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Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise / Peter M. McGinnis.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2013Edition: 3. edDescription: xii, 443 p. ill. cmISBN:
  • 9780736079662
  • 0736079661
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.76 23
  • 612.7/6 23
Contents:
Forces : maintaining equilibrium or changing motion -- Linear kinematics : describing objects in linear motion -- Linear kinetics : explaining the causes of linear motion -- Work, power, and energy : explaining the causes of motion without Newton -- Torques and moments of force : maintaining equilibrium or changing angular motion -- Angular kinematics : describing objects in angular motion -- Angular kinetics : explaining the causes of angular motion -- Fluid mechanics : the effects of water and air -- Mechanics of biological materials : stresses and strains on the body -- The skeletal system : the rigid framework of the body -- The muscular system : the motors of the body -- The nervous system : control of the musculoskeletal system -- Qualitative biomechanical analysis to improve technique -- Qualitative biomechanical analysis to improve training -- Qualitative biomechanical analysis to understand injury development -- Technology in biomechanics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Forces : maintaining equilibrium or changing motion -- Linear kinematics : describing objects in linear motion -- Linear kinetics : explaining the causes of linear motion -- Work, power, and energy : explaining the causes of motion without Newton -- Torques and moments of force : maintaining equilibrium or changing angular motion -- Angular kinematics : describing objects in angular motion -- Angular kinetics : explaining the causes of angular motion -- Fluid mechanics : the effects of water and air -- Mechanics of biological materials : stresses and strains on the body -- The skeletal system : the rigid framework of the body -- The muscular system : the motors of the body -- The nervous system : control of the musculoskeletal system -- Qualitative biomechanical analysis to improve technique -- Qualitative biomechanical analysis to improve training -- Qualitative biomechanical analysis to understand injury development -- Technology in biomechanics.