Electromyographic studies of swimming movements in infants and children have been performed by Tokuyama, Okamoto and Kumamoto (1976) on the breaststroke a!ld the crawl stroke. In these experiments, the process by which the flutter kick is learned was analyzed electromyographically to elucidate how a child who could not swim without support first behaved in the water and then spontaneously acquired the technique of the Butter kick, which was similar to that seen in skilled adults.
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