Does ankle joint flexibility affect underwater kicking efficiency and three-dimensional kinematics?

Hirofumi Shimojo,Rio Nara,Yasuhiro Baba,Hiroshi Ichikawa,Yusuke Ikeda,Yoshimitsu Shimoyama

Does ankle joint flexibility affect underwater kicking efficiency and three-dimensional kinematics?

2019

Hirofumi Shimojo
Rio Nara
Yasuhiro Baba
Hiroshi Ichikawa
Yusuke Ikeda
Yoshimitsu Shimoyama

ABSTRACTAnkle flexibility is critical to obtain a high swimming velocity in undulatory underwater swimming (UUS). The present study investigated the Froude (propelling) efficiency and three-dimensi...

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Physical therapy
Kinematics
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Psychology
Joint Flexibility
Ankle
Underwater
Froude number
Motion capture
three dimensional kinematics
Marine engineering
lower limb

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