A textbook for undergraduate students of kinesiology, exercise science, sport science, and physical education. The text is divided into sections titled the human machine, functional anatomy of the muscular and skeletal systems, and musculoskeletal response and adaptation to loading. Coverage includ
James Watkins, PhD, teaches functional anatomy and biomechanics at the University of Wales Swansea. He formerly taught at the Scottish School of Sport Studies at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, where he served as department head from 1989 to 1994.
Dr. Watkins' publications include more than 70 academic journal papers and four books. He is an advisory board member of the Journal of Sports Sciences and an editorial board member of the European Journal of Physical Education and the British Journal of Physical Education. He was chair of the Biomechanics section of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences from 1993 to 1996.
Dr. Watkins received his PhD in biomechanics from the University of Leeds, England, in 1975.