Kinesiology, The Skeletal System and Muscle Function is the first true kinesiology textbook specifically written for manual and movement therapists and the athletic training fields. It is a complete full-color atlas and textbook of bones, joints, and muscle function that contains over 700 illustrations and is laid out in an organized and visually pleasing manner.

 

Dr. Joseph Muscolino's book, Kinesiology - The Skeletal System and Muscle Function is now available in Portuguese, Cinesiologia - O Sistema Esquelético e a Funçâo Muscular. Published by Lusodidacta, 648 pages, ISBN is 978-989-8075-12-3. To order, click here.

 

Winner of an American Publishers Awards PROSE award

 

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Published by Mosby of Elsevier Science,
2006, 704 pages.

Joint Actions Video
that accompanies the Kinesiology textbook

(Press "play" button on bottom left of toolbar under movie screen to watch video)

It is organized into 4 major parts:

• Part I covers kinesiology terminology.
• Part II covers the skeletal system. It is a complete photographic atlas of all bones, bony landmarks, and joints; it also covers the anatomy and physiology of bone tissue.
• Part III covers the joints of the body in a thorough manner. It begins with two chapters that cover the anatomy and physiology of joints and joint actions. It then methodically covers all joints of the body in a regional approach.
• Part IV covers the muscular system. After addressing the anatomy and physiology of muscle tissue (including the sliding filament mechanism in two levels of detail), it provides a clear and simple overview to help the reader understand gross muscle function. It then covers every facet of muscle function in a thorough manner that is clear and simple to understand!
   
  

Features include:

• Beautiful, sharp, clear illustrations
• Thorough yet clear and simple presentation of content that is always geared toward understanding, not memorizing
• ‘Light bulb’ and ‘spotlight’ boxes located throughout the book that provide clinical applications of the material presented.
• All information is presented in an ‘a la carte’ format with open bullets that allow the reader (or instructor) to clearly indicate which elements of the content are to be focused upon.
• Chapter overview, list of key terms, word origins, chapter objectives, and example test questions for every chapter.
• Entire chapter on the various roles that muscles can play during a joint action: mover, antagonist, fixator (stabilizer), neutralizer, and support muscles.
• DVD ROM that explains and demonstrates all joint actions of the human body.

For use in the classroom/curriculum, Kinesiology, The Skeletal System and Muscle Function includes the following resources:

1. A complete image bank
2. A test bank with over 1,000 questions
3. A detailed Instructor’s Manual
4. A student website with interactive exercises (crossword puzzles, labeling and drag and drop exercises, practice questions, a glossary of key terms, and more!)
5. The entire textbook is set up into 50-minute Powerpoint lectures, with lesson plans, learning outcomes, and discussion questions.