Swimming
"Swimming" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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An activity in which the body is propelled through water by specific movement of the arms and/or the legs. Swimming as propulsion through water by the movement of limbs, tail, or fins of animals is often studied as a form of PHYSICAL EXERTION or endurance.
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D013550
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G11.427.590.530.568.800 G11.427.590.530.698.277.875 I03.350.875 I03.450.642.845.869
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Swimming" by people in Profiles.
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Cummings ME, Gelineau-Kattner R. The energetic costs of alternative male reproductive strategies in Xiphophorus nigrensis. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2009 Oct; 195(10):935-46.