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Biomechanics in Sport is a unique reference text prepared by the leading world experts in sport biomechanics. Over thirty chapters cover a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from muscle mechanics to injury prevention, and from aerial movement to wheelchair sport. The biomechanics of sports including running, skating, skiing, swimming, jumping in athletics, figure skating, ski jumping, diving, javelin and hammer throwing, shot putting, and striking movements are all explained.

Table of Contents:
MUSCLE ACTION IN SPORT AND EXERCISE. 1 Muscle action in high force contractions. 2 Functional properties and performance in skeletal muscles. 3 Muscle-tendon architecture and athletic performance. 4 Eccentric muscle action in sport and exercise. 5 Stretch-shortening cycle. 6 Biomechanical foundations of strength and power training. . LOCOMOTION. 7 Factors affecting preferred rates of movement in cyclic activities. . 8 The dynamics of running. . 9 Lower extremity function during cycling. . 10 Competitive skill: technique, equipment and environmental factors affecting performance. 11 Technique and power production in speed skating. 12 Hydrodynamic resistance and propelling forces in swimming. . 13 Mechanical power and propelling efficiency in competitive swimming. . JUMPING AND AERIAL MOVEMENT. . 14 Aerial movement. 15 The high jump. 16 Ski jumping. . 17 Jumping in figure skating. . 18 Springboard and platform diving. . THROWING. 19 Throwing: basic principles. . 20 Flight of projectiles in sport. . 21 Hammer throwing: problems and prospects. . 22 Shot putting. . 23 Javelin throwing: an approach toward performance improvement. . INJURY PREVENTION AND REHABILITATION. . 24 Mechanisms of musculoskeletal injury. 25 Musculoskeletal loading during landing. 26 Impact propagation and its effects on the human body. . 27 Sport related spine injuries and their prevention. 28 Eccentric contraction: applied physiology and mechanics of muscle injury and rehabilitation. SPECIAL OLYMPIC SPORTS. . 29 Manual wheelchair propulsion. . 30 Sport for amputees

About the Author :
Vladimir Zatsiorsky, PhD, is a professor of kinesiology at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania. A strength and conditioning consultant for Olympic teams from the former Soviet Union for 26 years, Zatsiorsky has trained hundreds of world-class athletes. He has also authored or coauthored 15 books and more than 350 scientific papers. His books have been published in several languages, including English, Russian, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian and Bulgarian. He has received honorary doctoral degrees from universities in Poland and Russia and is an honorary member of the International Association of Sport Kinetics. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, listening to classical music and exercising. William Kraemer, PhD, is a professor in the department of kinesiology at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, where he works in the Human Performance Laboratory. He is also is a professor in the department of physiology and neurobiology and a professor of medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Centre. He is editor in chief of the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, an associate editor of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, and an editorial board member of the Journal of Applied Physiology. A former junior high and college coach, Kraemer has coauthored many books and articles on strength training for athletes.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780470693797
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
  • Height: 260 mm
  • No of Pages: 680
  • Weight: 1364 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0470693797
  • Publisher Date: 17 Mar 2008
  • Binding: Other digital
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 43 mm
  • Width: 189 mm


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