General kinesiology

This completely new textbook by a well-known teacher, expert and author fully corresponds to the modern concept of the field. The colour book is lavishly illustrated with original colour and black and white drawings. It will be appreciated not only by students of physiotherapy, rehabilitation, physical medicine, but also by other students of medical faculties and other disciplines. Due to the new concept, this book is also beneficial for postgraduate studies. Kinesiology is a set of sciences about movement. The aim of general kinesiology is to provide a concise and understandable characterization of movement originating at the cellular level, continuing through tissue kinesiology and ending with the integration of control processes at the organism level. General kinesiology is a propaedeutics, the completion of which provides a set of basic information that allows a rational understanding of the functions of the musculoskeletal system in both normal and pathological conditions. This publication will soon be followed by Special Kinesiology. * * * From the author's annotation: Movement is change within and without the system. In human kinesiology, it is about the movement
yb realized by the living system - the human body and its segments. Most of the time it is a controlled movement. Kinesiology is a set of sciences about movement. It is a typically interdisciplinary field, which developed throughout the twentieth century on the frontiers of morphology, biomechanics, neurophysiology, neurology, orthopaedics and rehabilitation medicine. Today, kinesiology is gradually being profiled as an independent discipline. The development of rehabilitation and its teaching has forced the inclusion of the subject of kinesiology in the curriculum of various study disciplines.