The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine: An IOC Medical Commission Publication, Biomechanics in Sport: Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention

by Zatsiorsky, V.

• ISBN13: 9780632053926
• ISBN10: 0632053925
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-19
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Biomechanics is the science of the forces acting on the athlete during training and competition. It underpins the development of effective techniqe, which ultimately improves performance and reduces the risk of injury.Edited by a leading world authority, Volume IX in the acclaimed Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine, Biomechanics in Sport is a unique reference containing the contributions of some 37 prominent world experts in their particular research or applied field. Thirty chapters, divided into six parts, cover a broad spectrum of topics:Part 1: Muscle Action in Sport and Exercise is devoted to general problems of biomechanics of sport athletic movements. Part2: Locomotion describes the following sports: running, cycling, swimming, cross-country skiing, alpine skiing and skating. Part 3: Jumping and Aerial Movement highlights the biomechanics of aerial motion and also addresses high jumping, ski jumping, jumping in figure skating and diving. Part 4: Throwing and hitting explains the basic principles of throwing and the aerodynamic aspects of the flight of projectiles and considers individual sports including shot putting, javelin throwing and hammer throwing. Part 5: Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation addresses the problems that are pertinent to many sports; and finally Part 6: Special Olypic Sports discusses the biomechanics of wheelchair sports and sport for amputees. The biomechanics of many sports including, but not limited to, running, skating, skiing, swimming,jumping in athletics, figure skating, ski jumping, diving, javelin and hammer throwing, shot putting, and striking movements are all explained.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Forewords	ix
Preface	xi
Part 1: Muscle Action in Sport and Exercise
Neural Contributions to Changes in Muscle Strength	3	(18)
J.G. Semmler
R. M. Enoka
Mechanical Properties and Performance in Skeletal Muscles	21	(12)
W. Herzog
Muscle-Tendon Architecture and Athletic Performance	33	(23)
J.H. Challis
Eccentric Muscle Action in Sport and Exercise	56	(31)
B.I. Prilutsky
Stretch-Shortening Cycle of Muscle Function	87	(16)
P.V. Komi
C. Nicol
Biomechanical Foundations of Strength and Power Training	103	(40)
M.C. Siff
Part 2: Locomotion
Factors Affecting Preferred Rates of Movement in Cyclic Activities	143	(18)
P.E. Martin
D.J. Sanderson
B.R. Umberger
The Dynamics of Running	161	(23)
K.R. Williams
Resistive Forces in Swimming	184	(21)
A.R. Vorontsov
V.A. Rumyantsev
Propulsive Forces in Swimming	205	(27)
A.R. Vorontsov
V.A. Rumyantsev
Performance-Determining Factors in Speed Skating	232	(15)
J.J. De Koning
G.J. Van Ingen Schenau
Cross-Country Skiing: Technique, Equipment and Environmental Factors Affecting Performance	247	(26)
G.A. Smith
Part 3: Jumping and Aerial Movement
Aerial Movement	273	(11)
M.R. Yeadon
The High Jump	284	(28)
J. Dapena
Jumping in Figure Skating	312	(14)
D.L. King
Springboard and Platform Diving	326	(23)
D.I. Miller
Determinants of Successful Ski-Jumping Performance	349	(16)
P.V. Komi
M. Virmavirta
Part 4: Throwing and Hitting
Principles of Throwing	365	(16)
R. Bartlett
The Flight of Sports Projectiles	381	(20)
M. Hubbard
Javelin Throwing: an Approach to Performance Development	401	(34)
K. Bartonietz
Shot Putting	435	(23)
J. Lanka
Hammer Throwing: Problems and Prospects	458	(29)
K. Bartonietz
Hitting and Kicking	487	(20)
B.C. Elliott
Part 5: Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
Mechanisms of Musculoskeletal Injury	507	(16)
R.F. Zernicke
W.C. Whiting
Musculoskeletal Loading During Landing	523	(27)
J.L. McNitt-Gray
Sport-Related Spinal Injuries and Their Prevention	550	(27)
G.-P. Bruggemann
Impact Propagation and its Effects on the Human Body	577	(11)
A.S. Voloshin
Neuromechanics of the Initial Phase of Eccentric Contraction-Induced Muscle Injury	588	(21)
M.D. Grabiner
Part 6: Special Olympic Sports
Manual Wheelchair Propulsion	609	(28)
L.H.V. Van Der Woude
H.E.J. Veeger
A.J. Dallmeijer
Sports after Amputation	637	(14)
A.S. Aruin
Index	651