Preface | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Introduction: Why Study Biomechanics? | p. 1 |
What Is Biomechanics? | p. 3 |
What Are the Goals of Exercise and Sport Biomechanics? | p. 3 |
The History of Sport Biomechanics | p. 10 |
The Organization of Mechanics | p. 11 |
Basic Dimensions and Units of Measurement Used in Mechanics | p. 12 |
Summary | p. 14 |
External Biomechanics: External Forces and Their Effects on the Body and Its Movement | p. 17 |
Forces: Maintaining Equilibrium or Changing Motion | p. 19 |
What Are Forces? | p. 20 |
Classifying Forces | p. 21 |
Friction | p. 23 |
Addition of Forces: Force Composition | p. 27 |
Resolution of Forces | p. 35 |
Static Equilibrium | p. 39 |
Summary | p. 44 |
Linear Kinematics: Describing Objects in Linear Motion | p. 47 |
Motion | p. 48 |
Linear Kinematics | p. 50 |
Uniform Acceleration and Projectile Motion | p. 62 |
Summary | p. 73 |
Linear Kinetics: Explaining the Causes of Linear Motion | p. 77 |
Newton's First Law of Motion: Law of Inertia | p. 78 |
Conservation of Momentum | p. 81 |
Newton's Second Law of Motion: Law of Acceleration | p. 87 |
Impulse and Momentum | p. 91 |
Newton's Third Law of Motion: Law of Action-Reaction | p. 95 |
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation | p. 96 |
Summary | p. 97 |
Work, Power, and Energy: Explaining the Causes of Motion Without Newton | p. 101 |
Work | p. 102 |
Energy | p. 105 |
The Work-Energy Relationship | p. 107 |
Power | p. 112 |
Summary | p. 113 |
Torques and Moments of Force: Maintaining Equilibrium or Changing Angular Motion | p. 117 |
What Are Torques? | p. 118 |
Forces and Torques in Equilibrium | p. 126 |
What Is Center of Gravity? | p. 129 |
Summary | p. 143 |
Angular Kinematics: Describing Objects in Angular Motion | p. 147 |
Angular Position and Displacement | p. 148 |
Angular and Linear Displacement | p. 151 |
Angular Velocity | p. 153 |
Angular and Linear Velocity | p. 153 |
Angular Acceleration | p. 156 |
Angular and Linear Acceleration | p. 156 |
Anatomical System for Describing Limb Movements | p. 158 |
Summary | p. 169 |
Angular Kinetics: Explaining the Causes of Angular Motion | p. 173 |
Angular Inertia | p. 174 |
Angular Momentum | p. 180 |
Angular Interpretation of Newton's First Law of Motion | p. 182 |
Angular Interpretation of Newton's Second Law of Motion | p. 185 |
Angular Impulse and Angular Momentum | p. 186 |
Angular Interpretation of Newton's Third Law of Motion | p. 187 |
Summary | p. 189 |
Fluid Mechanics: The Effects of Water and Air | p. 193 |
Buoyant Force: Force Due to Immersion | p. 194 |
Dynamic Fluid Force: Force Due to Relative Motion | p. 197 |
Summary | p. 209 |
Internal Biomechanics: Internal Forces and Their Effects on the Body and Its Movement | p. 211 |
Mechanics of Biological Materials: Stresses and Strains on the Body | p. 213 |
Stress | p. 214 |
Strain | p. 224 |
Mechanical Properties of Materials: The Stress-Strain Relationship | p. 226 |
Mechanical Properties of the Musculoskeletal System | p. 230 |
Summary | p. 235 |
The Skeletal System: The Rigid Framework of the Body | p. 237 |
Bones | p. 238 |
Joints | p. 242 |
Summary | p. 249 |
The Muscular System: The Motors of the Body | p. 251 |
The Structure of Skeletal Muscle | p. 252 |
Muscle Action | p. 255 |
Muscle Contraction Force | p. 260 |
Summary | p. 271 |
The Nervous System: Control of the Musculoskeletal System | p. 273 |
The Nervous System and the Neuron | p. 274 |
The Motor Unit | p. 276 |
Receptors and Reflexes | p. 278 |
Summary | p. 282 |
Applying Biomechanical Principles | p. 285 |
Qualitative Biomechanical Analysis to Improve Technique | p. 287 |
Types of Biomechanical Analysis | p. 288 |
Qualitative Biomechanical Analysis to Improve Technique | p. 289 |
Sample Analyses | p. 299 |
Summary | p. 313 |
Qualitative Biomechanical Analysis to Improve Training | p. 315 |
Biomechanics and Training | p. 316 |
Qualitative Anatomical Analysis Method | p. 317 |
Sample Analyses | p. 321 |
Summary | p. 333 |
Qualitative Biomechanical Analysis to Understand Injury Development | p. 339 |
Mechanical Stress and Injury | p. 340 |
Tissue Response to Stress | p. 342 |
Mechanism of Overuse Injury | p. 345 |
Individual Differences in Tissue Threshold | p. 345 |
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Affecting Injury | p. 346 |
Running | p. 349 |
Summary | p. 358 |
Technology in Biomechanics | p. 361 |
Quantitative Biomechanical Analysis | p. 362 |
Measurement Issues | p. 362 |
Tools for Measuring Biomechanical Variables | p. 364 |
Summary | p. 369 |
Units of Measurement and Conversions | p. 371 |
Answers to Selected Problems and Review Questions | p. 377 |
Glossary | p. 387 |
References and Suggested Readings | p. 399 |
Index | p. 403 |
About the Author | p. 411 |
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