To vary the force that a muscle exerts, the nervous system either changes the number of active motor units or varies the activation level of those motor units that have been activated.
An edition of Biomechanics in Sport
(2000)
Biomechanics in Sport
Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention
1st edition
by Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky
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Biomechanics in Sport is a unique reference text prepared by the leading world experts in sport biomechanics. Over thirty chapters cover a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from muscle mechanics to injury prevention, and from aerial movement to wheelchair sport. The biomechanics of sports including running, skating, skiing, swimming, jumping in athletics, figure skating, ski jumping, diving, javelin and hammer throwing, shot putting, and striking movements are all explained.
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Medical, Nonfiction, Sports & Recreations, Sports injuries, Sports, Human mechanics, Physiological aspects, Training, Sports Medicine, Rorelser (manniskan), Idrottsmedicin, Mecanique humaine, SPORTS & RECREATION, Fysiologiska aspekter, Biomechanical Phenomena, Biomecanica, Idrott, Aspect physiologique, Athletic Injuries, Physiology, Idrottsskador, Accidents et blessures, MEDICAL, Locomocʹao, Sports, physiological aspects| Edition | Availability |
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Biomechanics in Sport: Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention
2008, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Electronic resource
in English
0470693045 9780470693049
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Biomechanics in Sport: Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention
December 15, 2000, Blackwell Publishing Limited
Hardcover
in English
- 1st edition
0632053925 9780632053926
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"To vary the force that a muscle exerts, the nervous system either changes the number of active motor units or varies the activation level of those motor units that have been activated."
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