Biomechanics in Sport: Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention (The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine, Vol. 9)

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 many 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. Booknews This reference contains contributions from some 37 prominent world experts in research and applied fields. Part I is devoted to general problems of biomechanics of sport athletic movements, and Part II describes locomotion in sports such as running, cycling, swimming, skiing, and skating. Part III highlights the biomechanics of aerial motion and addresses high jumping, ski jumping, and jumping in figure skating and diving. Part IV explains principles of throwing and aerodynamic aspects of the flight of projectiles, and considers individual sports such as hammer throwing. Part V discusses injury prevention and rehabilitation, and Part VI examines biomechanics of wheelchair sports and sport for amputees. Useful for coaches, physicians, athletes, and students. Zatsiorsky teaches kinesiology at The Pennsylvania State University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Content: Neural contributions to changes in muscle strength / J.G. Semmler and R.M. Enoka -- Mechanical properties and performance in skeletal muscles / W. Herzog -- Muscle-tendon architecture and athletic performance / J.H. Challis -- Eccentric muscle action in sport and exercise / B.I. Prilutsky -- Stretch-shortening cycle of muscle function / P.V. Komi and C. Nicol -- biomechanical foundations of strength and power training / M.C. Siff -- Factors affecting preferred rates of movement in cyclic activities / P.E. Martin, D.J. Sanderson and B.R. Umberger -- The dynamics of running / K.R. Williams -- Resistive forces in swimming / A.R. Vorontsov and V.A. Rumyantsev -- Performance-determining factors in speed skating / J.J. De Koning and G. J. van Ingen Schenau -- Cross-country skiing: technique, equipment and environmental factors affecting performance / G. A. Smith Aerial movement / M.R. Yeadon -- The high jump / The high jump / J. Depena -- Jumping in figure skating / D. L. King -- Springboard and plratform diving / D. I. Miller -- Determinants of successful ski-jumping performance / P.V. Komi and M. Virmavirta -- Principles of throwing / R. Bartlett -- The flight of sports projectiles / M. Hubbard -- Javelin throwing: an approach to performance development / K. Bartonietz -- Shot putting / J. Lanka -- Hammer throwing : problems and prospect / K. Bartonietz -- Hitting and kicking / B. C. Elliott -- Mechanisms of musculoskeletal injury / R. F. Zernicke and W. C. Whiting / J. L. McNitt-Gray -- Sport-related spinal injuries and their prevention / G.-P. Bruggemann -- Impact propagation and its effects on the human body / A.S. Voloshin -- Neuromechanics of the initial phase of eccetnric contraction-induced muscle injury / M.D. Grabiner Manual wheelchair propulsion / L.H.V. van der Woude, H.E.J. Veeger and A.J. Dallmeijer -- Sports after amputation / A.s. Aruin. Written by a leading world expert, "Biomechanics of Sport" addresses a broad spectrum of topics, from muscle mechanics to injury prevention, from aerial movement to wheelchair sport. The book covers running, skating, skiing, swimming, and jumping in athletics, figure skating, ski jumping, diving, javelin and hammer throwing, shot putting, and other sports. 395 illus. To vary the force that a muscle exerts, the nervous system either changes the number of active motor units or varies the activation level of those motor units that have been activated.