The Comprehensive Textbook of Clinical Biomechanics

Jim Richards is Professor of Biomechanics and research lead for the Allied Health Research Unit (AHRu) at the University of Central Lancashire in 2004. He has authored over 160 peer reviewed journal papers and written and edited several textbooks, including the 5th edition of Whittle's Gait Analysis (2012). He will take over from David Levine as the lead editor for this edition.

"...a great overview, and a theoretical underpinning to clinical biomechanics....it would be a useful reference resource for many health departments...a brilliant textbook that assists the reader through a large, difficult topicThis book is a complete course comprising of fully integrated print and online components which bring quality animations to life.This book is recommended for the library of any practitioner who has a strong interest in biomechanics and wishes to study further the concepts of biomechanics taking it to the next level." -Shaun Kelly, Podiatry Review. Vol. 65 No. 4

• Section 1: Mechanics and Biomechanics Theory1. Maths and MechanicsJim Richards2. Forces, Moments and MusclesJim Richards3. Ground Reaction Forces and Plantar PressureJim Richards, Aoife Healy, Nachiappan Chockalingam4. Motion and Joint MotionJim Richards, Dominic Thewlis, Robert Needham, Nachiappan Chockalingam5. Work and Power During Human MovementJim Richards 6. Inverse Dynamics theoryJim Richards Section 2: Methods of Measurement and Modelling7. Measurement of Force and PressureJim Richard, Aoife Healy, Dominic Thewlis, Nachiappan Chockalingam 8. Methods of Analysis of MovementJim Richards, Dominic Thewlis, Jonnie Sinclair and Sarah Jane Hobbs 9. Anatomical Models and Marker SetsJim Richards, Dominic Thewlis, Ricardo Matias, Robert Needham, Nachiappan Chockalingam 10. ElectromyographyP. Contessa, C.J. De Luca, Serge Roy and Jim Richards Section 3: Clinical Assessment11. The Biomechanics of Clinical AssessmentJames Selfe, Jim Richards, Dave Levine, Dominic Thewlis12. Biomechanics of Orthotic Management Jim Richards, Aoife Healy, Nachiappan Chockalingam13. Biomechanics of the Management of Lower Limb AmputeesNatalie Vanicek