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| Contents |
Forces: maintaining equilibrium or changing motion -- Linear kinematics: describing objects in linear motion -- Linear kinetics: explaining the causes of linear motion -- Work, power, and energy: explaining the causes of motion without Newton -- Torques and moments of force: maintaining equilibrium or changing angular motion -- Angular kinematics: describing objects in angular motion -- Angular kinetics: explaining the causes of angular motion -- |
| Contents |
Fluid mechanics: the effects of water and air -- Mechanics of biological materials: stresses and strains on the body -- The skeletal system: the rigid framework of the body -- The muscular system: the motors of the body -- The nervous system: control of the musculoskeletal system -- Qualitative biomechanical analysis to improve technique -- Qualitative biomechanical analysis to improve training -- Qualitative biomechanical analysis to understand injury development / Steven T. McCaw -- Technology in biomechanics. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-401) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004012743 |
| ISBN | 0736051015 : |
