Relationships between hand kinematics and hip movement in front crawl

Biography

Frederic Puel received his PhD in 2011 from the University of Bordeaux, Federation Francaise de Natation. He currently works as an associate professor at University of Rouen.

Synopsis

Swimming effectiveness is often assessed by intra-cyclic velocity variations (IVV). Recent 3D kinematics studies showed that those IVV could be higher in lateral axis rather than in longitudinal axis (Psycharakis et al., 2010) and linked to hand 3D kinematics (Figueiredo et al., 2012). In the same time, body roll is found to influence performance (Psycharakis & Sanders, 2010). However, the relationships between IVV in the 3D, hip oscillations (yaw, pitch and roll) and the hand 3D kinematics remain unclear and correspond to the aim of this study.