Discover how muscles function as movers, antagonists, and stabilizers in the human body and fully understand concentric, eccentric, and isometric muscle contractions!
Vividly illustrated with more than 1,200 full-color illustrations. Kinesiology: The Skeletal System and Muscle Function explores the bones, landmarks, and joints of the body, and presents a thorough explanation of muscle function. It provides clinical applications related to key kinesiology concepts and clearly explains anatomic and physiologic terminology needed for working in any rehabilitative practice field. This one-of-a-kind resource also covers microanatomy and microphysiology, such as the sliding filament mechanism and the structure and function of fascia.
• Clinical applications, related to kinesiology concepts, challenge you to apply what you've learned to clinical practice.
• A fully illustrated muscle atlas is organized by function and includes attachments and actions.
• NEW! Strengthening Exercise chapter covers the basics of strength training, especially useful for athletic training.
• NEW! Stretching chapter describes the purposes and benefits of stretching and how to perform various stretching techniques.
• A companion DVD with 60 minutes of video demonstrates all major joint actions of the human body.
• A section with a complete atlas of bones, bony landmarks, and joints includes more than 100 full-color photographs of every bone in the human body!
• Expanded content on the fascial web and myofascial meridians.
• Simple-yet-thorough coverage explains how muscles function.