Description
When working with athletes and sports people the biomechanist is faced with two apparently incompatible goals: preventing injury and improving performance. Now in a fully updated and revised edition, Sports Biomechanics introduces the fundamental principles that underpin our understanding of the mechanics of both sports injury and performance, and explains how contemporary biomechanical science can be employed to meet both of those goals simultaneously. Part One looks 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. Part Two concentrates 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. A linking chapter examines the role of the contemporary sports biomechanist. Drawing on the very latest empirical and epidemiological data, and including clear concise summaries, self test questions and guides to further reading and research 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.
