Structure and function of the musculoskeletal system. /
James Watkins
- Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 1999.
- vii, 367 p.: ill.; (colour)
Includes index.
Contents:The human machine: Elementary mechanics -- The Musculoskeletal system -- Functional anatomy of the muscular and skeletal systems: The skeleton -- Connective tissues -- The articular system -- Joints of the axial skeleton -- Joints of the appendicular skeleton -- The neuromuscular system -- Forces in muscles and joints -- Musculoskeletal response and adaptation to loading: Mechanical characteristics of musculoskeletal components -- Structural adaption of the musculoskeletal system -- Etiology of musculoskeletal disorders and injuries
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Musculoskeletal system -- Physiology Musculoskeletal system -- Anatomy Human mechanics