Preface

This book quantifies the state of technological progress in measuring the impact of sports in humans, ranging from those who are sedentary to those who participate in high-level sporting activities. The idea for this book came after many years of work in biomechanics, health disease, and rehabilitation. Chapters show the scope of sports analysis and technologies in human performance and behavior. Sports are very important and help people increase mobility, optimize performance, and reduce their risk of disease. They can have beneficial social, cultural, economic, and psychological effects on health, wellbeing, and the environment. The combination of the principles of mathematics, functional anatomy, physiology, psychology, and mechanics allow for the exploration and understanding of biological sport problems. This book offers a range of principles, methods, techniques, and tools to provide the reader with a clear knowledge of variables improving sports' performance processes. The text considers physical, mechanical, physiological, psychological, and biomechanical aspects of sports performance, sports science, human posture, and musculoskeletal disorders. The book includes three sections: "Sports Injury," "Sports Performance," and "Sports Education."

This volume is a useful resource for engineers, researchers, and students in biomedical engineering and health sciences, as well as industry professionals.

We express our thanks to all the contributing authors for their successful collaboration in the interest of this book.

> **Redha Taiar** MATIM, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France

Section 1 Sports Injury
