Biomechanics in sport : performance enhancement and injury prevention /
Biomechanics in Sport is a unique reference text prepared by the leading world experts in sport biomechanics. Over thirty chapters cover a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from muscle mechanics to injury prevention, and from aerial movement to wheelchair sport. The biomechanics of sports including...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; Malden, MA :
Blackwell Science,
2000.
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| Series: | Encyclopaedia of sports medicine ;
v. 9. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Biomechanics in Sport is a unique reference text prepared by the leading world experts in sport biomechanics. Over thirty chapters cover a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from muscle mechanics to injury prevention, and from aerial movement to wheelchair sport. The biomechanics of sports including running, skating, skiing, swimming, jumping in athletics, figure skating, ski jumping, diving, javelin and hammer throwing, shot putting, and striking movements are all explained. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 667 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470693797 0470693797 9780470693049 0470693045 |