Tadpole, trout or tune: the equivalence of animal and human aquatic undulatroy locomotion.

Christopher Connaboy; Simon Coleman; Carla McCabe; Roozbeh Naemi; S. G. Psycharakis; Ross Sanders

Tadpole, trout or tune: the equivalence of animal and human aquatic undulatroy locomotion.

Christopher Connaboy, Simon Coleman, Carla McCabe, Roozbeh Naemi, S. G. Psycharakis, Ross Sanders

Moray House School of Education and Sport

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the kinematics of human undulatory underwater swimming and compare the principle components of the propulsive waveform to those generated in the various modes of animal undulatory locomotion. Results indicated a similarity to a sub-carangiform mode of locomotion, with minimal undulation in the anterior aspects of the body and less than one wavelength present on the swimming body. A sub-cariangiform mode of locomotion suggests that swimmers’ arms are acting as inertial dampers, reducing dorso-ventral movements (pitch) in the anterior aspects of the body, and thereby minimising form drag and allowing a more efficient transfer of the propulsive wave along the caudal aspects of the swimmer.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 25th International Symposium on Biomechanics in Sports.
Editors	H.J. Menzel, M.H. Chagas
Place of Publication	Ouro Preto, Brazil
Pages	75-78
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 2007

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Tadpole, trout or tune: the equivalence of animal and human aquatic undulatroy locomotion. / Connaboy, Christopher; Coleman, Simon; McCabe, Carla et al.
Proceedings of the 25th International Symposium on Biomechanics in Sports.. ed. / H.J. Menzel; M.H. Chagas. Ouro Preto, Brazil, 2007. p. 75-78.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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