Relationship between energy cost, swimming velocity, speed fluctuation in compe...

• Author(s): Barbosa, Tiago M. ; Lima, A.B. ; Portela, A. ; Novais, D. ; Machado, L. ; Colaço, P. ; Gonçalves, P. ; Fernandes, R.J. ; Keskinen, K.L. ; Vilas-Boas, J.P.
• Date: 2006
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/4064
• Origin: Biblioteca Digital do IPB
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

The purpose of this study was to analyse the relationships between the total energy expenditure ( tot), the energy cost (EC), the intra-cycle variation of the horizontal velocity of displacement of centre of mass (dv) and the mean swimming velocity (v) in the four competitive swimming strokes.