Clinical Kinesiology and Biomechanics : A Problem-Based Learning Approach / by Gordon J. Alderink, Blake M. Ashby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alderink, Gordon J.

Contributor:

Ashby, Blake M.

Series:

Engineering Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biomedical engineering.

Biomechanics.

Physical therapy.

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.

Biomechanical Analysis and Modeling.

Physiotherapy.

Local Subjects:

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.

Biomechanical Analysis and Modeling.

Biomechanics.

Physiotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (486 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2023.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.

Summary:

This new textbook uses a problem-based learning (PBL) approach for teaching the fundamentals of kinesiology and biomechanics to undergraduate and graduate students in the biomedical, rehabilitative, and exercise science fields. Case vignettes and problems for each major region of the body are presented – cervical spine, thoracic spine and rib cage, lumbar spine and pelvis, shoulder girdle, elbow/forearm, wrist, hand, hip, knee, and ankle/foot. For the cases on the spine and upper extremity, biomechanics of posture are included; for cases involving the hip, knee, and ankle/foot, an extensive study of gait analysis is also incorporated. These case vignettes are not preceded by chapters that provide foundational information. Rather, relevant anatomical, biomechanical, and other information needed to solve/explain each case are embedded in the relevant chapters presenting the clinical cases. The material presented is organized using case vignettes and a regional approach; Presents learning theory/abstract concepts in the context of clinical problems; Emphasizes quantitative literacy in a clinical context.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Biomechanics: Overview, Terminology, and Concepts

Chapter 3. Shoulder: Impingement Syndrome

Chapter 4. Elbow-Forearm: Elbow Pain

Chapter 5. Wrist: Fractured Scaphoid

Chapter 6. Hand: Lacerated Flexor Pollicis Longus

Chapter 7. Cervical Spine: Lateral Whiplash, Neck Pain, and Nerve Palsy

Chapter 8. Thoracic Spine and Rib Cage Pain with a Co-Morbidity of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Chapter 9. Lumbo-pelvic Region: Chronic Low Back Pain

Chapter 10. Hip Joint Complex: A Degenerative Joint

Chapter 11. Knee Joint Complex: Failed Lateral Meniscus Allograft

Chapter 12. Ankle/Foot Complex: Recurrent Stress Fractures.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Alderink, Gordon J. Clinical Kinesiology and Biomechanics

ISBN:

3-031-25322-1

OCLC:

1397552992