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Biomechanics: Principles and Applications: Selected Proceedings of the 3rd General Meeting of the European Society of Biomechanics Nijmegen, the Nethe

Biomechanics: Principles and Applications: Selected Proceedings of the 3rd General Meeting of the European Society of Biomechanics Nijmegen, the Nethe

Huiskes, H. W.
De Wijn, Joost R.
Van Campen, Dick H.

Paperback

Series: Developments in Biomechanics, Book 1

Medical ReferenceTechnology & Engineering

ISBN10: 9400976801
ISBN13: 9789400976801
Publisher: Springer
Published: Oct 19 2011
Pages: 476
Weight: 1.46
Height: 0.96 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Biomechanics as a scientific activity is not new. Already involved (or so it is said) in its practice were Aristotle (384-327 BC) and Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Recently, however, it has become fashionable as a separate field, as witnessed by the existence of a Journal of Biomechanics (1968), an Interna- tional (1973), a European (1976) and an American (1977) Society of Biomechanics, and an amount of (usually recently erected) Biomechanics Laboratories at Uni- versities or other institutions throughout the world. If one or anises a Con- ference on Biomechanics, a relatively large number of scientists leave their cubicles or workshops to visit the place of worship. It becomes quickly evident, however, that such a forum for scientific communication is far from being homo- geneous. All are not of the same believe, and the variety in professional inte- rests almost parallels the number of attendants. Biomechanics, the science of applying methods and principles of Mechanics to biological tissues and medical problems is a definition which, in one form or another, has found wide acceptance among biomecanicians. Nevertheless, Bio- mechanics is interwoven and thus often confused with other scientific endeavors. It is colored differently by its many fields of application (e. g. Orthopaedic and Cardio-Vascular Surgery, Dentistry, Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine, Injury Prevention, Sports and others), and the backgrounds of its disciplina- ries. It partly overlaps sciences as Biomaterials, Medical Physics and Biophy- sics, Physiology, and Functional Anatomy.

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