ABSTRACT

Instant Notes Sport and Exercise Biomechanics provides a comprehensive overview of the key concepts in exercise and sport biomechanics. The kinematics of motion are reviewed in detail, outlining the physics of motion. Mechanical characteristics of motion, the mechanisms of injury, and the analysis of the sport technique provides a source of valuable information.

chapter |10 pages

A1 ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTORS OF MOTION

chapter |10 pages

B1 FORCES

chapter |9 pages

B3 THE IMPULSE–MOMENTUM RELATIONSHIP

chapter |7 pages

B4 CONSERVATION OF LINEAR MOMENTUM

chapter |9 pages

B6 FRICTION

chapter |9 pages

C1 TORQUE AND THE MOMENT OF FORCE

chapter |8 pages

C4 CENTER OF GRAVITY AND CENTER OF MASS

chapter |8 pages

C5 EQUILIBRIUM, BALANCE, AND STABILITY

chapter |10 pages

C6 LEVERS

chapter |7 pages

D1 WORK, POWER, AND ENERGY

chapter |5 pages

D2 THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY

chapter |5 pages

D4 IMPACTS

chapter |5 pages

D5 OBLIQUE IMPACTS

chapter |9 pages

D6 FORCES IN A FLUID

chapter |6 pages

E3 BIOMECHANICS OF JUMPING

chapter |9 pages

E5 PROPULSION THROUGH A FLUID

chapter |14 pages

E6 MECHANISMS OF INJURY

chapter |11 pages

F1 VIDEO ANALYSIS

chapter |6 pages

F2 OPTOELECTRONIC MOTION ANALYSIS

chapter |5 pages

F3 DATA SMOOTHING

chapter |9 pages

F5 FORCE PLATE

chapter |4 pages

F6 PRESSURE MEASUREMENT

chapter |10 pages

F7 ELECTROMYOGRAPHY

chapter |5 pages

F8 ISOKINETIC DYNAMOMETRY