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INDEX<br />

282<br />

balls<br />

air flow past 173<br />

boundary layer separation 173–4<br />

catching 185<br />

drag forces 175–6<br />

impact forces 180<br />

lift forces 177–80<br />

rolling on a surface 168<br />

baseball<br />

pitching 35, 179<br />

throwing 30, 34<br />

basketball 30, 35<br />

Bernoulli’s principle 172, 218<br />

bias 55<br />

biceps brachii muscle 244, 256<br />

EMG 266, 267<br />

biceps femoris muscle, EMG 266, 267<br />

biomechanical (task) constraints 72<br />

bipennate muscles 245<br />

blind alleys 62, 63, 64, 65<br />

boats 173, 176<br />

body segments<br />

centre of mass 189, 190<br />

inertia parameters 137–9<br />

measuring 137–9<br />

moments of inertia 139<br />

as rigid bodies 89<br />

sequential action 75, 77<br />

whole body centre of mass determination<br />

189–91, 221<br />

bone(s) 232–7<br />

classification 234<br />

cortical (compact) 232<br />

fractures 235–7<br />

structure 232–4<br />

surface 234–5, 236<br />

trabecular (cancellous) 232<br />

boundary layer 173–4, 218<br />

brachialis muscle 244<br />

force exerted by 256, 257<br />

brachioradialis muscle 256<br />

British Olympic Association 44–5<br />

buoyancy 171–2<br />

buoyancy force 171, 219<br />

Butterworth filters 134–6, 153, 271<br />

calibration 151<br />

force plate systems 209–10<br />

isokinetic dynamometers 273–4<br />

quantitative videography 127, 131–3<br />

calibration objects 125, 131–2<br />

callus 237<br />

cardinal planes 3, 4<br />

carpometacarpal joint, thumb 239, 240<br />

cartilage, hyaline articular 234, 238<br />

central tendency 278<br />

centre of gravity 165–6<br />

centre of mass 87–8, 90–2, 93, 166, 219<br />

acceleration 210, 211<br />

body segments 189, 190<br />

centre of percussion and 199<br />

determination of whole body 189–91,<br />

221<br />

velocity 211, 212<br />

centre of percussion 198–9, 219<br />

centre of pressure 210, 219<br />

graphical representation 212, 213<br />

paths 215, 216<br />

centre of rotation, instantaneous 197, 198<br />

children 9<br />

running 21<br />

walking 12, 15<br />

cinema<strong>to</strong>graphy 118, 120, 151<br />

circumduction 35, 229<br />

close-packed position 240, 278<br />

clothing 128<br />

Coaches’ Information Service 49<br />

coefficients of friction 167–8<br />

collinear forces 219<br />

collinear muscles 244, 245<br />

common mode rejection 263<br />

common mode rejection ratio (CMRR)<br />

263<br />

computer-generated animation sequences 85,<br />

86, 119<br />

concentric contraction 246<br />

condyles 235, 236<br />

condyloid joints 239–40<br />

consent, informed 128<br />

constraints-led approach 8–9, 50, 71–2<br />

contact materials 170–1<br />

continuous relative phase 103–4, 105<br />

contractility 241<br />

coordinate digitisation 118, 122<br />

coordination 96–104<br />

angle–angle diagrams 96–103<br />

anti-phase (out-of-phase) 97, 98<br />

defined 96<br />

diagrams 119<br />

in-phase 97, 98<br />

linear 97, 98<br />

phase offset (decoupled) 98<br />

phase planes 103–6<br />

turning point 97, 98

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