Sports biomechanics : reducing injury and improving performance / Roger Bartlett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartlett, Roger, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Physiological aspects.

Sports.

Human mechanics.

Sports injuries--Prevention.

Sports injuries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 276 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge July 1999 Philadelphia : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Students who are studying biomechanics in years two and three of their degree and postgraduate students of biomechanics will find this textbook invaluable.

Contents:

Cover; Sports Biomechanics: Reducing Injury and Improving Performance; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Permissions; Part One Biomechanics of Sports Injury; Introduction; 1 Causes of injury and the properties of materials; 1.1 Causes of injury; 1.2 Biological and other materials; 1.3 Response of a material to load; 1.3.1 Stress and strain; 1.3.2 Elastic modulus and related properties; 1.3.3 Plasticity and strain energy; 1.3.4 Toughness and crack prevention; 1.3.5 Hardness; 1.3.6 Creep; 1.3.7 Fatigue failure; 1.3.8 Non-homogeneity, anisotropy and viscoelasticity

1.3.9 Stress concentration1.4 Bone; 1.4.1 Structure and composition; 1.4.2 Bone: loading and biomechanical properties; 1.5 Cartilage; 1.5.1 Structure and composition; 1.5.2 Biomechanical properties; 1.6 Muscle properties and behaviour; 1.6.1 Muscle elasticity and contractility; 1.6.2 Maximum force and muscle activation; 1.6.3 Mechanical stiffness; 1.6.4 The stretch-shortening cycle; 1.7 Ligament and tendon properties; 1.8 Factors affecting properties of biological tissue; 1.8.1 Immobilisation and disuse; 1.8.2 Age and sex; 1.8.3 Exercise and training; 1.8.4 Warm-up; 1.9 Summary

1.10 Exercises1.11 References; 1.12 Further reading; 2 Injuries in sport: how the body behaves under load; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Bone injuries; 2.2.1 Type of fracture; 2.2.2 Magnitude of load; 2.2.3 Load rate; 2.2.4 Bone properties; 2.3 Joint and soft tissue injuries; 2.3.1 Articular cartilage; 2.3.2 Ligaments; 2.3.3 Muscle-tendon unit; 2.4 Sports injuries to joints and associated tissues; 2.4.1 The pelvis and the hip joint; 2.4.2 The knee; 2.4.3 The ankle and foot; 2.4.4 The wrist and hand; 2.4.5 The elbow; 2.4.6 The shoulder; 2.4.7 The head, back and neck

2.5 Genetic factors in sports injury2.5.1 Sex, age and growth; 2.5.2 Bony alignment; 2.6 Fitness and training status and injury; 2.7 Summary; 2.8 Exercises; 2.9 References; 2.10 Further reading; Appendix 2.1 Musculoskeletal injury: some useful definitions; 3 The effects of sports equipment and technique on injury; 3.1 Sports surfaces; 3.1.1 Introduction; 3.1.2 Characteristics of sports surfaces; 3.1.3 Specific sports surfaces; 3.1.4 Biomechanical assessment of surfaces; 3.1.5 Injury aspects of sports surfaces; 3.2 Footwear: biomechanics and injury aspects; 3.2.1 Introduction

3.2.2 Biomechanical requirements of a running shoe3.2.3 The structure of a running shoe; 3.2.4 Footwear and injury; 3.2.5 Impact and the running shoe; 3.2.6 Running shoes and rearfoot control; 3.3 Other sports and exercise equipment and injury; 3.3.1 The head and neck; 3.3.2 The upper extremity; 3.3.3 The lower extremity; 3.3.4 Alpine skiing: release bindings; 3.4 Musculoskeletalinjury-techniqueaspects; 3.4.1 Introduction; 3.4.2 The head and trunk; 3.4.3 The upper extremity; 3.4.4 The lower extremity; 3.5 Summary; 3.6 Exercises; 3.7 References; 3.8 Further reading

Appendix 3.1 Artificial surfaces

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780203474563 (ebook)

9780419184409 (pbk.)

9786610404759

9780203474563

0203474562

9781280404757

1280404752

OCLC:

263592061

Publisher Number:

9780419248101