   Knechtle, Beat ^a,b   Rosemann, Thomas ^a   Lepers, Romuald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

age; freestyle; performance; sex; swimming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SEX FACTORS; SWIMMING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894318549     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2013.823221     Document Type: Article

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