Biomechanics is the
science, which deals with the application of mechanical laws to the living
structures specifically to the loco motor system of the human body. This PDF
covers the following topics related to Biomechanics : Biomechanics and its
relation to other Sciences, Relation of SBM with other sciences, Importance of
Sports Biomechanics, Relation between Linear and Angular Velocities and its
Implication in Game and Sports, Chronological Classification of motion,
Importance of Biomechanics, Analysis of Movements, Geometrical Classification of
Motion, Muscles, Linear Kinematics, Fundamental Movements, Human Motion, Linear
Kinematics, Angular Kinematics, Friction and Its Influence in Sports
Performance, Impact and Elasticity, etc.
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
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.
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.
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.
This course develops and applies scaling laws and
the methods of continuum mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of
length scales. This lecture note explains the following topics: structure of
tissues and the molecular basis for macroscopic properties, chemical and
electrical effects on mechanical behavior, cell mechanics, motility and
adhesion, biomembranes, biomolecular mechanics and molecular motors.
Experimental methods for probing structures at the tissue, cellular, and
molecular levels will also be investigated.
Author(s): Prof. Roger D. Kamm, Prof.
Patrick Doyle and Maxine Jonas
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.