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Chapter 1:
Introduction to the Study of Kinesiology
Part I: Anatomical and Physiological Fundamentals of Human Motion
Part II: Fundamentals of Biomechanics
Part III: Motor Skills: Principles and Applications
Appendix A:
Classification of Joints and Their Movements
Appendix B:
Joint Range of Motion
Appendix C:
Muscular Attachments and Nerve Supply
Appendix D:
Mathematics Review
Appendix E:
Table of Trigonometric Functions*
Appendix F:
U.S.–Metric Equivalents
Appendix G:
Exercises for Kinesiological Analysis
Appendix H:
Answers to Problems in Part II
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