Kinetics of human motion /
Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky.
- xvii, 653 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Notation and Conventions -- External Contact Forces -- Forces and Couples -- Friction Forces and Air Resistance -- Local Biological Effects of Contact Forces -- Statics of Multilink Serial Chains: Transformation Analysis -- Torque and Force Actuators at Revolute Joints -- Transformation Analysis -- Control of External Contact Forces -- Duality of Statics and Kinematics: Null Spaces -- Statics of Multilink Chains: Stability of Equilibrium -- Stiffness of Passive and Active Objects -- Apparent Endpoint Stiffness -- Apparent Joint Stiffness -- Transformation Analysis -- Why Is It So Difficult to Determine Joint Stiffness? -- Stiffness in Motor Control Models -- Inertial Properties of the Human Body -- Basic Mechanics Theory -- Inertial Properties of the Entire Human Body -- Inertial Properties of Body Parts -- Subject-Specific Inertial Characteristics -- Control of Body Inertia in Human Movement -- Joint Torques and Forces: The Inverse Problem of Dynamics -- Basic Dynamic Equations -- Inverse Dynamics of Simple Planar Chains -- Movement in Three Dimensions -- Joint Torques and Joint Forces in Human Motion -- Mechanical Work and Energy in Human Movement -- The Concept of Work -- Work at a Joint and Work on a Body Segment -- Energy, Work, and Power in Multilink Kinematic Chains -- Minimizing the Energy Expenditure for Motion -- Inertial Properties of Cadavers -- Inertial Properties Measured in Living Subjects -- Geometric Modeling of Human Body Segments -- Glossary -- Index -- About the Author. Ch. 1. 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. Ch. 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. Ch. 3. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 3.6. Ch. 4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 4.5. Ch. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. Ch. 6. 6.1. 6.2. 6.3. 6.4. App. 1. App. 2. App. 3.