Bartlett, Roger,

Sports biomechanics : reducing injury risk and improving sports performance / Roger Bartlett and Melanie Bussey. - Second edition. - xxii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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.

"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"--

0415558379 9780415558372 0415558387 9780415558389

2011019516


Sports--Physiological aspects
Human mechanics.
Sports injuries--Prevention
Sports--Physiology.
Biomechanical Phenomena

RC1235 / .B37 2012

617.1027