Declines in swimming performance with age: a longitudinal study of Masters swimming champions

Robert T Rubin1 Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA;2 UCLA Bruin Masters Swim Club, Los Angeles, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]

Sonia Lin3 Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA

Amy Curtis4 Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

Daniel Auerbach5 University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

Charlene Win6 Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Pages 63-70 | Published online: 12 Mar 2013

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