Exercise Biomechanics: Solutions for Today and Tomorrow's World
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2020
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Exercise Biomechanics is a dynamic and expanding field that integrates mechanics, anatomy, physiology, cell biology, and sports medicine and orthopedics in the study of how the body responds to the surrounding mechanical environment. Research and application in exercise biomechanics range from gait analysis in stroke patients and 100 m sprinters to the evolutionary development of the human hip joint, to the effects of exercise training on the material properties of ligaments, to revolutionary hydrogel technology, stem cells, gene therapy and 3-D bioprinting in healing connective tissues after sports injuries. The textbook advances sequentially from reference systems, applied kinematics, and applied kinetics, through tissue biomechanics. There are 10 laboratory modules, ample figures and example problems, as well as additional pedagogical support materials to enhance student learning in the exciting field of Exercise Biomechanics.
I. Principles of Biomechanics and Reference Systems
Chapter 1: Introduction to Exercise Biomechanics: What Can Biomechanics Do for You?
Chapter 2: Problem Solving in Biomechanics (Problems, Problems Problems)
Chapter 3: Anatomical Analysis of Movement, Musculoskeletal Anatomy
Chapter 4: Linear and Angular Reference Systems
II. Kinematics
Chapter 5: Introduction to Whole Body Biomechanics
Chapter 6: Linear and Angular Kinematics: Distance, Displacement, Velocity in Exercise Biomechanics
Chapter 7: Applied Linear and Angular Acceleration
Chapter 8: Applications in Kinematics: Locomotion, Gait Analysis, and Projectiles
III. Kinetics
Chapter 9: Forces: Dynamic Impetus for Movement
Chapter 10: Newton’s Laws of Motion: Applications in Exercise Biomechanics
Chapter 11: Torque Production & Lever Systems in Biomechanics
Chapter 12: Torque Applications: Turning Torque into Motion
Chapter 13: Density and Pressure: Applications in Exercise Biomechanics
Chapter 14: Mechanical Stress and Mechanical Strain: Material Properties and the Human Movement System
IV. Tissue Biomechanics
Chapter 15: Mechanotransduction: From Detecting Changes in Mechanical Stress and Strain to Remodeling
Chapter 16: Skeletal Muscle Biomechanics
Chapter 17: Bone Biomechanics – From Levers to Wolff’s Law
Chapter 18: Tendon Biomechanics
Chapter 19: Ligament Biomechanics
Chapter 20: Joint Cartilage Biomechanics and Arthritis
Dr. John M. Lawler is a former AAU and collegiate athlete (wrestling) and Professor of Kinesiology at Texas A&M University. He earned an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University and a Ph.D. in Exercise and Medical Physiology from the University of Florida. Dr. Lawler has been teaching undergraduate and graduate Exercise Biomechanics for 30 years. His research focuses on “mechanotransduction,” or how skeletal muscle and heart cells detect and adapt to changes in mechanical forces and stressors (ex. exercise, immobilization with a cast, spaceflight). His laboratory has a central focus on how nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species (ROS) regulate mechanotransduction during spaceflight, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, aging, and metabolic disease.