ZATSIORSKY, Vladimir M.

ZATSIORSKY, Vladimir M. American (born U.S.S.R.), b. 1932. Genres: Biology, Sports/Fitness. Career: Lvov Institute of Physical Culture, Ukraine, assistant professor, 1954-57; Central Institute of Physical Culture, Moscow, assistant professor to professor, 1960-74, head and professor of the biomechanics chair, 1974-87, head of the chair of biomechanics, 1989-90; fitness and biomechanics consultant to the USSR's national Olympic teams, 1960- 90; All-Union Research Institute of Physical Culture, Moscow, director, 1987-89. University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Calgary, visiting professor, 1990-91; Pennsylvania State University, visiting professor, 1991-93, professor of exercise and sports science, 1993-, director, biomechanics laboratory, 1995-, professor of kinesiology, 1996-. Publications: Motor Abilities of Athletes, 1966; Cybernetics, Mathematics, Sport, 1969; (with D.D. Donskoj) Biomechanics, 1979; Basis of Sports Metrology, 1979; (with A.S. Aruin and V.N. Selayanov) Biomechanics of the Human Musculoskeletal System, 1981; (with S.Y. Aleshinsky and N.A. Yakunin) Biomechanical Basis of Endurance, 1982; (with A.S. Aruin) Occupational Biomechanics, 1989; Science and Practice of Strength Training, 1995; Kinematics of Human Motion, 1997; Kinetics at Human Motion, 2002. EDITOR: (and chapter author) Biodynamics of Sport Technique, 1978; (and primary author) Sports Metrology, 1982; Biomechanics in Sport, 2000; (with M.L. Latash) Classics in Movement Science, 2001. Address: Biomechanics Laboratory, Dept of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]