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Kinesiology

Kinesiology is the study of the body's movement. Kinesiology specialists use their knowledge of human physiology and movement to help recover patients' mobility and improve their lives through exercise.

Additional Links & Resources

MEMRISE

Typical Joint Movements in the Human Body. Images from Brunnstrom's Clinical Kinesiology 6th Edition

 

Body Physics: Motion to Metabolism

 

Penn State Biomechanics Lab

Reasearch and tutorials on the study of human motion in sport, health, and disease.

 

Massage school notes: Kinesiology

 

Biomechanics of Human Movement (CC BY)

This is a custom textbook catered to the needs of kinesiology students enrolled in a first-year biomechanics course. It has been modified from OpenStax College Physics and Anatomy and Physiology.

 

Concepts of Fitness and Wellness

Full text: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/concepts-of-fitness-and-wellness

 

Hypermuscle: Muscles in Action

From the University of Michigan.

 

Musculoskeletal Atlas

From the University of Washington.

 

PLOS (Public Library of Science)

PLOS contains a variety of high quality open access (OA) journals related to the fields of Biology, Medicine, and Genetics, among other things.

 

Sport RXiv

An open access repository for preprints of research in sport, exercise, performance, and health-related fields.

 

Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans

 

Medline Plus

 

Kinesiology Network

At Kinesiology Net you will find useful information about manual muscle testing kinesiology, addresses to schools, associations and journals, a muscle database, links to research-papers, and many www-links to other web sites about kinesiology.
 

 

Inner Body

With a vast wealth of knowledge and interactive elements, InnerBody is a go-to resource for accurate and easy-to-use information about human anatomy, exploring all systems of the human body.

 

Kinesiology Crash Course