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Estudo de diversos conceitos de eficiência da locomoção humana no meio aquático

2005; Volume: 2005; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5628/rpcd.05.03.337

2182-0317

Tiago M. Barbosa, João Paulo Vilas‐Boas,

Water Quality Monitoring Technologies

Study of several efficiency concepts about human locomotion in aquatic environmentOne of the major interests in the frontier between Biomechanics and Physiology is the study of efficiency.The efficiency expresses the relationship between the mechanical work and the related energy expenditure.The study of efficiency, in the water, becomes more complex due to difficulties in quantifying, with accuracy, the energetic exchanges between the swimmer and the environment.However, swimming is one of the most studied sports, in order to understand its bioenergetical implications and the efficiency's repercussions of different locomotion processes."State of the art" about human locomotion in water, with special reference to swimming techniques is thus presented.