"Swimming" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D013550
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G11.427.410.568.800 G11.427.410.698.277.875 I03.350.875 I03.450.642.845.945.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Swimming" by people in Profiles.
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Protocol for quantitative analysis of adult zebrafish swimming behavior using DeepLabCut. STAR Protoc. 2026 Mar 20; 7(1):104374.
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Swimming motions evoke Piezo1-dependent Ca2+ events in vascular endothelial cells of larval zebrafish. Curr Biol. 2025 Dec 15; 35(24):6137-6146.e5.
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Pediatric Considerations for Water Safety. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2025 Dec; 72(6):1111-1128.
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Female zebrafish (Danio rerio) demonstrate stronger preference for established shoals over newly-formed shoals in the three-tank open-swim preference test. PLoS One. 2022; 17(9):e0265703.
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Methamphetamine exposure and its cessation alter gut microbiota and induce depressive-like behavioral effects on rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2021 Jan; 238(1):281-292.
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Evidence that Swimming May Be Protective of Knee Osteoarthritis: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. PM R. 2020 06; 12(6):529-537.
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Analysis of vertebrate vision in a 384-well imaging system. Sci Rep. 2019 Sep 27; 9(1):13989.
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Prevention of Drowning. Pediatrics. 2019 05; 143(5).
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Swimming Training Attenuates Allodynia and Hyperalgesia Induced by Peripheral Nerve Injury in an Adult Male Rat Neuropathic Model: Effects on Irisin and GAD65. Pain Med. 2018 11 01; 19(11):2236-2245.
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Environmental and personal determinants of the uptake of disinfection by-products during swimming. Environ Res. 2016 08; 149:206-215.