[Opening image:  Fig 6.9, 6.11, 8.4, or 11.13 / Opening quote: Movement is fundamental to life. Biomechanics opens the door to understanding this complex and fascinating phenomenon.]

Biomechanics of Movement takes the reader from established principles, such as X and Y, to their use for understanding basic human movements, like walking and running.  to their innovative applications in areas like computer simulation, mobile motion monitoring, and wearable robotics.

Include words related to biomechanics experiments:  motion capture, electromyography (EMG), inertial measurement units, accelerometers, metabolic costs, fluoroscopic imaging ….

[Figure 1.4] Biologists use insights from biomechanics to understand the relationship between form and function in animals, both living and extinct, for example, how a lizard leaps and grabs onto a wall (left, Figure 1.4 in book) and why elephants appear to walk much faster than the inverted pendulum model of walking would predict, at a Froude number greater than 1 (Chapter 2). Such knowledge is valuable beyond basic biology, playing a role also in biomimetic design and evolutionary discoveries. Chapters 3 and 4 explain how different physiologic properties, such as leg stiffness and muscle-strength-to-weight ratios, result in the diverse walking and running behavior observed in animals and humans.

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"Today, biomechanics is a rapidly growing, multidisciplinary field involving collaborations between individuals from many areas of science and engineering.”  (from book)

[Figure 1.4] Biologists use insights from biomechanics to understand the relationship between form and function in animals, both living and extinct, for example, how a lizard leaps and grabs onto a wall (left, Figure 1.4 in book) and why elephants appear to walk much faster than the inverted pendulum model of walking would predict, at a Froude number greater than 1 (Chapter 2). Such knowledge is valuable beyond basic biology, playing a role also in biomimetic design and evolutionary discoveries. Chapters 3 and 4 explain how different physiologic properties, such as leg stiffness and muscle-strength-to-weight ratios, result in the diverse walking and running behavior observed in animals and humans.