"This book will provide them with the basics of the subject presented in a clear, accessible style placed firmly within a sporting context"--Résumé de l'éditeur.
"This book will provide them with the basics of the subject presented in a clear, accessible style placed firmly within a sporting context"--
"This book will provide them with the basics of the subject presented in a clear, accessible style placed firmly within a sporting context"--Provided by publisher.
This text begins with a wide-ranging but concise introduction to the legislative technological, testing and design basis of rehabilitation engineering. This is followed with the fundamentals of design and materials and a full account of the biomechanics of rehabilitation.
The discipline of rehabilitation engineering draws on a wide range of specialist knowledge, from the biomedical sciences to materials technology. Rehabilitation Engineering Applied to Mobility and Manipulation provides broad background and motivational material to ease readers' …
Main Description:As anyone who takes up a new sport quickly discovers, even basic athletic moves require high levels of coordination and control. Whether dribbling a basketball or hitting a backhand, limbs must be synchronized and bodies balanced, all with precise timing. But no…
"The Hidden Mechanics of Exercise reveals the microworld of the body in motion, from motor proteins that produce force to enzymes that extract energy from food, and tackles questions athletes ask: What should we ingest before and during a race? How does a hard workout trigger ch…