| Description |
xi, 337 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Preliminary motion considerations -- The spatial characteristics of position and motion -- The time-rate characteristics of motion in space -- Vector descriptions of velocity and acceleration -- The classification of whole-body motion -- The classification of body segment motion -- An introduction to forces -- Forces and curved motion -- Kinetic characteristics of linear motion -- Kinetic characteristics of curved motion -- Muscle dynamics -- The electromotive characteristics of muscle -- Skeletal and articular considerations -- Foot, ankle joint, leg -- Leg, knee joint, thigh -- Thigh, hip joint, pelvic girdle -- Pelvic girdle, vertebral column, head-neck -- Shoulder girdle, shoulder joint, arm -- Arm, elbow joint, forearm -- Forearm, wrist joint, hand -- Appendix A: The Greek alphabet -- Appendix B: Right triangles and trigonometric functions |
| Notes |
Inlcudes bibliographies |
| Bibliography |
Inlcudes bibliographical reference |
| Subject |
Human mechanics.
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Kinesiology.
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Movement, Psychology of.
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Movement.
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Musculoskeletal System.
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| LC no. |
79144098 |
| ISBN |
0135162602 |
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