Biomedical Engineering Principles in Sports

✍ Scribed by Alexander J. Smits, Steven Ogg (auth.), George K. Hung, Jani Macari Pallis (eds.)

Publisher: Springer US
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 508
Series: Bioengineering, Mechanics, and Materials: Principles and Applications in Sports 1
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Biomedical Engineering Principles in Sports contains in-depth discussions on the fundamental biomechanical and physiological principles underlying the acts of throwing, shooting, hitting, kicking, and tackling in sports, as well as vision training, sports injury, and rehabilitation. The topics include:

-Golf ball aerodynamics and golf club design,

-Golf swing and putting biomechanics,

-Tennis ball aerodynamics and ball- and shoe-surface interactions,

-Tennis stroke mechanics and optimizing ball-racket interactions,

-Baseball pitching biomechanics and perceptual illusions of batters,

-Football forward pass aerodynamics and tackling biomechanics,

-Soccer biomechanics,

-Basketball aerodynamics and biomechanics,

-Vision training in sports,

-Children maturation and performance,

-Rehabilitation and medical advances in treatment of sports injuries.

This book is essential reading for biomedical engineers, physicists, sport scientists, and physiologists who wish to update their knowledge of biomechanical and biomedical principles and their applications to sports. The book can be used in a one-semester Senior or Graduate-level course in Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Sports Technology, Sports Medicine, or Exercise Physiology. In addition, it will be of value to interested athletic laypersons who enjoy watching or participating in sports such as golf, tennis, softball, football, soccer, and basketball.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Aerodynamics of the Golf Ball....Pages 3-27
Engineering Methodology in Golf Studies....Pages 29-46
Physics and Mechanics of the Golf Swing....Pages 47-73
Eye and Head Movements During the Golf Putting Stroke....Pages 75-95
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Tennis Ball Aerodynamics and Dynamics....Pages 99-124
Shoe-Surface Interaction in Tennis....Pages 125-151
Biomechanics of Tennis Strokes....Pages 153-181
Optimizing Ball and Racket Interaction....Pages 183-206
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Biomechanics of Pitching....Pages 209-256
The Rising Fastball and Other Perceptual Illusions of Batters....Pages 257-287
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
Mechanics of the Forward Pass....Pages 291-319
Biomechanics of Tackling....Pages 321-331
Biomechanics and Aerodynamics in Soccer....Pages 333-364
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Aerodynamics and Biomechanics of the Free Throw....Pages 367-390
Make Every Free Throw....Pages 391-404
Front Matter....Pages 405-405
Vision Training and Sports....Pages 407-433
Application of Biomedical Principles to the Maturation of Skill in Children....Pages 435-450
Medical Advances in the Treatment of Sports Injuries....Pages 451-503
Back Matter....Pages 505-513

✦ Subjects

Biomedical Engineering;Mechanics;Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control;Teaching and Teacher Education

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