Quantifying and assessing biomechanical differences in swim turn using wearable sensors

Sports Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 128-133

  Lee, James ^a,b   Leadbetter, Raymond ^a   Ohgi, Yuji ^b   Thiel, David ^a   Burkett, Brendan ^c   James, Daniel A ^a,d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Inertial sensor; Performance; Swimming; Tumble turn

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008796768     PISSN: 19346182     EISSN: 19346190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19346182.2012.725171     Document Type: Article

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