Kinetics
of Human Motion
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Kinetics
of Human Motion
Editor: Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky
Publisher: Human
Kinetics (2002); 653 pages
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Written
by the foremost authority on the subject, Kinetics
of Human Motion is the sequel and companion to the
1998 text Kinematics of Human Motion.
World-renowned biomechanics expert Vladimir Zatsiorsky has
written Kinetics of Human Motion to be an indispensable reference
for human movement professionals.
Although
biomechanical analysis of human motion can be conducted on
different structural levels, this book focuses on the examination
of forces that create entire body motion. By examining the
forces that create entire body motion, the text develops the
biomechanical knowledge of the reader. Kinetics of Human Motion
is divided into six chapters that cover external contact forces,
statics, kinematic chains, inertial characteristics of the
body, dynamics of human motion and work, and energy in human
motion. Readers will learn about the following:
Three-dimensional
analysis of forces and movements
• Kinetics of multilink chains
• Stability of equilibrium
• Inertial properties of the human body
• Joint torques and forces
• Inverse problem of dynamics
Kinetics
of Human Motion is advanced and assumes some knowledge
of algebra and calculus, yet the emphasis is clearly on understanding
physical concepts, not mathematical formulae. The book features
helpful refreshers of basic mathematical concepts and kinesiology
and other movement-related topics to facilitate reader comprehension
of the topics presented.
Kinetics
of Human Motion is packed with illustrations and equations
to help clarify and reemphasize the main concepts; it also
contains review problems, applied research problems, end-of-chapter
questions, and references throughout. For a more rounded understanding
of the concepts, each chapter includes “From the Literature”
elements, which support the theories discussed while offering
other viewpoints.
This
is the second book in a three-book series that will cover
the entire range of biomechanics of human motion. Kinematics
of Human Motion was the first book; this book, Kinetics
of Human Motion, covers the analysis of entire body motion;
the muscle biomechanics will be covered in the third volume
of the series.
Table
of Contents for Kinetics of Human Motion:
Chapter 1. External
contact forces
1.1. Forces and couples
1.2. Friction forces and air resistance
1.3. Local biological effects of contact forces
Chapter 2. Statics
of multilink serial chains: Transformational analysis
2.1. Torque and force actuators at revolute joints
2.2. Transformational analysis
2.3. Control of external contact forces
2.4. Duality of statics and kinematics: Null spaces
Chapter 3. Statics
of multilink chains: Stability of equilibrium
3.1. Stiffness of passive and active objects
3.2. Apparent endpoint stiffness
3.3. Apparent joint stiffness
3.4. Transformational analysis
3.5. Why is it so difficult to determine joint stiffness?
3.6. Stiffness in motor control models
Chapter 4. Inertial
properties of the human body
4.1. Basic mechanics theory
4.2. Inertial properties of the entire human body
4.3. Inertial properties of the body parts
4.4. Subject-specific inertial characteristics
4.5. Control of body inertia in human movement
Chapter 5. Joint
torques and forces: The inverse problem of dynamics
5.1. Basic dynamic equations
5.2. Inverse dynamics of simple planar chains
5.3. Movement in three dimensions
5.4. Joint torques and joint forces in human motion
Chapter 6. Mechanical
work and energy in human movement
6.1. The concept of work
6.2. Work at a joint and work on a body segment
6.3. Energy, work, and power
in multilink kinematic chains
6.4. Minimizing of the energy expenditure for motion
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