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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction: Why Study Biomechanics? | |
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What Is Biomechanics? | |
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What Are the Goals of Exercise and Sport Biomechanics? | |
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The History of Sport Biomechanics | |
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The Organization of Mechanics | |
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Basic Dimensions and Units of Measurement Used in Mechanics | |
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Summary | |
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External Biomechanics: External Forces and Their Effects on the Body and Its Movement | |
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Forces: Maintaining Equilibrium or Changing Motion | |
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What Are Forces? | |
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Classifying Forces | |
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Friction | |
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Addition of Forces: Force Composition | |
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Resolution of Forces | |
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Static Equilibrium | |
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Summary | |
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Linear Kinematics: Describing Objects in Linear Motion | |
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Motion | |
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Linear Kinematics | |
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Uniform Acceleration and Projectile Motion | |
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Summary | |
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Linear Kinetics: Explaining the Causes of Linear Motion | |
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Newton's First Law of Motion: Law of Inertia | |
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Conservation of Momentum | |
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Newton's Second Law of Motion: Law of Acceleration | |
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Impulse and Momentum | |
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Newton's Third Law of Motion: Law of Action-Reaction | |
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Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation | |
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Summary | |
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Work, Power, and Energy: Explaining the Causes of Motion Without Newton | |
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Work | |
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Energy | |
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The Work-Energy Relationship | |
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Power | |
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Summary | |
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Torques and Moments of Force: Maintaining Equilibrium or Changing Angular Motion | |
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What Are Torques? | |
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Forces and Torques in Equilibrium | |
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What Is Center of Gravity? | |
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Summary | |
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Angular Kinematics: Describing Objects in Angular Motion | |
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Angular Position and Displacement | |
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Angular and Linear Displacement | |
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Angular Velocity | |
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Angular and Linear Velocity | |
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Angular Acceleration | |
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Angular and Linear Acceleration | |
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Anatomical System for Describing Limb Movements | |
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Summary | |
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Angular Kinetics: Explaining the Causes of Angular Motion | |
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Angular Inertia | |
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Angular Momentum | |
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Angular Interpretation of Newton's First Law of Motion | |
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Angular Interpretation of Newton's Second Law of Motion | |
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Angular Impulse and Angular Momentum | |
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Angular Interpretation of Newton's Third Law of Motion | |
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Summary | |
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Fluid Mechanics: The Effects of Water and Air | |
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Buoyant Force: Force Due to Immersion | |
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Dynamic Fluid Force: Force Due to Relative Motion | |
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Summary | |
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Internal Biomechanics: Internal Forces and Their Effects on the Body and Its Movement | |
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Mechanics of Biological Materials: Stresses and Strains on the Body | |
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Stress | |
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Strain | |
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Mechanical Properties of Materials: The Stress-Strain Relationship | |
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Mechanical Properties of the Musculoskeletal System | |
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Summary | |
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The Skeletal System: The Rigid Framework of the Body | |
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Bones | |
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Joints | |
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Summary | |
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The Muscular System: The Motors of the Body | |
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The Structure of Skeletal Muscle | |
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Muscle Action | |
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Muscle Contraction Force | |
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Summary | |
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The Nervous System: Control of the Musculoskeletal System | |
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The Nervous System and the Neuron | |
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The Motor Unit | |
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Receptors and Reflexes | |
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Summary | |
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Applying Biomechanical Principles | |
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Qualitative Biomechanical Analysis to Improve Technique | |
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Types of Biomechanical Analysis | |
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Qualitative Biomechanical Analysis to Improve Technique | |
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Sample Analyses | |
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Summary | |
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Qualitative Biomechanical Analysis to Improve Training | |
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Biomechanics and Training | |
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Qualitative Anatomical Analysis Method | |
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Sample Analyses | |
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Summary | |
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Qualitative Biomechanical Analysis to Understand Injury Development | |
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Mechanical Stress and Injury | |
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Tissue Response to Stress | |
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Mechanism of Overuse Injury | |
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Individual Differences in Tissue Threshold | |
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Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Affecting Injury | |
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Running | |
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Summary | |
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Technology in Biomechanics | |
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Quantitative Biomechanical Analysis | |
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Measurement Issues | |
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Tools for Measuring Biomechanical Variables | |
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Summary | |
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Units of Measurement and Conversions | |
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Answers to Selected Problems and Review Questions | |
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Glossary | |
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References and Suggested Readings | |
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Index | |
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About the Author | |