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Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming XI

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<strong>Biomechanics</strong><strong>and</strong>medic<strong>in</strong>e<strong>in</strong>swimm<strong>in</strong>gXi<br />

Assess<strong>in</strong>g Mental Workload at Maximal Intensity <strong>in</strong><br />

Swimm<strong>in</strong>g Us<strong>in</strong>g the NASA-TLX Questionnaire<br />

schnitzler, c. 1 , seifert, l. 1 , chollet, d. 1<br />

1 CETAPS EA 3832, Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Rouen, France<br />

The sensitivity of the NASA-TLX questionnaire to gender, age <strong>and</strong> expertise<br />

was <strong>in</strong>vestigated. Fifty subjects performed a 400-m front crawl at maximal<br />

velocity. Then, 100-, 200- <strong>and</strong> 300-m trials at the same velocity were performed.<br />

Mental workload was assessed. The results showed that total subjective<br />

workload (TWL) <strong>in</strong>creased gradually with the distance (p

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