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skin 124, 127<br />

tracking systems 118, 122<br />

mass 183<br />

maximising the acceleration path 78<br />

maximum <strong>to</strong>rque 275<br />

maximum <strong>to</strong>rque position 275<br />

maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) 268,<br />

269, 279<br />

means analysis 56<br />

medial malleolus 235, 236<br />

medial (internal) rotation 6, 7, 227<br />

mediolateral plane see frontal plane<br />

metacarpophalangeal joints 239, 240<br />

minimisation of energy used 76<br />

minimisation of inertia 77, 194<br />

minimum task complexity, principle of<br />

77<br />

models, optimal performance 57<br />

moment, free 212<br />

moment of a force 196<br />

moment of ground contact force 210–12<br />

moments of inertia 191–2<br />

momentum 184<br />

law of 192<br />

New<strong>to</strong>n’s law 184, 185<br />

motion analysis systems 118, 122<br />

motion recording see recording, motion;<br />

videography<br />

mo<strong>to</strong>r action potential (MAP) 258<br />

mo<strong>to</strong>r car racing 170–1, 175, 176<br />

mo<strong>to</strong>r cycle racing 175, 176<br />

mo<strong>to</strong>r end-plate 243, 279<br />

mo<strong>to</strong>r unit 243, 279<br />

recruitment 243, 250<br />

stimulation rate 243, 250<br />

summation, multiple 249–50<br />

mo<strong>to</strong>r unit action potential (MUAP) 258<br />

mo<strong>to</strong>r unit action potential train (MUAPT)<br />

258<br />

mountain climbing 170, 171<br />

movement analysis<br />

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

data reliability issues 107–9<br />

qualitative see qualitative movement analysis<br />

qualitative vs. quantitative 36–40<br />

quantitative 36–7, 39–40<br />

rationale 1–2<br />

semi-quantitative 37<br />

movement errors, diagnosing 55–6<br />

movement patterns 35–6, 84–6<br />

variability over time 107–9<br />

movement plane 123, 127<br />

INDEX<br />

movement principles 45–7<br />

identifying critical features 59–72<br />

least useful 60<br />

partially general 47, 60, 77–8<br />

specific 47, 60<br />

universal 47, 60, 76–7<br />

movements<br />

ana<strong>to</strong>my 225–31<br />

causes of 163–222<br />

critical features see critical features<br />

fundamental 8–35<br />

fundamentals of 87–9<br />

pathological 41<br />

scientific terminology 3–4<br />

movement variability 9, 107–9, 111<br />

movers 246<br />

multi-joint muscles 247<br />

multipennate muscles 245<br />

multi-segmental model 89<br />

muscle(s) 241–56<br />

activation 243<br />

angle of pull 255–7<br />

contractile component 247–8<br />

elastic elements 247–8<br />

electromyography 258–71<br />

fascicles 241, 244<br />

fatigue 249, 250–1, 271–2<br />

force components 255–7<br />

force–velocity relationship 252<br />

group action 246–7<br />

indeterminacy 264<br />

naming 243–4<br />

origin and insertion 241<br />

pre-stretch 76, 250<br />

redundancy 264<br />

schematic model 247–8<br />

shunt 256<br />

spurt 256<br />

stiffness 253<br />

stretch–shortening cycle 75, 76, 254, 255<br />

structural classification 244–5<br />

structure 241–3<br />

twitch 248–9<br />

muscle contraction<br />

maximum voluntary (MVC) 268, 269, 279<br />

mechanics 248–50<br />

multiple mo<strong>to</strong>r unit summation 249–50<br />

time 248, 249, 252<br />

types 246<br />

wave summation 249<br />

muscle fibres 241–3<br />

types 250–1<br />

287

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