Overview
Introduces the exciting world of how human movement is created and how it can be improved
Concludes by showing how these principles can be used by movement professionals to improve human movement
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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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Reviews
(Bruce Elliott, Professor of Biomechanics, The University of Western Australia, Australia)
"Fundamentals of Biomechanics delivers everything it promises, and more. The challenge of teaching and learning biomechanics is understanding the two distinct fields that it comprises - biology and mechanics. In my experience, some students enter biomechanics with aptitude and interest in one of these fields and reluctance to the other. As a leader in biomechanics, Dr. Knudson seems to realize this and does an expert job of teaching these two fields in separate parts of the textbook. The text is clearly written, and includes many helpful illustrations and examples."
(Glenn S. Fleisig, Ph.D., Smith & Nephew Chair of Research, American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, AL)
"Fundamentals of Biomechanics is a wonderful and comprehensive treatment which meets the needs and interest of both students and educators! The text addresses the subject cohesively and solidly in a technical, yet very readable and effective manner... I'll use this text in my own summer course and recommend it to colleagues."
Jani Macari Pallis, Ph.D., International Sports Engineering Association, San Francisco, CA
"Duane Knudsons book, Fundamentals of Biomechanics, is an attempt to bridge the gap between quantitative and qualitative biomechanics. The book is remarkably well written, the structure is well designed and all the examples are carefully selected in order to enhance the understanding of the students. Additionally, the mechanical and biological concepts are exceptionally well integrated. This increases the spectrum of fields of application. The book should be read by students and professionals from all over the world. The reason is that Duane Knudson explains biomechanics for students, coaches, physiotherapists and medical doctors in comprehensive aspects of human movements clearly and simply with a biological and predominantly qualitative approach."
(Dr. Jürgen Krug, Professor of Biomechanics and Training Theory, Institute of Kinesiology, University of Leipzig, Germany)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fundamentals of Biomechanics
Authors: Duane Knudson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5298-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2003
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-5298-4Published: 17 April 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 337
Number of Illustrations: 111 b/w illustrations
Topics: Human Physiology, Biomedicine general, Orthopedics
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Consumer Packaged Goods, Health & Hospitals, Pharma