Publication

1999 - E & FN Spon, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

69,000 words, Guess

Page Count

276 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780419184409
  • Open LibraryOL361800M

Classifications

  • DDC612/.044
  • LCCRC1235 .B37 1999
  • LCCRC1235 .B37 1999eb
and 2 more
  • LCCRC1235.B37 1999
  • LCCRC 1235 B37 1999

Description

Sports Biomechanics: Reducing Injury and Improving Performance is the companion volume to Introduction to Sports Biomechanics, also written by Roger Bartlett. This advanced text focuses on third year undergraduate and postgraduate topics and considers the two key issues of sports biomechanics: why injuries occur, how they can be reduced, and how performance can be improved.Part One contains a detailed examination of sports injury, including: properties of biological materials, mechanisms of injury occurrence, risk reduction, and the estimation of forces in biological structures. Part Two concentrates on the biomechanical enhancement of sports performance. Subjects covered in detail are: analysis of sports technique, statistical and mathematical modelling of sports movements and the feedback of results to improve performance.This textbook will prove invaluable for students studying biomechanics in years two and three of a sport science degree, and also for postgraduate students.

First Sentence

This chapter provides a background to the biochemical reasons why injuries occur and an understanding of the properties of materials, including some of the factors that can modify the behaviour of biological materials.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Sports biomechanics: reducing injury and improving performanceE & FN Spon1999-01-01

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