Biomechanics in Sport: Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention - Rilegato

Ioc Medical Commission; International Federation Of Sports Medicine

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ISBN 10: 0632053925 ISBN 13: 9780632053926

Casa editrice: Blackwell Pub, 2000

Riassunto

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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L'autore:

Vladimir Zatsiorsky, PhD, is a professor of kinesiology at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania. A strength and conditioning consultant for Olympic teams from the former Soviet Union for 26 years, Zatsiorsky has trained hundreds of world-class athletes. He has also authored or coauthored 15 books and more than 350 scientific papers. His books have been published in several languages, including English, Russian, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian and Bulgarian. He has received honorary doctoral degrees from universities in Poland and Russia and is an honorary member of the International Association of Sport Kinetics. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, listening to classical music and exercising. William Kraemer, PhD, is a professor in the department of kinesiology at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, where he works in the Human Performance Laboratory. He is also is a professor in the department of physiology and neurobiology and a professor of medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Centre. He is editor in chief of the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, an associate editor of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, and an editorial board member of the Journal of Applied Physiology. A former junior high and college coach, Kraemer has coauthored many books and articles on strength training for athletes.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

Biomechanics is the science of the forces acting on the athlete during training and competition. It underpins the development of effective techniqe, which ultimately improves performance and reduces the risk of injury.

Edited by a leading world authority, Volume IX in the acclaimed Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine, Biomechanics in Sport is a unique reference containing the contributions of some 37 prominent world experts in their particular research or applied field. Thirty chapters, divided into six parts, cover a broad spectrum of topics:

Part 1: Muscle Action in Sport and Exercise is devoted to general problems of biomechanics of sport athletic movements. Part2: Locomotion describes the following sports: running, cycling, swimming, cross-country skiing, alpine skiing and skating. Part 3: Jumping and Aerial Movement highlights the biomechanics of aerial motion and also addresses high jumping, ski jumping, jumping in figure skating and diving. Part 4: Throwing and hitting explains the basic principles of throwing and the aerodynamic aspects of the flight of projectiles and considers individual sports including shot putting, javelin throwing and hammer throwing. Part 5: Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation addresses the problems that are pertinent to many sports; and finally Part 6: Special Olypic Sports discusses the biomechanics of wheelchair sports and sport for amputees. The biomechanics of many sports including, but not limited to, 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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• Editore: Blackwell Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0632053925
• ISBN 13: 9780632053926
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 680
• Redattore: Zatsiorsky Vladimir Ph.D.