Human Movement - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 6th Edition

• EVOLVE – online learning resources gives students the opportunity to test out their learning through further case-study based scenarios. Log on to http://evolve.elsevier.com/Everett/movement/
•  Increased inter-chapter linkages
• Chapters themed into functional sections
• Explicit use of a family case study to demonstrate content application in the real world

Dedication 
Contributors
Preface

1 Introduction
Tony Everett and Clare Kell

2 Skeletal muscle, muscle work, strength, power and endurance
Tim Sharp and Tony Everett

3 Joint mobility
Tony Everett

4 Motor control
Bernhard Haas

5 Posture and balance
Clare Kell

6 Motor learning
Nicola Phillips

7 Psychosocial influences on human movement
Sally Scott-Roberts

8 The influence of the environment on human movement
Philippa Coales

9 Biomechanics of human movement
Robert W.M. van Deursen, Tony Everett

10 Function of the upper limb
Valerie Sparks and Mike Smith

11 Function of the lower limb
Tony Everett and Marion Trew

12 Function of the Spine
Valerie Sparks

13 Human movement across the lifespan
Lyn Horrocks

14 Measuring and analysing human movement
Tony Everett

15 Scales of measurement
Susan Corr and Roshni Khatri

16 Conclusion
Tony Everett and Clare Kell

Index