International Physiology Journal
Open Access
Swimming Critical Velocity Physiological Meaning is Affected by Testing Distances
Dec 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2578-8590.ipj-18-2556
Ricardo J. FernandesCorresponding author
Swimming is a human activity that relies heavily on individual physiological capabilities. In fact, the swimming general performance equation, proposed several years ago by di Prampero 1, highlighted the energy expenditure, the propulsive efficiency and the hydrodynamic drag as its main determinants…