Introduction to the Biomechanics of Human Movement
Introduction to the Biomechanics of Human Movement
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.
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.
This PDF covers the following topics
related to Biomechanics in Sport : Muscle Action in Sport and Exercise,
Locomotion, Jumping and Aerial Movement, Throwing and Hitting, Injury Prevention
and Rehabilitation, Special Olympic Sports.
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.
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.
This lecture note develops and applies scaling laws
and the methods of continuum and statistical mechanics to biomechanical
phenomena over a range of length scales, from molecular to cellular to tissue or
organ level.
Author(s): Prof. Roger Kamm
and Prof. Alan Grodzinsky
This is a landmark
book because it shows the usefulness and importance of mechanics in the analysis
and understanding of animal behavior. As such it should be of interest and use
to individuals working in biomechanics as well as to the vertebrate zoologist
and comparative anatomist.