Kinesiology foundations for OTAs and PTAs by Snyder, Daniel C, Conner, LeAnne M; Lorenz, Gregory F instant download

Kinesiology foundations for OTAs and PTAs by Snyder, Daniel C, Conner, LeAnne M; Lorenz, Gregory F instant download

xiii, 514 pages : 27 cm, \"The human body is amazing. All structures in the human body work together to provide locomotion and support; knowledge of how this takes place is critical to the fields of occupational and physical therapy. Kinesiology Foundations for OTAs and PTAs combines precise clinical information, practical applications, and detailed illustrations that allow readers to understand this rigorous subject matter. This book is designed to describe the structures and functions of muscles, bones, and ligaments of the human body. It further addresses the interactions between these structures to illustrate how movements are performed. Book jacket.\"--Jacket, Includes bibliographical references and index, Part I. General Background Information -- Chapter 1. Introduction to Kinesiology -- Anatomical Terms -- Directional Terms -- Terminology Used To Describe Size and Length -- Planes and Axes -- Chapter 2. Muscular Anatomy and Physiology -- Muscle Tissue -- Icroscopic Versus the Macroscopic Structure of Muscle -- Energy for the Muscle Contraction -- The Neuromuscular Junction -- The Sliding Filament Theory -- Chapter 3. Muscle Characteristics -- Naming Muscles -- Fiber-Type Arrangement -- Roles of Muscle -- Types of Muscular Actions -- The Length-Tension Relationship -- Chapter 4. The Nervous System -- Organization of the Nervous System -- Tissue and Structure of the Nervous System -- Physiology of Neuron Function -- The Peripheral Nervous System -- Disability and Movement -- Chapter 5. Bone -- Purpose of Bone -- Structure of Bone -- Types of Bones -- Microscopic Anatomy of Compact Bone -- The Axial and Appendicular Skeleton -- Bone Landmarks -- Wolff's Law -- Chapter 6. Joint Structure -- Joint Classifications -- Structure of Diarthrodial Joints -- Muscle Movements Around a Plane or Axis -- Chapter 7. Muscle Mechanics and Arthrokinematics -- Lever Classes -- Anatomical Pulleys -- Length and Tension Relationships -- Force-Velocity Relationship -- Kinetic Chains