Analysis of swimming performance in FINA World Cup long-distance open water races

Extreme Physiology and Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c Allgemeinmedizin   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age of peak performance; Peak performance; Speed; Swim

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; SWIMMING SPEED; VELOCITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988849472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20467648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-7648-3-2     Document Type: Article

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