Biomechanics: Principles and Applications
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Biomechanics: Principles and Applications offers a definitive, comprehensive review of this rapidly growing field, including recent advancements made by biomedical engineers to the understanding of fundamental aspects of physiologic function in health, disease, and environmental extremes. The chapters, each by a recognized leader in the field, address the subjects of biosolid mechanics and biofluid mechanics as they pertain to various subsystems of the human body. They also review applications such as sports biomechanics, repair and rehabilitation of body parts, and technology to support or replace ailing physiologic organs with prosthetic parts. A unique feature is the convenient handbook style and tabular format that puts quantitative data at your fingertips. Illustrations further add to the value of this book. The text is concise, topical, and not overly technical. No other book covers the entire field of biomechanics so succinctly in one volume.
Table of Contents
Mechanics of Hard Tissue, J. Lawrence Katz
Structure of Bone o Composition of Bone o Elastic Properties o Characterizing Elastic Anisotropy o Modeling Elastic Behavior o Viscoelastic Properties o Related Research
Mechanics of Blood Vessels, Thomas R. Canfield and Philip B. Dobrin
Assumptions o Vascular Anatomy o Axisymmetric Deformation o Experimental Measurements o Equilibrium o Strain Energy Density Functions
Joint-Articulating Surface Motion, Kenton R. Kaufman and Kai-Nan An
Ankle o Knee o Hip o Shoulder o Elbow o Wrist o Hand o Summary
Joint Lubrication, Michael J. Furey
Tribology o Lubrication o Synovial Joints o Theories on the Lubrication of Natural and Normal Synovial Joints o In Vitro Cartilage Wear Studies o Biotribology and Arthritis: Are There Connections? o Recapitulation and Final Comments o Conclusions
Musculoskeletal Soft Tissue Mechanics, Richard L. Lieber and Thomas J. Burkholder
Fundamentals of Soft Tissue Biomechanics
Mechanics of Head/Neck, Albert I. King and David C. Viano
Mechanisms of Injury o Mechanical Response o Regional Tolerance of the Head and Neck to Blunt Impact o Human Surrogates of the Head and Neck
Biomechanics of Chest and Abdomen Impact, David C. Viano and Albert I. King
Chest and Abdomen Injury Mechanisms o Injury Tolerance Criteria o Biomechanical Responses During Impact o Injury Risk Assessment
Analysis of Gait, Roy B. Davis, Peter A. DeLuca, and Sylvia 'unpuu
Fundamental Concepts o Gait Data Reduction o Illustrative Clinical Case o Gait Analysis: Current Status
Exercise Physiology, Arthur T. Johnson and Cathryn R. Dooly
Muscle Energetics o Cardiovascular Adjustments o Maximum Oxygen Uptake o Respiratory Responses o Optimization o Thermal Responses o Applications
Factors Affecting Mechanical Work in Humans, Arthur T. Johnson and
Bernard F. Hurley
Exercise Biomechanics o Exercise Training o Age o Gender o Ergogenic Aids
Cardiac Biodynamics, Andrew D. McCulloch
Cardiac Geometry and Structure o Cardiac Pump Function o Myocardial Material Properties o Regional Ventricular Mechanics: Stress and Strain
Heart Valve Dynamics, Ajit P. Yoganathan, Jack D. Lemmon, and Jeffrey T. Ellis
Aortic and Pulmonic Valves o Mitral and Tricuspid Valves
Arterial Macrocirculatory Hemodynamics, Baruch B. Lieber
Blood Vessel Walls o Flow Characteristics o Wave Propagation o Velocity Profiles o Pathology
Mechanics and Transport in the Microcirculation, Aleksander S. Popel and Roland N. Pittman
Mechanics of Microvascular Blood Flow o Mass Transport in the Microcirculation o Regulation of Blood Flow
Mechanics and Deformability of Hematocytes, Richard E. Waugh and Robert M. Hochmuth
Fundamentals o Red Cells o White Cells
The Venous System, Artin A. Shoukas and Carl F. Rothe
Definitions o Methods to Measure Venous Characteristics o Typical Values
Mechanics of Tissue and Lymphatic Transport, Alan R. Hargen and
Geert W. Schmid-Schönbein
Basic Concepts of Tissue and Lymphatic Transport
Cochlear Mechanics, Charles R. Steele, Gary J. Baker, Jason A. Tolomeo, and Deborah E. Zetes-Tolome
Anatomy o Passive Models o The Active Process o Active Models o Fluid Streaming? o Clinical Possibilities
Vestibular Mechanics, Wallace Grant
Structure and Function o Otolith Distributed Parameter Model o Nondimensionalization of the Motion Equations o Otolith Transfer Function o Otolith Frequency Response o Semicircular Canal Distributed Parameter Model o Semicircular Canal Frequency Response
Editorial Reviews
"The scope of this book is incredible. This volume is not simply a regurgitation of the literature, but a thoughtful and well-balanced interpretation and analysis of the principles and applications of biomechanical physics and engineering… the editors have effectively distilled and assembled the knowledge, expertise, and efforts of 30+ recognized connoisseurs to address biosolid and biofluid mechanics pertaining to various human physiological subsystems. …the reader most certainly gets a good sense of the breadth of this now mature field…"
-IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, July/August 2003
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