Biomechanics in Sport: Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention

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Text for coaches, physicians, athletes, and students concerned with the problems of sport biomechanics. Halftone illustrations.

Author(s): Vladimir Zatsiorsky
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Year: 2000

Language: English
Commentary: 62010
Pages: 682
Tags: Физическая культура и спорт;Спортивная физиология;

BIOMECHANICS IN SPORT......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
List of Contributors......Page 9
Forewords......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
Part 1:Muscle Action in Sport and Exercise......Page 15
1 Neural Contributions to Changes in Muscle Strength......Page 17
2 Mechanical Properties and Performance in Skeletal Muscles......Page 35
3 Muscle-Tendon Architecture and Athletic Performance......Page 47
4 Eccentric Muscle Action in Sport and Exercise......Page 70
5 Stretch –Shortening Cycle of Muscle Function......Page 101
6 Biomechanical Foundations of Strength and Power Training......Page 117
Part 2:Locomotion......Page 155
7 Factors Affecting Preferred Rates of Movement in Cyclic Activities......Page 157
8 The Dynamics of Running......Page 175
9 Resistive Forces in Swimming,......Page 198
10 Propulsive Forces in Swimming......Page 219
11 Performance-Determining Factors in Speed Skating......Page 246
12 Cross-Country Skiing:Technique,Equipment and Environmental Factors Affecting Performance......Page 261
Part 3:Jumping and Aerial Movement......Page 285
13 Aerial Movement......Page 287
14 The High Jump......Page 298
15 Jumping in Figure Skating......Page 326
16 Springboard and Platform Diving......Page 340
17 Determinants of Successful Ski-Jumping Performance......Page 363
Part 4:Throwing and Hitting......Page 377
18 Principles of Throwing......Page 379
19 The Flight of Sports Projectiles......Page 395
20 Javelin Throwing:an Approach to Performance Development......Page 415
21 Shot Putting......Page 449
22 Hammer Throwing:Problems and Prospects......Page 472
23 Hitting and Kicking......Page 501
Part 5:Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation......Page 519
24 Mechanisms of Musculoskeletal Injury......Page 521
25 Musculoskeletal Loading During Landing......Page 537
26 Sport-Related Spinal Injuries and Their Prevention......Page 564
27 Impact Propagation and its Effects on the Human Body......Page 591
28 Neuromechanics of the Initial Phase of Eccentric Contraction-Induced Muscle Injury......Page 602
Part 6:Special Olympic Sports......Page 621
29 Manual Wheelchair Propulsion......Page 623
30 Sports after Amputation......Page 651
Index......Page 665