Date:
30 Apr 2014
Presenters:
João Ribeiro, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
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Powerpoint Slides(PDF • 1.5 mb)
Biography
João Ribeiro is a research fellow of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. He is currently a PhD student in Faculty of Sport, University of Porto and collaborator of the Centre of Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport.
Synopsis
Fatigue has been identified as a limiting factor in swimming performance with direct expression on propulsion (Toussaint el al., 2006). Once swimming propulsion in front crawl swimming depends essentially on arm-stroke motion (Deschodt et al., 1999), understanding how fatigue affects stroke pattern during race is of considerable interest to both swimmers and coaches as a way to optimise performance. The purpose of the present study was to analyse the effect of fatigue on 3D arm-stroke pattern during 100m front-crawl race.