Introduction to the Biomechanics of Human Movement

Human Musculoskeletal Biomechanics

This book covers many aspects of human musculoskeletal biomechanics. Topics range from image processing to interpret range of motion and/or diseases, to subject specific temporomandibular joint, spinal units, braces to control scoliosis, hand functions, spine anthropometric analyses along with finite element analyses.

Author(s): Tarun Goswami

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Biomechanics in Applications

This book focuses on experimental praxis and clinical findings. The first section is devoted to Injury and clinical biomechanics including overview of the biomechanics of musculoskeletal injury, distraction osteogenesis in mandible, or consequences of drilling. The next section is on Spine biomechanics with biomechanical models for upper limb after spinal cord injury and an animal model looking at changes occurring as a consequence of spinal cord injury. Section Musculoskeletal Biomechanics includes the chapter which is devoted to dynamical stability of lumbo-pelvi-femoral complex which involves analysis of relationship among appropriate anatomical structures in this region. The fourth section is on Human and Animal Biomechanics with contributions from foot biomechanics and chewing rhythms in mammals, or adaptations of bats.

Author(s): Vaclav Klika

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Introduction to the Biomechanics of Human Movement

This note introduce the scientific principles and laws underlying the field of biomechanics and describes how biomechanical principles can be applied to understanding and analyzing the causes of human movements and their affects on the body. Topics covered includes: Statics, Gravity and Forces, Levers and Moments of Force, Dry Friction, Kinematics, Kinetics, Impulse and Momentum, Work, Energy and Power, Fluid Mechanics, Gait Analysis.

Author(s): D. Gordon E. Robertson

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Theoretical Biomechanics

The first section of the book, General notes on biomechanics and mechanobiology, comprises from theoretical contributions to Biomechanics often providing hypothesis or rationale for a given phenomenon that experiment or clinical study cannot provide. It deals with mechanical properties of living cells and tissues, mechanobiology of fracture healing or evolution of locomotor trends in extinct terrestrial giants. The second section, Biomechanical modelling, is devoted to the rapidly growing field of biomechanical models and modelling approaches to improve our understanding about processes in human body.

Author(s): Vaclav Klika

414 Pages

Musculoskeletal Biomechanics

This note introduces the student to the fundamental tools, techniques, and concepts employed in musculoskeletal biomechanics research. Topics covered includes: History of Biomechanics, Viscoelasticity, Joint Coordinate Systems, Cell Mechanics, Bone, Muscle, Joints, Spine, Hip, Shoulder, and Elbow.

Author(s): Randy Ching and Bil Ledoux

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Biomechanics Principles and Applications

This is a comprehensive, state-of-the-science resource concerning the principles and applications of biomechanics at every level. The book is organized in a systematic manner, the book begins with coverage of musculoskeletal mechanics including hard- and soft tissue and joint mechanics and their applications to human function.

Author(s): Donald R. Peterson, Joseph D. Bronzino

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