Biomechanics of sport and exercise / Peter M. McGinnis.
Material type: TextPublication details: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2013]Edition: Third editionDescription: xii, 442 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 29 cmISBN:- 9780736079662:
- 0736079661
- 612.76
- .M36 2013
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CW178
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.
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