An Observation of the Vitamin D Status in Highly Trained Adolescent Swimmers during the UK Autumn and Winter Months by Josh W. Newbury, Meghan A. Brown, Matthew Cole, Adam L. Kelly, Lewis A. Gough

“…All swimmers were advised to consume vitamin D₃ supplements across the assessment period; however, only 50% of swimmers adhered to this recommendation. …”
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Pre-Season Nutritional Intake and Prevalence of Low Energy Availability in NCAA Division III Collegiate Swimmers by Dylan J. Klein, Patrick McClain, Victoria Montemorano, Alaina Santacroce

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Does foot posture differ according to gender and lower extremity muscle strength in pre-adolescent swimmers? by Aykut Özçadırcı, Ferhat Öztürk, Alpan Cinemre, Gizem İrem Kınıklı

“…The aim of this study is to investigate whether foot posture differs according to gender and lower limb muscle strength in pre-adolescent swimmers. Pre-adolescent swimmers who were trained at least 8 hours in a week between the ages of 8-12 and who did not have a history of ankle disability and pain were included. …”
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Population structure of the blue swimmer crab Portunus pelagicus in coastal areas of Malaysia inferred from microsatellites by Chuan, Jian Chai, Esa, Yuzine, Ismail, Muhammad Fadhil Syukri, Kamarudin, Mohd. Salleh

“…Portunus pelagicus, distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region, is one of the large and edible species of blue swimmer crabs. Increasing demand for the frozen and canned crabmeat industry worldwide has now relied mainly on P. pelagicus which in turn generates splendid income for the fisherman communities. …”
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Impact of accuracy in anticipation on decomposition of autonomic tonic and phasic responses as predictor of performance excellence in Malaysian swimmers by Saha, Srilekha

“…Present study was aimed at identification of intricate relationship between the ability of the high performing swimmers (National - level swimmers of Malaysia) in anticipatory cue-utilization and corresponding autonomic phasic responses isolated from the tonic measures. …”
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Tactical options and effort distribution of 200m event in various swimming styles among elite swimmers by Aik, Low Kheng

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the tactical options (also known as pacing strategy of the swimmers in 200m event. A total of 16 male swimmers were selected from the finals’ result sheets in the 14th FINA World Championship, 2011 and Incheon Asian Games, 2014. …”
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Association between elite swimmers’ force production and 100 m front crawl inter-lap pacing and kinematics by Mário J. Costa, Mário J. Costa, Catarina C. Santos, Catarina C. Santos, Francisco Ferreira, Francisco Ferreira, Raul Arellano, J. Paulo Vilas-Boas, J. Paulo Vilas-Boas, Ricardo J. Fernandes, Ricardo J. Fernandes

“…The present study aimed to analyse the associations between force production and 100 m front crawl inter-lap pacing and kinematics. Eleven elite male swimmers performed a 100 m front crawl maximal effort to collect 50 m lap time (T50, s) and velocity (v, m·s−1) for pacing, stroke rate (SR), stroke length (SL) and stroke index (SI) as kinematic variables. …”
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Performance Tiers within a Competitive Age Group of Young Swimmers Are Characterized by Different Kinetic and Kinematic Behaviors by Catarina C. Santos, Nuno D. Garrido, Francisco Cuenca-Fernández, Daniel A. Marinho, Mário J. Costa

“…The present study aimed to analyze swimmers’ in-water kinetic and kinematic behaviors according to different swimming performance tiers within the same age group. …”
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Blood Lactate and Maximal Lactate Accumulation Rate at Three Sprint Swimming Distances in Highly Trained and Elite Swimmers by Maria Mavroudi, Athanasios Kabasakalis, Anatoli Petridou, Vassilis Mougios

“…A total of 14 highly trained and elite swimmers (8 male and 6 female), aged 14–32, completed the 3 sprints in their specialization stroke with 30 min of passive rest in between. …”
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Associations between load-velocity profiling and race parameters of elite swimmers in the 100 and 200m freestyle events by Yannis Raineteau, Yannis Raineteau, Guillaume Nicolas, Guillaume Nicolas, Benoit Bideau, Benoit Bideau, Nicolas Bideau, Nicolas Bideau, Robin Pla

“…L-V profile should be interpreted taking into consideration the specific physiological and biomechanical constraints of the main events of the swimmer.…”
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Biological interactions between micro swimmers and cross fluid with inclined MHD effects in a complex wavy canal by Assad Ayub, Syed Zahir Hussain Shah, Muahmmad Imran Asjad, Musawa Yahya Almusawa, Sayed M. Eldin, Magda Abd El-Rahman

“…There are several factors of medium for micro swimmers like nature, magnetic field, liquid rheology and position. …”
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INTAKES OF SELECTED NUTRIENTS, BONE MINERALISATION AND DENSITY OF ADOLESCENT FEMALE SWIMMERS OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD by Jan Czeczelewski, Barbara Długołęcka, Ewa Czeczelewska

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Physiological Responses and Stroke Variables during Arm Stroke Swimming Using Critical Stroke Rate in Competitive Swimmers by Yuki Funai, Masaru Matsunami, Shoichiro Taba, Shigehiro Takahashi

“…Nine male national-level collegiate swimmers performed an all-out 200 m and 400 m for determining the CSR. …”
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An assessment of selected motor skills in young female swimmers and their associations with swimming test results – a pilot study by Paulina Rogowska, Piotr Bujak, Ryszard Jarosław Zarzeczny

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Intermittent hypoxic training improves anaerobic performance in competitive swimmers when implemented into a direct competition mesocycle. by Miłosz Czuba, Robert Wilk, Jakub Karpiński, Małgorzata Chalimoniuk, Adam Zajac, Józef Langfort

“…The main objective of this research was to evaluate the efficacy of intermittent hypoxic training (IHT) on anaerobic and aerobic capacity and swimming performance in well-trained swimmers. Sixteen male swimmers were randomly divided into a hypoxia (H) group (n = 8), which trained in a normobaric hypoxia environment, and a control (C) group (n = 8), which exercised under normoxic conditions. …”
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Potamopyrgus antipodarum as a potential defender against swimmer’s itch in European recreational water bodies—experimental study by Anna Marszewska, Anna Cichy, Jana Bulantová, Petr Horák, Elżbieta Żbikowska

“…Swimmer’s itch is a re-emerging human disease caused by bird schistosome cercariae, which can infect bathing or working people in water bodies. …”
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Associations among sleep, hematologic profile, and aerobic and anerobic capacity of young swimmers: A complex network approach by Mauricio Beitia Kraemer, Ana Luíza Paula Garbuio, Luisa Oliveira Kaneko, Claudio Alexandre Gobatto, Fúlvia Barros Manchado-Gobatto, Ivan Gustavo Masseli dos Reis, Leonardo Henrique Dalcheco Messias

“…Thus, this study applied the complex network model to verify the influence of sleep and hematological variables on the CV and AWC of young swimmers. Thirty-eight swimmers (male, n = 20; female, n = 18) completed five experimental evaluations. …”
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Age-related physical and performance changes in young swimmers: The comparison of predictive models in 50-meter swimming performance by Erkan Demirkan, Tugrul Ozkadi, Ismet Alagoz, Esin Cagla Caglar, Furkan Camici

“…Introduction: The purpose of the study was to investigate the age-related anthropometric and motor performance changes over time and their contributions to swimming style-specific performance in young different chronological age swimmers. Material and Methods: The study was conducted on a total of forty swimmers who were divided into 2 groups. …”
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Association between Subjective Indicators of Recovery Status and Heart Rate Variability among Divison-1 Sprint-Swimmers by Andrew A. Flatt, Michael R. Esco, Fabio Y. Nakamura

“…Ultra-short natural logarithm of the root mean square of successive differences (LnRMSSD) and subjective ratings of sleep quality, fatigue, muscle soreness, stress and mood were acquired daily for 4 weeks among Division-1 sprint-swimmers (n = 17 males). ASRM were converted to z-scores and classified as average (z-score −0.5–0.5), better than average (z-score > 0.5) or worse than average (z-score < −0.5). …”
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ANALYZE OF RESULTS OF THE KOSOVO SWIMMERS ALONG EIGHT YEAR PERIOD, BREASTSTROKE TECHNIQUE AT DISCIPLINES 50 AND 200 METERS by Ilir Gllareva, Besim Halilaj, Afrim Koca

“…The study has had the aim to analyze swimming at several competitions of Kosovo swimmers through eight years period from 2002 to 2009 respectively 2003 to 2009, analyzing them in two different swimming disciplines - breaststroke at 50 and 200 meters swim distance by senior swimmers. …”
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