Overview
- Nine principles of biomechanics that are developed throughout the text. These principles provide an applied structure for biomechanical concepts, and the application of each principle is fully explored in several chapters
- The text continues the traditional approach of providing many human movement examples as biomechanical concepts are presented
- Practical application boxes that highlight in-depth discussions of applications of biomechanics
- Activity boxes that allow students to see or feel the effect of biomechanical concepts on human movement
- Interdisciplinary issues boxes that show how biomechanics is integrated with other sport sciences in solving human movement problems. These features provide real-world examples and emphasize how biomechanics is integrated with the other subdisciplines of kinesiology to contribute to qualitative analysis of human movement
- Key terms are bolded and defined in the text
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Biological/Structural Bases
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Mechanical Bases
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Applications of Biomechanics in Qualitative Analysis
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About this book
Fundamentals of Biomechanics, 2nd edition, presents a clear, conceptual approach to understanding biomechanics within the context of the qualitative analysis of human movement. The philosophy is to blend up-to-date biomechanical knowledge (with extensive referencing for student study) with professional application knowledge. This true application of biomechanics in real-world settings is missing in previous biomechanics texts.
The text provides real-world examples of the application of biomechanics several ways. Like other texts, human movement examples and problems are discussed to help teach biomechanical variables and concepts. This text, however, goes beyond this physics class with sport example approach. First, nine principles of biomechanics are developed throughout the book to link theoretical knowledge with practical/professional principles and application. These nine generic application principles are based on the laws and concepts of biomechanics, so they can be applied to all human movements. There principles help PETE majors address standard 2 on applying movement concepts and principles in physical education (NASPE, 1995). Most biomechanics texts that have tried to develop principles for application have created many specific observations about many categories of human movement, so students tend to get lost. Second, the last section of the book develops the application of biomechanics in qualitative analysis of several movements in four professional areas: physical education, coaching, strength & conditioning, and sports medicine. These guided tours of the application of biomechanics to solve human movement problems are similar to the extensive interdisciplinary qualitative analysis tutorials in Knudson & Morrison (2002).
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fundamentals of Biomechanics
Authors: Duane Knudson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49312-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-6497-7Published: 17 April 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-49312-1Published: 28 May 2007
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XII, 354
Topics: Human Physiology, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Sports Medicine