3rd Edition

Introduction to Sports Biomechanics Analysing Human Movement Patterns

By Roger Bartlett Copyright 2014
360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

Introduction to Sports Biomechanics: Analysing Human Movement Patterns is a genuinely accessible and comprehensive guide to all of the biomechanics topics covered in an undergraduate sports and exercise science degree. Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, the book explores both the qualitative and quantitative analysis of human movement, covering the following key topics:... Read more

1. Movement patterns – the essence of sports biomechanics  2. Qualitative analysis of sports movements  3. Sports movement patterns and the geometry of motion  4. Quantitative motion analysis in sports biomechanics  5. What causes sports movements? Forces and moments of force  6. The anatomy of human movement

Biography

Roger Bartlett was Professor of Sports Biomechanics in the School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand until he retired in August 2013; he formerly held professorships at Manchester Metropolitan University, Staffordshire University and Sheffield Hallam University, all in the UK. He is an Invited Fellow of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS) and an Honorary Fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, of which he was Chairman from 1991-1994. He is a former editor-in-chief of the Journal of Sports Sciences and Sports Biomechanics. He is co-author of Sports Biomechanics: Reducing Injury Risk and Improving Sports Performance and co-editor of several other sports science books.