BMS2014: XIIth International Symposium on Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming

Monday 28 April 2014

1500-1930

Registration Indoor Synthetic Field

1600

Welcome delegates to Australia

1615

Acknowledgment of country

1645

Opening Address & introduction of BMS Steering Committee, Organising Committee & Discipline Coordinators - Dr Bruce Mason

1700

Introduction: Who was Professor Leon Lewillie - Professor Jan Clarys

Introduction of Professor Joao Paulo Vilas-Boas (Leon Lewillie Memorial Lecture) - Professor Kari Keskinen

1715-1800

The Leon Lewillie Memorial Lecture Professor João Paulo Vilas-Boas

1800-1930

Welcome Reception Indoor Synthetic Field

1730

Close of day

Tuesday 29 April 2014

0830-0930

Coaching Keynote Introduction: Dr Ralph Richards
Biomechanics - interpretation and implementation
Bill Sweetenham

0930-1000

Q&A with Swimmers 
Chairpersons: Professor Bodo E Ungerechts & Senior Coach Jim Fowlie 
Swimmers: Brenton Rickard, Alicia Coutts, Ben Treffers

Coaching

Physiology

Biomechanics

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1000-1015

Visual search behaviour and information extraction differences between high-level and developing swimming coaches. 
Amy Waters

Relationship between body composition and competition performance in swimming
Dr Megan Shephard

Three different calculations to compute a swimmer’s instantaneous active drag and variations in the parameter values that arise as a consequence
Dr Bruce Mason

1015-1030

The effect of deliberate practice on the technique of national calibre swimmers
Dr Rod Havriluk

Bone mineral density between different age group of swimmers and soccer players
Emilson Colantonio

Development of a new resisted technique in active drag estimation
Pendar Hazrati

1030-1100

Morning Tea

Coaching

Physiology

Biomechanics

Practical Session in the pool
John Fowlie

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Chair:

1100-1115

Fatigue of the shoulder’s internal rotators following a 200-m all-out swim
Dr Jeanne Dekerle

The velocity and fatigue index of various leg kicks in rescue towing
Dr Robert K Stallman

1115-1130

The interplay of critical velocity and anaerobic distance capacity
Lachlan Mitchell

Upper limb kinematic differences between breathing and non-breathing conditions in front crawl sprint swimming
Dr Carla McCabe

1130-1145

Concurrent validity of a new model for estimating peak oxygen uptake based on post-exercise measurements and heart rate kinetics in swimming
Thorsten Schuller

The effects of breathing on hip roll asymmetry in competitive front crawl swimming
Mike Barber, John Barden

1145-1200

Effects of breathing pattern during submaximal eggbeater kick on oxygen uptake at constant workload in competitive water polo players
Yosuke Sasaki

Freestyle arm entry effects on shoulder stress, force generation, and arm synchronisation
Dr Theodore Becker

1200-1205

5 minute break

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1205-1220

Attentional Focus and swim start performance
Michael Maloney

Use of additional warm-up strategies in the pre-race transition period enhances sprint swimming performance
Courtney McGowan

A multi-analysis of performance in 13-15 year-old swimmers: a pilot study
Ana Silva

1220-1235

Biophysics of the elite endurance swimmer: a case study during aerobic capacity evaluation using different methods 
Professor Joao Paulo Vilas-Boas

Altitude training enhances performance in elite swimmers: results from a controlled four parallel groups trial (The Altitude Project)
Professor Ferran A Rodriguez

Adjustments to elliptical zone software for acquiring body segment parameters automatically
Chuang-Yuan Chiu

1235-1250

Assessing the evolution of swim training via a review of Doc Counsilman’s training logs 
Professor Joel Stager

Effects of subacute moderate hypoxia on performance, peak oxygen uptake and stroke kinematics in 50 to 400-M time trials in elite swimmers
Professor Ferran A Rodriguez

Sculling and unroll-body-action techniques in the ’thrust’ movement of synchronized swimming based on three-dimensional motion analysis
Dr Miwako Homma

1250-1300

Session wrap up

Session wrap up

Session wrap up

1300-1400

Lunch

1400-1445

Biomechanics Keynote Introduction: Dr David Pease
Limitations on swimming speed: how can natural technologies be utilised?
Dr Frank Fish

1445-1530

Coaching Keynote Introduction: Dr Ralph Richards
Sport Science & Medical Support in preparation of elite swimmers (Russia, GBR, Sweden)
Dr Andrei Vorontsov

1530-1600

Afternoon Tea

1600-1645

Physiology Keynote Introduction: Professor David Pyne
The development of a research department in the French Swimming Federation: a paradigm evolution
Dr Philippe Hellard

1645-1650

5 min changeover

1645-1730

Concurrent Sessions

Coaching

Physiology

Biomechanics

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1650-1705

Comparison of the training load during High Intensity Interval Resistance Training programmed by different exercise duration. 
Yasuo Sengoku

Relationship between the oxygen uptake efficiency plateau and the lactate threshold in endurance swimmers
Dr Camila Coelho Greco

Dubious use or misuse of scientific information in commerce and policy making e.g. the swimsuit case
Emeritus Professor Jan Pieter Clarys

1705-1720

The evaluation of efficiency of individual programmes for altitude training of elite swimmers upon metabolic and biomechanical criteria. 
Dr Andrei Vorontsov

VO2 assessed by backward extrapolation in 200, 400, 800 and 1500 m front crawl in youth swimmers
Dr Flavio Antonio de Souza Castro

The effect of full body swimsuits on swimmers’ morphology and glide performance
Dr Georgios Machtsiras

1720-1735

Effects of active and passive recovery on muscle oxygenation during interval swimming 
Professor Yoshimitsu Shimoyama

Comparisons of 4 competitive jammers by biomechanics and physiological parameters in expert male crawl swimmers
Professor Didier Chollet

1735

Close of day

Wednesday 30 April 2014

0830-0915

Strength & Conditioning Keynote Introduction: Julian Jones
Professor Rob Newton

0915-0920

5 minute changeover

0920-1030

Concurrent Sessions

S&C Workshop

Physiology

Biomechanics

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Chair:

0920-0935

Ventilatory and kinematics responses in sprint vs. marathon swimmers. Relationship with the VO2 slow component
Dr Philippe Hellard

Buoyant (leg-sinking) torque in able-bodied swimmers and swimmers with impaired leg function
Dr Carl Payton

0935-0950

Observation of the soft palate while breathing in a simulated swimming
Professor Hideki Hara

Optimizing individual stance position in the swim start on the OSB11
Dr Armin Kibele

0950-1005

Does back crawl require greater energy expenditure than front crawl at equivalent sub-anaerobic threshold speed?
Tomohiro Gonjo

Should the gliding phase be included in the backstroke starting analysis?
Karla de Jesus

1005-1020

Lactate peak in youth swimmers: quantity and time interval for measurement after 50-1500 m maximal efforts in front crawl
Dr Flavio Antonio de Souza Castro

Characteristics of an elite swimming start
Elaine Tor

1020-1030

Session wrap up

Session wrap up

1030-1100

Morning Tea

S&C Practical Session

Physiology

Biomechanics

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Chair:

1100-1115

Intermittent maximal lactate steady state determination based on 200m performance
Ronaldo Bucken-Gobbi

Torque and power about the joints of the arm during the freestyle stroke
Dr Simon Harrison

1115-1130

Lactate parameters and 100m freestyle results at male and female youth swimmers
Georgia Rozi

The determination of ’added mass’ of swimmers as a part of studies of unsteady flow
Professor Bodo E. Ungerechts

1130-1145

Effect of an exhaustive swim exercise on isometric peak torque and stroke parameters
Dr Camila Coelho Greco

A different stroke technique of skilled swimmers to exert hand propulsion between the front crawl stroke and the butterfly
Dr Shigetada Kudo

1145-1200

Validation of an inertial measurement unit for the determination of the longitudinal speed of a swimmer
Dr Frederic Puel

Effect of sculling propulsion on body kinematics in displacement
Dr Raul Arellano

1200-1215

The contribution of the arm stroke and leg kick to freestyle swimming velocity, controlling for stroke and kick rate: a pilot study
Kirstin Morris

Difference of hydrodynamic force on foot between front crawl 6-beat and flutter kicking
Hiroshi Ichikawa

1215-1230

Are different methods for the aerobic capacity evaluation providing coherent biomechanical parameters?
Professor Joao Paulo Vilas-Boas

A method to calculate the vertical force produced during the eggbeater kick
Nuno Oliveira

1230-1245

Effects of sprint interval training on metabolic, mechanical characteristics and swimming performance
Futoshi Ogita

Variability of coach assessments of technique in front crawl sprint swimming
Gina Sacilotto

1245-1300

Longitudinal and confirmatory assessment of young swimmers’ performance and its determinant factors
Dr Tiago Barbosa

1300-1400

Lunch

1400-1445

Nutrition Keynote Introduction: Professor Louise Burke
Energy and dietary demands of pool and open water swimming
Professor David Costill

1445-1530

Concurrent Sessions

Nutrition

Physiology

Biomechanics

FINA Consensus Statement Feedback

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Chair:

1445-1500

In-water resisted swim training for age-group swimmers
Kosuke Kojima

The effect of pullout timing on breaststroke turn performance
Dr Alison Alcock

1500-1515

Diagnostics of specific working capability and evaluation of adaptation to training workloads during sport season in open water swimmers
Alexander Petriaev

Lower trunk muscle activity in butterfly swimming
Jonas Martens

1515-1530

Comparing methods for summarizing a training load in prediction models of swimming performance
Marta Avalos

Effect of fatigue in spatiotemporal parameters during 100 m front-crawl event monitored through 3D dual-media automatic tracking
Joao Ribeiro

1530-1600

Afternoon Tea

1600-1730

Concurrent Sessions

Nutrition - Implementation

Physiology

Biomechanics

Panel session - swimming update

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Chair:

1600-1615

Changes in heart rate during headstand in water
Sho Onodera

Asymmetries produce yaw in breaststroke
Professor Ross Sanders

1615-1630

Changes in urine volume and subjective micturition during sitting posture in water
Takuma Wada

Do fins alter spatiotemporal and physiological variables in front-crawl all-out effort?
Dr Flavio Antonio de Souza Castro

1630-1645

Oxygen uptake kinetics and biomechanical behaviour at different percentages of VO2max
Ana Sousa

Preference effect on inter-individual variability of body angles during swim start for expert swimmers
Dr Julien Vantorre, Associate Professor Ludovic Seifert

1645-1700

VO2 slow component assessment along an incremental swimming protocol
Professor Ricardo Fernandes

Hydrodynamic quality factor as an objective quantitative characteristic of assessment of swimming technique
Dr Boris Dyshko, Alexander Kochergin

1700-1715

Left ventricular performance following swim training in Egyptian wheelchair swimmers (amputee vs. paraplegic)
Professor Magdy Abouzeid

Muscle activation and kinematic differences between breaststroke swimming and technique/drill exercises: A case study of a world champion breaststroker
Bjorn Harald Olstad

1715-1730

Low-cost prototype development and swim velocity profile identification using neural network associated to generalized extremal optimization
Dr Roberto Freire

1730

Close of day

1900

Gold Creek Station Dinner

Thursday 1 May 2014

0830 – 0915

Biomechanics/CFD Keynote Introduction: Dr David Pease
Computational fluid dynamics as a tool for improving stroke technique
Dr Raymond Cohen

0915-0920

5 min changeover

0920-1030

Concurrent Sessions

Social Sciences etc

Physiology

Biomechanics

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0920-0935

The concepts ’can swim’ and ’water competition and their relationship: a conceptual model
Dr Robert K Stallman

The influence of face immersion and body position in heart rate kinetics during competitive synchronised swimming events
Lara Rodriguez-Zamora

Unsteady hydrodynamic forces acting on a robotic arm and its flow field during the crawl stroke
Professor Hideki Takagi

0935-0950

The effects of unsteady water on choice of swimming stroke
Per-Ludvik Kjendlie, Dr Robert K Stallman

Biolectrical impedance vector migration induced by training in young competitive synchronised swimmers
Professor Ferran A Rodriguez

Effect of jumping timing on resultant height for lift in synchronized swimming
Professor Motomu Nakashima

0950-1005

Lifesaving - a sport and a tool of rescue: is there danger of negative transfer?
Torril Hindmarch

Profile of stroke mechanics and economy during maximal aerobic test in crawl swimming
Dr Dalton Pessoa Filho

Computational fluid dynamic analysis of streamlined gliding and freestyle kicking at different depths
Dr Andrew Lyttle

1005-1020

The ’neglected factor’ in teaching & learning swimming: the teacher. Examples from Norway
Dr Dagmar Dahl

Elite child athlete is our future’ Bone lumbar spine adaptation in elite Egyptian children monofin swimmers
Professor Magdy Abouzeid

External kinetics measurements in individual and relay swimming starts: A review
Luis Mourao

1020-1030

Session wrap up

Session wrap up

Session wrap up

1030-1100

Morning Tea

1100-1145

Social Sciences, Humanities & Pedagogics Keynote Introduced by Dr Robert K Stallman
Professor Steve Langendorfer

1145-1200

5 min changeover

1200-1300

Concurrent Sessions

Social sciences

Biomechanics

Biomechanics

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1200-1215

Exploring beliefs about swimming among children and caregivers: a qualitative analysis
Dr Robert K Stallman

The effect of feet placement during the wall contact phase on freestyle turns
Jodi Cossor

How competitive swimmers adapt their inter-limb coordination to drag perturbation
Associate Professor Ludovic Seifert

1215-1230

Can you swim? Teaching teachers - a swimming and water safety intervention
Associate Professor Jenny Blitvich

Drag reduction by underwater undulatory swimming? An experimental and numerical approach
Stefan Hochstein

Between stability and flexibility of expert arm-leg coordination in breaststroke swimming
Dr John Komar

1230-1245

Self rescue in cold water: Nordic conditions
Torril Hindmarch

The importance of sagittal kick symmetry for underwater dolphin kick performance
Ryan Atkison

On the movement behavior of elite swimmers during the entry phase
Dr Sebastian Fischer

1245-1300

Participation rates and maximal swim performance
Dr Andrew Cornett

Elliptic model for evaluation of tumble turn in swimming
Dr Teruo Nomura

Effect of different protocol step lengths on swim efficiency and arm coordination in front crawl swimmers
Kelly de Jesus

1300

Close of day

1400-1700

Tours

Friday 2 May 2014

0830-0915

Medicine Keynote Introduction: Dr David Hughes
Immune function and the swimmer: twenty-five years of enquiry at the Australian Institute of Sport
Professor Peter Fricker

0915-0920

5 min changeover

0920-1030

Concurrent Sessions

Social Sciences

Medicine

Biomechanics

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0920-0935

Decrement in the performance of swimming skill with the added burden of outer clothing
Dr Robert K Stallman

Evaluation of master swimmers health: the case of French National Championships
Francois Potdevin

The accuracy of commercially produced accelerometer-based activity monitors as a means of estimating average swim bout speed
Dr Brian Wright

0935-0950

Self-rescue and baby swimming: combining the child’s perspective with a drowning prevention intention
Torill Hindmarch

Relationships between body composition and success in competitive swimming
Professor Milivoj Dopsaj

A new method to evaluate breaststroke kicking technique using a pressure distribution analysis
Takaaki Tsunokawa

0950-1005

Lane bias at the 2013 World Swimming Championships
Chris Brammer

Ventilation dynamics during race pace swimming in elite swimmers
Marja Paivinen

A validated assessment of a swimmer’s passive wave resistance using CFD
Marion James

1005-1020

Self training strategies in leisure swimmers: gender and age effects
Francois Potdevin

Relationships between hand kinematics and hip movement in front crawl
Dr Frederic Puel

1020-1030

Session wrap up

Session wrap up

Session wrap up

1030-1100

Morning Tea

1100-1145

Physiotherapy Keynote Introduction: Sports Physiotherapist Kylie Holt
Injury to swimmers: bad luck, bad athletes or bad management?
Peter Blanch

1145-1150

5 min changeover

1150-1300

Concurrent Sessions

Social Sciences

Medicine & Physiotherapy

Biomechanics

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1150-1205

A non-linear pedagogical approach for learning expert coordination patters in swimming
Dr John Komar

Effect of immersion on angle positioning at elbow joint with and without pre-instruction in trained swimmers
Koichi Kaneda

Real-time sonification in swimming -from pressure changes of displaced water to sound
Professor Bodo E Ungerechts

1205-1220

Predicting a nation’s Olympic qualifying swimmers
Sian Allen

Pelvic tilt in the swim block start
Brett Doring

A novel dynamometric central for 3D forces and moments assessment in swimming starting
Professor Joao Paulo Vilas-Boas

1220-1235

Swimming and water safety programs for children 514 in Australia: a survey of swim school managers, teachers and parents’ perceptions
Melissa Savage

Changes in the conditioning components for the Japanese Universiade swimming teams
Hirofumi Jigami

A new approach for identifying phases of the breaststroke wave kick using 3D automatic motion tracking
Bjorn Harald Olstad

1235-1250

1250-1300

Session wrap up

Session wrap up

Session wrap up

1300-1400

Lunch

1400-1600

Demonstrations in AIS Pools – Biomechanics & Physiology

1600-1700

International Team Relays Old 50m Pool – 4 x 50m freestyle Relay Teams

1700

Close of day

1900-2300

Symposium Banquet & Symposium Close
Dr. Bruce Mason & Dr. Dave Martin (Master of Ceremonies)