ALL-ENCOMPASSING and EXPANDED, now covering the WHOLE BODY (lower quadrant PLUS upper quadrant and spine) - The Comprehensive Textbook of Clinical Biomechanics (formerly Biomechanics in Clinic and Research) presents the latest research in a form which is accessible, practical, thorough and up-to-the minute.

• Starts from basic principles and builds up to complex concepts
• Highly practical with a constant clinical emphasis
• Written for all health care professionals including physiotherapists and podiatrists

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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.

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Section 1: Mechanics and Biomechanics Theory

1. Maths and Mechanics
   Jim Richards
2. Forces, Moments and Muscles
   Jim Richards
3. Ground Reaction Forces and Plantar Pressure
   Jim Richards, Aoife Healy, Nachiappan Chockalingam
4. Motion and Joint Motion
   *Jim Richards, Dominic Thewlis, Robert Needham, Nachiappan Chockalingam
5. Work and Power During Human Movement
   Jim Richards
6. Inverse Dynamics theory
   Jim Richards
   Section 2: Methods of Measurement and Modelling
7. Measurement of Force and Pressure
   Jim Richard, Aoife Healy, Dominic Thewlis, Nachiappan Chockalingam
8. Methods of Analysis of Movement
   Jim Richards, Dominic Thewlis, Jonnie Sinclair and Sarah Jane Hobbs
9. Anatomical Models and Marker Sets
   Jim Richards, Dominic Thewlis, Ricardo Matias, Robert Needham, Nachiappan Chockalingam
10. Electromyography
    P. Contessa, C.J. De Luca, Serge Roy and Jim Richards
    Section 3: Clinical Assessment
11. The Biomechanics of Clinical Assessment
    James Selfe, Jim Richards, Dave Levine, Dominic Thewlis
12. Biomechanics of Orthotic Management **
    Jim Richards, Aoife Healy, Nachiappan Chockalingam
13. Biomechanics of the Management of Lower Limb Amputees
    Natalie Vanicek