Biomechanics of the musculo-skeletal system /

Biomechanics of the musculo-skeletal system /

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Imprint:Chichester ; New York : J. Wiley, c1994.
Description:xv, 578 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Biomechanics
Musculoskeletal system
Biomechanics.
Musculoskeletal system.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1683153
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Other authors / contributors:Nigg, Benno Maurus
Herzog, Walter
ISBN:0471944440 : $39.95
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Definition of Biomechanics
  • 1.2. Selected Historical Highlights
  • 1.2.1. The Scientific Legacy of Antiquity
  • 1.2.2. The Middle Ages
  • 1.2.3. The Italian Renaissance
  • 1.2.4. The Scientific Revolution
  • 1.2.5. The Enlightenment
  • 1.2.6. The Gait Century
  • 1.2.7. The Twentieth Century
  • 1.2.8. Final Comments
  • 1.3. Mechanics
  • 1.3.1. Definitions and Comments
  • 1.3.2. Selected Historical Highlights
  • 1.3.3. Newton's Laws of Motion
  • 1.3.4. Equations of Motion for a Rigid Body
  • 1.3.5. General Comments
  • 1.4. References
  • 2. Biological Materials
  • 2.1. Definitions and Comments
  • 2.1.1. Anatomy
  • 2.1.2. Mechanics
  • 2.2. Selected Historical Highlights
  • 2.2.1. Bone
  • 2.2.2. Articular Cartilage
  • 2.2.3. Ligament
  • 2.2.4. Tendon
  • 2.2.5. Muscle
  • 2.3. Bone
  • 2.3.1. Morphology and Histology
  • 2.3.2. Physical Properties
  • 2.3.3. Bone Mechanics as Related to Function
  • 2.3.4. Failure of Bone
  • 2.4. Articular Cartilage
  • 2.4.1. Introduction
  • 2.4.2. Structure
  • 2.4.3. Composition
  • 2.4.4. Mechanical Properties
  • 2.4.5. Biomechanics
  • 2.4.6. Osteoarthritis
  • 2.4.7. Theoretical and Numerical Models
  • 2.5. Ligament
  • 2.5.1. Morphology and Histology
  • 2.5.2. Function
  • 2.5.3. Physical Properties and Mechanics
  • 2.5.4. Biology and Function
  • 2.5.5. Failure and Healing
  • 2.6. Tendon/Aponeurosis
  • 2.6.1. Morphology and Histology
  • 2.6.2. Physical Properties
  • 2.6.3. Physiological Properties and Adaptive Function
  • 2.6.4. Tendon-Muscle-Aponeurosis Interactions
  • 2.7. Muscle
  • 2.7.1. Introduction
  • 2.7.2. Morphology
  • 2.7.3. Muscular Contraction
  • 2.7.4. The Cross-Bridge Theory
  • 2.7.5. Physical Properties
  • 2.7.6. Applications
  • 2.8. Adaptation of Biological Materials to Exercise, Disuse, and Aging
  • 2.8.1. Introduction
  • 2.8.2. Bone
  • 2.8.3. Articular Cartilage
  • 2.8.4. Ligament
  • 2.8.5. Tendon
  • 2.8.6. Skeletal Muscle
  • 2.9. Joints
  • 2.9.1. Classification of Joints
  • 2.9.2. Function
  • 2.9.3. Degrees of Freedom of Joints
  • 2.9.4. The Human Ankle Joint Complex
  • 2.9.5. Joint Adaptation
  • 2.10. Additional Examples
  • 2.11. References
  • 3. Measuring Techniques
  • 3.1. Definitions and Comments
  • 3.2. Selected Historical Highlights
  • 3.3. Force
  • 3.3.1. Measuring Possibilities
  • 3.3.2. Applications
  • 3.4. Pressure Distribution
  • 3.4.1. Measuring Possibilities
  • 3.4.2. Applications
  • 3.5. Acceleration
  • 3.5.1. Measuring Possibilities
  • 3.5.2. Applications
  • 3.6. Optical Methods
  • 3.6.1. Cameras and Markers
  • 3.6.2. Determining Marker Positions
  • 3.6.3. Determining Rigid Body Kinematics
  • 3.7. Strain Measurement
  • 3.7.1. Measuring Possibilities
  • 3.7.2. Applications
  • 3.8. EMG
  • 3.8.1. Introduction
  • 3.8.2. EMG Signal
  • 3.8.3. EMG Signal Recording
  • 3.8.4. EMG Signal Processing
  • 3.8.5. EMG-Force Relation
  • 3.8.6. Examples of Wavelet EMG Analysis
  • 3.9. Inertial Properties of the Human or Animal Body
  • 3.9.1. Inertial Properties
  • 3.10. Additional Examples
  • 3.11. References
  • 4. Modelling
  • 4.1. Definitions and Comments
  • 4.2. Selected Historical Highlights
  • 4.3. A Nearly Possible Story
  • 4.4. General Comments About Modelling
  • 4.4.1. General Considerations
  • 4.4.2. Information Used to Construct a Model
  • 4.4.3. Simplification
  • 4.4.4. The Purpose of a Model
  • 4.4.5. The Validation of a Model
  • 4.4.6. Types of Models
  • 4.4.7. Descriptive, Experimental, and/or Analytical Research and Modelling
  • 4.4.8. General Procedures in Modelling
  • 4.5. Force System Analysis
  • 4.5.1. Introduction
  • 4.5.2. The Mechanical System of Interest
  • 4.5.3. Assumptions
  • 4.5.4. Free Body Diagram
  • 4.5.5. Equations of Motion
  • 4.5.6. Mathematical Solution
  • 4.6. Mathematically Determinate Systems
  • 4.6.1. Introduction
  • 4.6.2. Mechanical Models Using Particles
  • 4.6.3. Mechanical Models Using Rigid Bodies
  • 4.6.4. Comments for Section 4.6
  • 4.7. Mathematically Indeterminate Systems
  • 4.7.1. Introduction
  • 4.7.2. Basic Concepts
  • 4.7.3. Joint Equipollence Equations
  • 4.7.4. Solving Mathematically Underdetermined Systems Using Optimization Theory
  • 4.8. Simulation
  • 4.8.1. Introduction
  • 4.8.2. Differential Equations
  • 4.8.3. Numerical Solution Methods
  • 4.8.4. Equations of Motion for Mechanical Systems
  • 4.8.5. Muscle Models
  • 4.8.6. Simulation Using Musculo-Skeletal Models
  • 4.8.7. Modelling of External Forces
  • 4.8.8. Optimization Studies
  • 4.8.9. Simulation as a Scientific Tool
  • 4.8.10. Applications
  • 4.9. Additional Examples
  • 4.10. References
  • Index
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