| Edition |
English language edition. |
| Description |
x, 282 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
1. Exercises to warm up and increase flexibility -- Strengthening exercises -- Coordination exercises -- 2. The trunk & neck -- Movements -- Vertebral structure -- Behavior of the weight-bearing disc -- Consequences of forward bending the spine -- Flexibility of the spine -- Mobility of the spine -- Muscles of the trunk -- Deep spinal muscles -- Superficial spinal muscles -- Functional and practical considerations -- The lumbar curve -- Thoracic region -- Cervical region -- Practice pages: trunk and neck -- 3. The shoulder -- Movements -- Flexibility of the shoulder -- Strengthening of shoulder muscles -- Coordination of shoulder muscles -- Practice pages: shoulder -- 4. The elbow & forearm -- Movements -- Flexibility -- Muscular strength -- Coordination -- 5. The wrist & hand -- Wrist movements -- Wrist flexibility -- Wrist strength and coordination -- Hand/finger movements & flexibility -- Hand strength -- Hand coordination -- Practice pages: elbow, wrist & hand -- 6. The hip -- Movements -- Flexibility of the hip -- Muscular strength of the hip -- Coordination of the hip -- Practice pages: hip -- 7. The knee -- Movements -- Bones of the knee -- Flexibility of the knee -- Muscular strength of the knee -- Practice pages: knee -- 8. The ankle & foot -- Movements -- Flexibility of the ankle -- Flexibility of the foot -- Working the ankle and foot muscles -- Coordination of the ankle and foot -- Practice pages: ankle and foot -- 9. Coordination of hip, knee & foot -- Guiding from the hip -- Guiding from the foot -- The plié -- Swinging movements -- Standing on the toes -- Softening the impact in jumps -- Softening the impact in walking -- Propulsion in walking -- Propulsion in running -- Propulsion in jumping. |
| Subject |
Musculoskeletal system.
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Human mechanics.
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Muscles -- anatomy & histology -- Atlases.
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Anatomy, Regional -- Atlases.
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Movement -- physiology -- Atlases.
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| Added Author |
Anderson, Stephen, Ph.D.
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| Added Title |
Anatomie pour le mouvement. English
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| ISBN |
093961622X |
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