Biomechanics in sport : performance enhancement and injury prevention /
Contributor(s): Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M
| IOC Medical Commission
| International Federation of Sports Medicine
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Series: Encyclopaedia of sports medicine: v. 9.Publisher: Oxford [UK] ; Malden, MA, USA : Blackwell Science, c2000Description: p. cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0632053925; 9780632053926 :.Subject(s): Sports -- Physiological aspects![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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"An IOC Medical Commission publication in collaboration with the International Federation of Sports Medicine."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Muscle action in sport and exercise -- Neural contributions to changes in muscle strength -- Mechanical properties and performance in skeletal muscles -- Muscle-tendon architecture and athletic performance -- Eccentric muscle action in sport and exercise -- Stretch-shortening cycle of muscle function -- Biomechanical foundations of strength and power training -- Pt. 2. Locomotion -- Factors affecting preferred rates of movement in cyclic activities -- The dynamics of running -- Resistive forces in swimming -- Propulsive forces in swimming -- Performance-determining factors in speed skating -- Cross-country skiing: technique, equipment and environmental factors affecting performance -- Pt. 3. Jumping and aerial movement -- Aerial movement -- The high jump -- Jumping in figure skating -- Springboard and platform diving -- Determinants of successful ski-jumping performance -- Pt. 4. Throwing and hitting -- Principles of throwing -- The flight of sports projectiles -- Javelin throwing: an approach to performance development -- Shot putting -- Hammer throwing: problems and prospects -- Hitting and kicking -- Pt. 5. Injury prevention and rehabilitation -- Mechanisms of musculoskeletal injury -- Musculoskeletal loading during landing -- Sport-related spinal injuries and their prevention -- Impact propagation and its effects on the human body -- Neuromechanics of the initial phase of eccentric contraction-induced muscle injury -- Pt. 6. Special Olympic sports -- Manual wheelchair propulsion - Sports after amputation.
Biomechanics in Sport covers a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from muscle mechanics to injury prevention, and from aerial movement to wheelchair sport.