Biomechanics: A Case-Based Approach

“This book would be an exccellent text for an undergraduate kinsiology or first-year graduate student. I personally enjoyed the informal writing style Dr. Flanagan employs and found myself engaged throughout my reading.”

Michael Cavaliere, DPT, CSCS, North Hills Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy
for Doody’s Book Reviews

The second edition of Biomechanics: A Case-Based Approach emphasizes the comprehension, retention, and application of the core concepts of biomechanics through the use of problem-based learning strategies. The author utilizes a student-centered approach by deploying a conversational writing style, tying new concepts to everyday experience, and emphasizing concepts over computation. A wide variety of pedagogical features aid this approach, with Section Questions, Competency Checks, and various boxed features serving to reinforce the content.

Biomechanics: A Case-Based Approach is organized into 18 lessons that cover the three levels of biomechanical analysis: whole body, joint, and tissue. Rather than moving from one level to the next, the author deploys a “whole-part-whole” organization in which mechanical principles are described at the whole-body level, followed by relevant discussion of the basic material mechanics of biological tissues and unique properties of the muscle-tendon complex.

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