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Task Constraints and Coordination Flexibility in Young Swimmers

dc.contributor.authorSilva, Ana F.
dc.contributor.authorFigueiredo, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorMorais, Sara
dc.contributor.authorVilas-Boas, João P.
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Ricardo J.
dc.contributor.authorSeifert, Ludovic
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-29T15:43:48Z
dc.date.available2021-04-29T15:43:48Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed to examine young swimmers' behavioral flexibility when facing different task constraints, such as swimming speed and stroke frequency. Eighteen (five boys and 13 girls) 13- to 15-year-old swimmers performed a 15 × 50-m front crawl with five trials, at 100%, 90%, and 70% each of their 50 m maximal swimming speed and randomly at 90%, 95%, 100%, 105%, and 110% of their preferred stroke frequency. Seven aerial and six underwater cameras were used to assess kinematics (one cycle), with upper-limb coordination computed through a continuous relative phase and index of coordination. A cluster analysis identified six patterns of coordination used by swimmers when facing various speed and stroke frequency constraints. The patterns' nature and the way the swimmers shifted between them are more important than getting the highest number of patterns (range of repertoire), that is, a change in the motor pattern in order to adapt correctly is more important than being able to execute a great number of patterns.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1123/mc.2018-0070pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.24/1836
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.titleTask Constraints and Coordination Flexibility in Young Swimmerspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage552pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue4pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage535pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleMotor Controlpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume23pt_PT
rcaap.rightsclosedAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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