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Kinetics of human motion / Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: xvii, 653 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0736037780
  • 9780736037785
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.76
LOC classification:
  • QP303. Z383 2002
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Notation and Conventions -- Ch. 1. External Contact Forces -- 1.1. Forces and Couples -- 1.2. Friction Forces and Air Resistance -- 1.3. Local Biological Effects of Contact Forces -- Ch. 2. Statics of Multilink Serial Chains: Transformation Analysis -- 2.1. Torque and Force Actuators at Revolute Joints -- 2.2. Transformation Analysis -- 2.3. Control of External Contact Forces -- 2.4. Duality of Statics and Kinematics: Null Spaces -- Ch. 3. Statics of Multilink Chains: Stability of Equilibrium -- 3.1. Stiffness of Passive and Active Objects -- 3.2. Apparent Endpoint Stiffness -- 3.3. Apparent Joint Stiffness -- 3.4. Transformation Analysis -- 3.5. Why Is It So Difficult to Determine Joint Stiffness? -- 3.6. Stiffness in Motor Control Models -- Ch. 4. Inertial Properties of the Human Body -- 4.1. Basic Mechanics Theory -- 4.2. Inertial Properties of the Entire Human Body -- 4.3. Inertial Properties of Body Parts -- 4.4. Subject-Specific Inertial Characteristics -- 4.5. Control of Body Inertia in Human Movement -- Ch. 5. Joint Torques and Forces: The Inverse Problem of Dynamics -- 5.1. Basic Dynamic Equations -- 5.2. Inverse Dynamics of Simple Planar Chains -- 5.3. Movement in Three Dimensions -- 5.4. Joint Torques and Joint Forces in Human Motion -- Ch. 6. Mechanical Work and Energy in Human Movement -- 6.1. The Concept of Work -- 6.2. Work at a Joint and Work on a Body Segment -- 6.3. Energy, Work, and Power in Multilink Kinematic Chains -- 6.4. Minimizing the Energy Expenditure for Motion -- App. 1. Inertial Properties of Cadavers -- App. 2. Inertial Properties Measured in Living Subjects -- App. 3. Geometric Modeling of Human Body Segments -- Glossary -- Index -- About the Author.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Notation and Conventions -- Ch. 1. External Contact Forces -- 1.1. Forces and Couples -- 1.2. Friction Forces and Air Resistance -- 1.3. Local Biological Effects of Contact Forces -- Ch. 2. Statics of Multilink Serial Chains: Transformation Analysis -- 2.1. Torque and Force Actuators at Revolute Joints -- 2.2. Transformation Analysis -- 2.3. Control of External Contact Forces -- 2.4. Duality of Statics and Kinematics: Null Spaces -- Ch. 3. Statics of Multilink Chains: Stability of Equilibrium -- 3.1. Stiffness of Passive and Active Objects -- 3.2. Apparent Endpoint Stiffness -- 3.3. Apparent Joint Stiffness -- 3.4. Transformation Analysis -- 3.5. Why Is It So Difficult to Determine Joint Stiffness? -- 3.6. Stiffness in Motor Control Models -- Ch. 4. Inertial Properties of the Human Body -- 4.1. Basic Mechanics Theory -- 4.2. Inertial Properties of the Entire Human Body -- 4.3. Inertial Properties of Body Parts -- 4.4. Subject-Specific Inertial Characteristics -- 4.5. Control of Body Inertia in Human Movement -- Ch. 5. Joint Torques and Forces: The Inverse Problem of Dynamics -- 5.1. Basic Dynamic Equations -- 5.2. Inverse Dynamics of Simple Planar Chains -- 5.3. Movement in Three Dimensions -- 5.4. Joint Torques and Joint Forces in Human Motion -- Ch. 6. Mechanical Work and Energy in Human Movement -- 6.1. The Concept of Work -- 6.2. Work at a Joint and Work on a Body Segment -- 6.3. Energy, Work, and Power in Multilink Kinematic Chains -- 6.4. Minimizing the Energy Expenditure for Motion -- App. 1. Inertial Properties of Cadavers -- App. 2. Inertial Properties Measured in Living Subjects -- App. 3. Geometric Modeling of Human Body Segments -- Glossary -- Index -- About the Author.

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