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Fundamentals of Biomechanics introduces the exciting world of how human movement is created and how it can be improved. Teachers, coaches and physical therapists all use biomechanics to help people improve movement and decrease the risk of injury. The free ebook presents a comprehensive review of the major concepts of biomechanics and summarizes them in nine principles of biomechanics. Fundamentals of Biomechanics concludes by showing how these principles can be used by movement professionals to improve human movement. Specific case studies are presented in physical education, coaching, strength and conditioning, and sports medicine. This free ebook is written for students taking the introductory biomechanics course in Kinesiology/HPERD. The book is designed for majors preparing for all kinds of human movement professions and therefore uses a wide variety of movement examples to illustrate the application of biomechanics. While this approach to the application of biomechanics is critical, it is also important that students be introduced to the scientific support or lack of support for these qualitative judgments. Throughout the text extensive citations are provided to support the principles developed and give students references for further study. Algebraic level mathematics is used to teach mechanical concepts. The focus of the mathematical examples is to understand the mechanical variables and to highlight the relationship between various biomechanical variables, rather than to solve quantitative biomechanical word problems. It is obvious from research in physics instruction that solving quantitative word problems does not increase the conceptual understanding of important mechanical laws. |
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