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Descriptor English: Swimming
Descriptor Spanish: Natación
Descriptor natación
Scope note: Actividad en la que el cuerpo es impulsado en el agua por movimientos específicos de los brazos y/o de las piernas. Con frecuencia se estudia la natación como propulsión a través del agua por los movimientos de las extremidades, cola o aletas de los animales como forma de ESFUERZO FÍSICO o de resistencia.
Descriptor Portuguese: Natação
Descriptor French: Natation
Tree number(s): G11.427.410.568.800
G11.427.410.698.277.875
I03.350.875
I03.450.642.845.945.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013550
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: human & animal; /inj: coordinate with specific injury; consider also DIVING; index NIM for swimming in animal experiments on PHYSICAL EXERTION
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC économie
ED enseignement et éducation
ES éthique
HI histoire
IN traumatismes
LJ législation et jurisprudence
PH physiologie
PX psychologie
SN statistiques et données numériques
ST normes
TD tendances
DeCS ID: 13931
Unique ID: D013550
NLM Classification: QT 260.5.S9
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/04/14
Natation - Preferred
Concept UI M0020930
Preferred term Natation



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