CONTENTS	6
	PREFACE	8
	SECTION A – KINEMATICS OF MOTION	10
	A1 ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTORS OF MOTION	10
	A2 MECHANICAL DESCRIPTORS OF LINEAR MOTION	20
	A3 MECHANICAL DESCRIPTORS OF ANGULAR MOTION	31
	A4 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LINEAR AND ANGULAR MOTION	39
	A5 GRAPHICAL PRESENTATION OF KINEMATIC DATA – NUMERICAL DIFFERENTIATION	47
	A6 GRAPHICAL PRESENTATION OF KINEMATIC DATA – NUMERICAL INTEGRATION	54
	A7 UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED AND PROJECTILE MOTION	58
	SECTION B – KINETICS OF LINEAR MOTION	68
	B1 FORCES	68
	B2 NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION – LINEAR MOTION	78
	B3 THE IMPULSE–MOMENTUM RELATIONSHIP	90
	B4 CONSERVATION OF LINEAR MOMENTUM	99
	B5 GRAVITY, WEIGHT, AND VERTICAL PROJECTION	106
	B6 FRICTION	115
	SECTION C – KINETICS OF ANGULAR MOTION	124
	C1 TORQUE AND THE MOMENT OF FORCE	124
	C2 NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION – ANGULAR MOTION	133
	C3 MOMENT OF INERTIA AND THE CONSERVATION OF ANGUALR MOMENTUM	145
	C4 CENTER OF GRAVITY AND CENTER OF MASS	157
	C5 EQUILIBRIUM, BALANCE, AND STABILITY	165
	C6 LEVERS	173
	C7 CENTRIPETAL FORCE AND CENTRIPETAL ACCELERATION	183
	C8 THE ESTIMATION OF MUSCLE AND JOINT FORCES – STATIC APPLICATION	189
	C9 THE ESTIMATION OF MUSCLE AND JOINT FORCES – SIMPLE DYNAMIC APPLICATIONS	209
	SECTION D – SPECIAL TOPICS	220
	D1 WORK, POWER, AND ENERGY	220
	D2 THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY	227
	D3 THE MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MATERIALS	232
	D4 IMPACTS	237
	D5 OBLIQUE IMPACTS	242
	D6 FORCES IN A FLUID	247
	SECTION E – APPLICATIONS	256
	E1 BIOMECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF WALKING	256
	E2 BIOMECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RUNNING	263
	E3 BIOMECHANICS OF JUMPING	270
	E4 MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THROWING	276
	E5 PROPULSION THROUGH A FLUID	281
	E6 MECHANISMS OF INJURY	290
	SECTION F – MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES	304
	F1 VIDEO ANALYSIS	304
	F2 OPTOELECTRONIC MOTION ANALYSIS	315
	F3 DATA SMOOTHING	321
	F4 ACCELEROMETERS AND OTHER MOTION MEASURING DEVICES	326
	F5 FORCE PLATE	333
	F6 PRESSURE MEASUREMENT	342
	F7 ELECTROMYOGRAPHY	346
	F8 ISOKINETIC DYNAMOMETRY	356
	F9 ANTHROPOMETRY, BIOMECHANICS, AND SPORTS EQUIPMENT DESIGN	361
	APPENDIX I: FREE BODY DIAGRAMS	372
	APPENDIX II: SAMPLING THEOREM	374
	APPENDIX III: MATHS REVISION: ALGEBRAIC MANIPULATION	377
	APPENDIX IV: MATHS REVISION: TRIGONOMETRY	385
	INDEX	390
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