ALL-ENCOMPASSING and EXPANDED, now covering the WHOLE BODY (lower quadrant PLUS upper quadrant and spine) – The Comprehensive Textbook of Clinical Biomechanics (formerly Biomechanics in Clinic and Research) presents the latest research in a form which is accessible, practical, thorough and up-to-the minute.
Key Features
• Starts from basic principles and builds up to complex concepts
• Highly practical with a constant clinical emphasis
• Written for all health care professionals including physiotherapists and podiatrists
Author(s): Jim Richards
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publisher: Elsevier
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 382
Tags: Podiatry; Biomechanics
Section 1: Mechanics and Biomechanics Theory
Maths and Mechanics
Jim Richards
Forces, Moments and Muscles
Jim Richards
Ground Reaction Forces and Plantar Pressure
Jim Richards, Aoife Healy, Nachiappan Chockalingam
Motion and Joint Motion
Jim Richards, Dominic Thewlis, Robert Needham, Nachiappan Chockalingam
Work and Power During Human Movement
Jim Richards
Inverse Dynamics theory
Jim Richards
Section 2: Methods of Measurement and Modelling
Measurement of Force and Pressure
Jim Richard, Aoife Healy, Dominic Thewlis, Nachiappan Chockalingam
Methods of Analysis of Movement
Jim Richards, Dominic Thewlis, Jonnie Sinclair and Sarah Jane Hobbs
Anatomical Models and Marker Sets
Jim Richards, Dominic Thewlis, Ricardo Matias, Robert Needham, Nachiappan Chockalingam
Electromyography
P. Contessa, C.J. De Luca, Serge Roy and Jim Richards
Section 3: Clinical Assessment
The Biomechanics of Clinical Assessment
James Selfe, Jim Richards, Dave Levine, Dominic Thewlis
Biomechanics of Orthotic Management
Jim Richards, Aoife Healy, Nachiappan Chockalingam
Biomechanics of the Management of Lower Limb Amputees
Natalie Vanicek
