Reconstructing Mobility - Environmental, Behavioral, and Morphological Determinants (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)

Assembles a collection of experts to provide a current account of different approaches (e.g., traditional, comparative and experimental) being applied to study mobility. Moreover, the book aims to stimulate new theoretical perspectives that adopt a holistic view of the interaction among intrinsic (i.e. skeletal) and extrinsic (i.e. environmental) factors that influence differential expression of mobility. Since the environment undoubtedly impacts mobility of a wide variety of animals, insights into human mobility, as a concept, can be improved by extending approaches to investigating comparable environmental influences on mobility in animals in general. The book teases apart environmental effects that transcend typical categories (e.g., coastal versus inland, mountainous versus level, arboreal versus terrestrial). Such an approach, when coupled with a new emphasis on mobility as types of activities rather than activity levels, offers a fresh, insightful perspective on mobility and how it might affect the musculoskeletal system.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2014
First published:	2014
Editors:	Kristian J Carlson • Damiano Marchi
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	295
Edition:	2014 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4899-7459-4
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Physiology > Biomechanics, human kinetics Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal physiology Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > Environmental factors
LSN:	1-4899-7459-8
Barcode:	9781489974594

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