Position of arm and forearm, and elbow flexion during performance of the sculling technique: Technical recommendation versus actual performance

• Main Authors: Lara Elena Gomes (Author), Mônica de Oliveira Melo (Author), Victor Wigner Tremea (Author), Marcelo La Torre (Author), Yumie Okuyama da Silva (Author), Flávio de Souza Castro (Author), Jefferson Fagundes Loss (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sculling motion is a swimming technique executed in a vertical position with the head above the water's surface and, based on the technical recommendation, should be performed maintaining an elbow flexion angle of 90°, arms kept stationary while the forearms move. In order to verify if this rec...