Title
Sports biomechanics : reducing injury risk and improving sports performance / Roger Bartlett and Melanie Bussey.
Edition
2nd ed.
ISBN
9780415558389 paperback
0415558387 paperback
9780415558372 hardcover
0415558379 hardcover
Imprint
London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
Language
English
Description
xxii, 341 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
RC1235 .B37 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
617.1/027
Summary
"When working with sports men and women, the biomechanist is faced with two apparently incompatible goals: reducing injury risk and improving sports performance. Now in a fully updated and revised edition, Sports Biomechanics introduces the fundamental principles that underpin our understanding of the biomechanics of both sports injury and performance, and explains how contemporary biomechanical science can be used to meet both of those goals simultaneously. The first four chapters of this book look closely at sports injury, including topics such as the properties of biological materials, mechanisms of injury occurrence, risk reduction, and the estimation of forces in biological structures. The last four chapters concentrate on the biomechanical enhancement of sports performance, including analytical techniques, statistical and mathematical modelling of sports movements, and the use of feedback to enhance sports performance. Drawing on the very latest empirical and epidemiological data, and including clear concise summaries, self test questions and guides to further reading in every chapter, this book is essential reading for all advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students with an interest in biomechanics, sports injury, sports medicine, physical therapy or performance analysis"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Biomechanics of sports injury / Melanie Bussey
Injuries in sport : how the body behaves under load / Melanie Bussey
Risk factors for sports injury / Melanie Bussey
Calculating the loads on the body / Roger Bartlett and Melanie Bussey
Performance analysis / Roger Bartlett
Performance improvement through qualitative biomechanical analysis / Roger Bartlett
Performance improvement through quantitative biomechanical models / Roger Bartlett
Intervention to improve performance / Roger Bartlett.
