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Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Bipedal Walking (Cognitive Systems Monographs)

Springer, 2013

The model-based investigation of motions of anthropomorphic systems is an important interdisciplinary research topic involving specialists from many fields such as Robotics, Biomechanics, Physiology, Orthopedics, Psychology, Neurosciences, Sports, Computer Graphics and Applied Mathematics. This book presents a study of basic locomotion forms...

Nonsmooth Dynamics of Contacting Thermoelastic Bodies (Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics)

Springer, 2008

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"This monograph is devoted to methods of analysis and models of contacting systems dynamics, including heat generation and wears exhibited by such systems. … The monograph is generally well written and well organized. Strength of the book is the quantity and variety of example nonlinear system considered. This book...

Biomechanical Systems Technology

World Scientific Publishing, 2009

Because of rapid developments in computer technology and computational techniques, advances in a wide spectrum of technologies, coupled with cross-disciplinary pursuits between technology and its application to human body processes, the field of biomechanics continues to evolve. Many areas of significant progress include dynamics of musculoskeletal...

Sensorimotor Control of Grasping: Physiology and Pathophysiology

Cambridge University Press, 2009

The human hand can take on a huge variety of shapes and functions, providing its owner with a powerful hammer at one time or a delicate pair of forceps at another. The universal utility of the hand is even more enhanced by the ability to amplify the function of the hand by using tools. To understand and appreciate how the human brain controls...

Musculoskeletal Examination

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Musculoskeletal Examination is a user-friendly textbook designed for students, physical therapists and physicians. It is uniquely multidisciplinary in its approach, being written by a physiatrist, physical therapist and orthopedist. With tables and boxed features to emphasize and summarize key concepts, and 'sample examination' boxes...

Computational Cardiology: Modeling of Anatomy, Electrophysiology, and Mechanics (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Springer, 2004

Biomedical research is at a critical point at present. The research has led to an enormous amount of data and models describing these data, but approaches for application, formalization and integration of this knowledge from the molecular to the system level are still topics of ongoing research and certainly far from fully...

Mechanical Engineering Education (ISTE)

John Wiley & Sons, 2012

Mechanical Engineering is defined nowadays as a discipline “which involves the application of principles of physics, design, manufacturing and maintenance of mechanical systems”. Recently, mechanical engineering has also focused on some cutting-edge subjects such as nanomechanics and nanotechnology, mechatronics and robotics,...

Insall & Scott Surgery of the Knee: Expert Consult - Online and Print, 5e

Churchill Livingstone, 2011

Online and in print, Insall & Scott Surgery of the Knee, edited by W. Norman Scott, MD, and 11 section editors who are experts in their fields, is your complete, multimedia guide to the most effective approaches for diagnosis and management of the full range of knee disorders affecting patients of all ages. From anatomical and...

Canine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation

John Wiley & Sons, 2013

Canine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation offers agold-standard, comprehensive reference on all aspects of sportsmedicine and rehabilitation for all dogs. Written by anoutstanding group of leaders in the field, the book covers topicsranging from biomechanics, exercise physiology, nutrition, andcommon orthopedic conditions of the canine...

Repair and Regeneration of Ligaments, Tendons, and Joint Capsule (Orthopedic Biology and Medicine)

Humana Press, 2005

A comprehensive and authoritative review of the most important scientific and clinically relevant topics today in ligaments, tendons, and capsular biology, including their biomechanics and surgical reconstruction. The authors review the basic science of tendons in the hand and shoulder ligaments, the current clinical status of the shoulder...

Image-Based Geometric Modeling and Mesh Generation (Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics)

Springer, 2012

As a new interdisciplinary research area, “image-based geometric modeling and mesh generation” integrates image processing, geometric modeling and mesh generation with finite element method (FEM) to solve problems in computational biomedicine, materials sciences and engineering. It is well known that FEM is currently...

Trends in Mechanical and Biomedical Design: Select Proceedings of ICMechD 2019 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering)

Springer, 2020

This book comprises select papers presented at the International Conference on Mechanical Engineering Design (ICMechD) 2019. The volume focuses on the recent trends in design research and their applications across the mechanical and biomedical domain. The book covers topics like tribology design, mechanism and machine design, wear and surface...

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