Propulsive forces in human competitive swimming: A systematic review on direct assessment methods: Propulsive forces in competitive swimming

CC Santos, DA Marinho, HP Neiva… - Sports Biomechanics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Human propulsive forces are a key-factor to enhance swimming performance, but there is
scarce knowledge when using direct assessments. The aim of this review was to analyse the …

How anthropometrics of young and adolescent swimmers influence stroking parameters and performance? A systematic review

M Alves, DD Carvalho, RJ Fernandes… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this systematic review was to investigate the relationship between
anthropometric characteristics, biomechanical variables and performance in the …

Understanding the role of propulsion in the prediction of front-crawl swimming velocity and in the relationship between stroke frequency and stroke length

JE Morais, TM Barbosa, AM Nevill, S Cobley… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: This study aimed to: 1) determine swimming velocity based on a set of
anthropometric, kinematic, and kinetic variables, and; 2) understand the stroke frequency …

Interaction of kinematic, kinetic, and energetic predictors of young swimmers' speed

JE Morais, TM Barbosa… - … Journal of Sports …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the interaction of kinematic, kinetic, and
energetic variables as speed predictors in adolescent swimmers in the front-crawl stroke …

[HTML][HTML] Using statistical parametric map** to compare the propulsion of age-group swimmers in front crawl acquired with the aquanex system

JE Morais, DA Marinho, JP Oliveira, T Sampaio… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Understanding the difference in each upper limb between age groups can provide deeper
insights into swimmers' propulsion. This study aimed to:(1) compare swimming velocity and …

Maturation-based Corrective Adjustment Procedures (Mat-CAPs) in youth swimming: Evidence for restricted age-group application in females

C Hogan, S Abbott, M Halaki, M Torres Castiglioni… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Inter-individual differences in maturation-associated development can lead to variations in
physical performance, resulting in performance (dis) advantages and maturation selection …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of load cell and pressure sensors to measure in-water force in young competitive swimmers

CC Santos, MJ Costa, P Forte, DA Marinho - Journal of Biomechanics, 2023 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to compare the in-water force of young competitive swimmers
using tethered swimming and differential pressure sensors. Thirty-one swimmers (16 girls …

[HTML][HTML] Gender differences and the influence of body composition on land and pool-based assessments of anaerobic power and capacity

JN Zera, EF Nagle, E Connell, E Curtin… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Consistent differences between males and females have been shown in land-based
measurements of anaerobic power and capacity. However, these differences have not been …

[HTML][HTML] Biological age in relation to somatic, physiological, and swimming kinematic indices as predictors of 100 m front crawl performance in young female swimmers

K Sokołowski, M Strzała, A Stanula, Ł Kryst… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Some swimmers reach high performance level at a relatively young age. The
purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between adolescent female swimmers' …

Propulsive force of upper limbs and its relationship to swim velocity in the butterfly stroke

J Morais, TM Barbosa, VP Lopes… - … Journal of Sports …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
The aims of this study were to:(1) verify the sex effect;(2) assess upper limb asymmetry in
anthropometrics and propulsive force variables; and (3) identify the main determinants of …