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• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Part I: Biomechanics of Movement
• Chapter 1. Describing Motion
• Measurement Rules
• Motion Descriptors
• Constant Acceleration
• Up and Down
• Scalars and Vectors
• Linear and Angular Motion
• Wearable Devices
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Chapter 2. Movement Forces
• Laws of Motion
• Describing Forces in Human Movement
• Forces Due to Body Mass
• Forces Due to the Surroundings
• Musculoskeletal Forces
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Chapter 3. Movement Analysis
• Static Analysis
• Dynamic Analysis
• Momentum
• Work
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Chapter 4. Fundamental Movements
• Walking and Running
• Jumping
• Throwing and Kicking
• Cycling
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Part II: The Motor System
• Chapter 5. Excitable Membranes
• Essentials of Electricity
• Resting Membrane Potential
• Neurons
• Synaptic Transmission
• Electromyography
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Chapter 6. Muscle and Motor Units
• Muscle
• Excitation–Contraction Coupling
• Motor Unit
• Muscle Mechanics
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Chapter 7. Neural Control of Movement
• Spinal Reflexes
• Automatic Behaviors
• Voluntary Actions
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Part III: Adaptability of the Motor System
• Chapter 8. Acute Adjustments
• Warm-Up Effects
• Flexibility
• Muscle Soreness and Damage
• Fatigue
• Neuromuscular Potentiation
• Arousal
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Chapter 9. Chronic Adaptations
• Muscle Strength
• Muscle Power
• Neuromuscular Adaptations to Microgravity
• Motor Recovery After Nervous System Injury
• Adaptations in Older Adults
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Appendix A: SI Units
• Appendix B: Curve Fitting and Smoothing
• Appendix C: Body Segment Properties
• Appendix D: Range of Motion at the Major Joints of the Human Body
• Glossary
• References
• Index
• About the Author