Introduction to Sports Biomechanics: Analysing Human Movement ...

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1.1 Learning outcomes 2
1.2 Planes and axes of movement and postures from which movements are
defined 3
1.3 Main movements in other planes 6
2.1 Learning outcomes 44
2.2 Stages in a structured approach to analysis of human movement in
sport 47
2.3 Summary of universal and partially general movement principles 60
2.4 Least useful movement principles (in my experience) 60
3.1 Learning outcomes 84
3.2 A cautionary tale of unreliable data 107
4.1 Learning outcomes 116
4.2 Two-dimensional or three-dimensional analysis? 122
4.3 Those things called vectors and scalars 140
5.1 Learning outcomes 164
5.2 Newton’s laws of linear motion 184
5.3 Laws of angular motion 192
5.4 Why measure force or pressure? 201
5.5 Guideline values for force plate characteristics 208
6.1 Learning outcomes 224
6.2 Location of main joint sagittal axes of rotation and joint centres of
rotation 237
6.3 A schematic model of skeletal muscle 247
6.4 Intrinsic factors that influence the EMG 259
6.5 Some electrode placements (adapted from SENIAM) 266