BIOMECHANICS IN SPORT -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Forewords -- Preface -- Part 1:Muscle Action in Sport and Exercise -- 1 Neural Contributions to Changes in Muscle Strength -- 2 Mechanical Properties and Performance in Skeletal Muscles -- 3 Muscle-Tendon Architecture and Athletic Performance -- 4 Eccentric Muscle Action in Sport and Exercise -- 5 Stretch -Shortening Cycle of Muscle Function -- 6 Biomechanical Foundations of Strength and Power Training -- Part 2:Locomotion -- 7 Factors Affecting Preferred Rates of Movement in Cyclic Activities -- 8 The Dynamics of Running -- 9 Resistive Forces in Swimming, -- 10 Propulsive Forces in Swimming -- 11 Performance-Determining Factors in Speed Skating -- 12 Cross-Country Skiing:Technique,Equipment and Environmental Factors Affecting Performance -- Part 3:Jumping and Aerial Movement -- 13 Aerial Movement -- 14 The High Jump -- 15 Jumping in Figure Skating -- 16 Springboard and Platform Diving -- 17 Determinants of Successful Ski-Jumping Performance -- Part 4:Throwing and Hitting -- 18 Principles of Throwing -- 19 The Flight of Sports Projectiles -- 20 Javelin Throwing:an Approach to Performance Development -- 21 Shot Putting -- 22 Hammer Throwing:Problems and Prospects -- 23 Hitting and Kicking -- Part 5:Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation -- 24 Mechanisms of Musculoskeletal Injury -- 25 Musculoskeletal Loading During Landing -- 26 Sport-Related Spinal Injuries and Their Prevention -- 27 Impact Propagation and its Effects on the Human Body -- 28 Neuromechanics of the Initial Phase of Eccentric Contraction-Induced Muscle Injury -- Part 6:Special Olympic Sports -- 29 Manual Wheelchair Propulsion -- 30 Sports after Amputation -- Index.

MUSCLE ACTION IN SPORT AND EXERCISE. 1 Muscle action in high force contractions. 2 Functional properties and performance in skeletal muscles. 3 Muscle-tendon architecture and athletic performance. 4 Eccentric muscle action in sport and exercise. 5 Stretch-shortening cycle. 6 Biomechanical foundations of strength and power training. . LOCOMOTION. 7 Factors affecting preferred rates of movement in cyclic activities. . 8 The dynamics of running. . 9 Lower extremity function during cycling. . 10 Competitive skill: technique, equipment and environmental factors affecting performance. 11 Technique and power production in speed skating. 12 Hydrodynamic resistance and propelling forces in swimming. . 13 Mechanical power and propelling efficiency in competitive swimming. . JUMPING AND AERIAL MOVEMENT. . 14 Aerial movement. 15 The high jump. 16 Ski jumping. . 17 Jumping in figure skating. . 18 Springboard and platform diving. . THROWING. 19 Throwing: basic principles. . 20 Flight of projectiles in sport. . 21 Hammer throwing: problems and prospects. . 22 Shot putting. . 23 Javelin throwing: an approach toward performance improvement. . INJURY PREVENTION AND REHABILITATION. . 24 Mechanisms of musculoskeletal injury. 25 Musculoskeletal loading during landing. 26 Impact propagation and its effects on the human body. . 27 Sport related spine injuries and their prevention. 28 Eccentric contraction: applied physiology and mechanics of muscle injury and rehabilitation. SPECIAL OLYMPIC SPORTS. . 29 Manual wheelchair propulsion. . 30 Sport for amputees.

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