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Introduction Medical Imaging techniques including CT, MRI, Micro-CT and micro-MRI have matured over the last years into affordable, practical and accessible observational tools to the Biomechanics community. These tools provide unique opportunities to expand the knowledge of the biomechanics of the human foot and ankle. The purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate the potential of these i...

Physicist, biologist, mathematician, Doctor of Physical-Mathematical Sciences, 1988; Candidate of Biological Sciences, 1973, (b. Moscow, Russia, 1946). Address: Department of Biomechanics, Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, M. Kharitonyevsky pereulok 4, Moscow, Russia 101830, E-mail: [email protected]. Fields of interest: biosymmetry, self-organizing sys...

We present a study of interactive virtual reality visualizations of scientific motions as found in biomechanics experiments. Our approach is threefold. First, we define a taxonomy of motion visualizations organized by the method (animation, interaction, or static presentation) used to depict both the spatial and temporal dimensions of the data. Second, we design and implement a set of eight exa...

I . Cement-bone interface histology 60 II . Acrylic bone cement and the exotherm 61 III . Radiographic analysis of interfaces in total hip replacement 63 IV. Interface biomechanics in total hip replacement 63 V. Radiographic analysis of interfaces in total knee replacement 65 VI . Interface biomechanics in total knee replacement 65 VII . Biomaterials interface biomechanics 66 VIII . Ceramic/bon...

Theoretical models of the human heart valves are useful tools for understanding and characterizing the dynamics of healthy and diseased valves. Enabled by advances in numerical modeling and in a range of disciplines within experimental biomechanics, recent models of the heart valves have become increasingly comprehensive and accurate. In this paper, we first review the fundamentals of native he...

Computational techniques and software for the analysis of problems in mechanics have naturally moved from their origins in the traditional engineering disciplines to the study of cell, tissue and organ biomechanics. Increasingly complex models have been developed to describe and predict the mechanical behavior of such biological systems. While the availability of advanced computational tools ha...

Human spinal biomechanics are profoundly complex and not well understood, especially in terms of the dynamic spine function. Translation of biomechanics to disease is difficult, particularly since cause must be separated from effect. Primary dynamics predisposing to the onset of chronic spinal disorders, e.g., adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) or ankylosing spondylitis (AS), must clearly be...

Biomechanics and motor control are discussed as parts of a more general science, physics of living systems. Major problems of biomechanics deal with exact definition of variables and their experimental measurement. In motor control, major problems are associated with formulating currently unknown laws of nature specific for movements by biological objects. Mechanics-based hypotheses in motor co...

The topics of verification and validation have increasingly been discussed in the field of computational biomechanics, and many recent articles have applied these concepts in an attempt to build credibility for models of complex biological systems. Verification and validation are evolving techniques that, if used improperly, can lead to false conclusions about a system under study. In basic sci...