Roger Bartlett

Introduction to Sports Biomechanics

Analysing Human Movement Patterns

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Produktbeschreibung

Introduction to Sports Biomechanics: Analysing Human Movement Patterns is a genuinely accessible and comprehensive guide to all of the biomechanics topics covered in an undergraduate sports and exercise science degree.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 188mm x 246mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 800g
• ISBN-13: 9780415632423
• ISBN-10: 0415632420
• Artikelnr.: 64222806

Autorenporträt

Roger Bartlett was Professor of Sports Biomechanics in the School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand until he retired in August 2013; he formerly held professorships at Manchester Metropolitan University, Staffordshire University and Sheffield Hallam University, all in the UK. He is an Invited Fellow of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS) and an Honorary Fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, of which he was Chairman from 1991-1994. He is a former editor-in-chief of the Journal of Sports Sciences and Sports Biomechanics. He is co-author of Sports Biomechanics: Reducing Injury Risk and Improving Sports Performance and co-editor of several other sports science books.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Movement patterns - the essence of sports biomechanics 2. Qualitative
analysis of sports movements 3. Sports movement patterns and the geometry
of motion 4. Quantitative motion analysis in sports biomechanics 5. What
causes sports movements? Forces and moments of force 6. The anatomy of
human movement