Morais, J.E.Jesus, SérgioMejias, J. ErikSilva, A.J.Marinho, D.A.Barbosa, Tiago M.2012-05-212012-05-212012Morais, J.E.; Jesus, S.; Meijas, J.E.; Silva, A.J.; Meirinho, D.A.; Barbosa, Tiago M. (2012). Is underwater gliding test a valid procedure to estimate the swimmer's drag? In Book of abstracts of the 6th International symposium Science & Swimming. Wroclawhttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/6931A higher underwater gliding distance seems to be associated to a decrease of the passive drag (Marinho et aI., 2010). But it also can be related to other variables 5uch as muscle power of the lower limbs, while pushing the forehead wall. At least one paper reported that during tums, muscle power from lower limbs is a determinant factor (Potdevin et al. 2011). The aim of this study was to develop a structural equation model for underwater gliding distance based on these selected variables.engconference object