The Comprehensive Textbook of Biomechanics - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 2nd Edition

• Starts from basic principles and builds up to complex concepts

• Highly practical with a constant clinical emphasis

• Written for all health care professionals including physiotherapists and podiatrists

• Addition of upper quadrant and spine

• Title has changed to truly reflect the resource’s expanded and comprehensive approach

• Case studies and additional clinical examples

• New methods in EMG analysis

• Updated elearning course which is compatible with tablet and mobile devices

• A global team of writers

Section 1: Mechanics and Biomechanics Theory

1. Maths and Mechanics

Jim Richards

2. Forces, Moments and Muscles

Jim Richards

3. Ground Reaction Forces and Plantar Pressure

Jim Richards, Aoife Healy, Nachiappan Chockalingam

4. Motion and Joint Motion

Jim Richards, Dominic Thewlis, Robert Needham, Nachiappan Chockalingam

5. Work and Power During Human Movement

Jim Richards

6. Inverse Dynamics theory

Jim Richards

Section 2: Methods of Measurement and Modelling

7. Measurement of Force and Pressure

Jim Richard, Aoife Healy, Dominic Thewlis, Nachiappan Chockalingam

8. Methods of Analysis of Movement

Jim Richards, Dominic Thewlis, Jonnie Sinclair and Sarah Jane Hobbs

9. Anatomical Models and Marker Sets

Jim Richards, Dominic Thewlis, Ricardo Matias, Robert Needham, Nachiappan Chockalingam

10. Electromyography

P. Contessa, C.J. De Luca, Serge Roy and Jim Richards

Section 3: Clinical Assessment

11. The Biomechanics of Clinical Assessment

James Selfe, Jim Richards, Dave Levine, Dominic Thewlis

12. Biomechanics of Orthotic Management

Jim Richards, Aoife Healy, Nachiappan Chockalingam

13. Biomechanics of the Management of Lower Limb Amputees