s 8 Session 1: Intervertebral Discs 9 Session 2: Spinal Motion Segment: Load Sharing and Failure 16 Session 3: Spinal Loads: In vivo Measurements 20 Session 4: Spinal Biomechanics: Loading-Deformation 25 Session 5: Spinal Posture: Deformation 29 Session 6: Spinal Stability: Perturbations 34 Session 7: Spine Biomechanics: Computational Models 39 Session 8: Spine Biomechanics: Implants 44 Index o...

Many students in Biomedical Sciences have difficulty understanding biomechanics. In a second-year course, biomechanics is taught in the first week and examined at the end of the fourth week. Knowledge is retained longer if the subject material is repeated. However, how does one encourage students to repeat the subject matter? For this study, we developed 'two opportunities to practice per day (...

The problems of mobility impairment in the elderly constitute new and major challenges for biomechanics research. This paper outlines what some of the important problems are, discusses the relevance of biomechanics research to these problems, and reviews some of the current state of knowledge about factors related to the biomechanics of mobility impairments in the elderly. The population of old...

1 Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Trasmontaña S/N, Arucas, 35413 Las Palmas, Spain 2Department of Compared Anatomy and Pathology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Córdoba, Campus de Rabanales, Carretera Madrid-Cádiz Km 396 A, 14071 Córdoba, Spain 3 Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Ger...

the effect of tamoxifen citrate on bone mass in immobilization osteoporosis was studied in 10 dogs.osteoporosis was induced by fiberglass cast immobilization of the right hind-limb for 28 days, while the lefthind-limb served as a non-immobilized control. five dogs received tamoxifen citrate (1.5 mg/kg per os) once daily for 28 days; five dogs received no treatment. all dogs were euthanized on d...

For a proper functional restoration of the knee following knee arthroplasty, a comprehensive understanding of bony and soft tissue structures and their effects on biomechanics of the individual patient is essential. If the joint surface is altered due to arthritis, fracture or alloplastic knee surface replacement, knee biomechanics may be disturbed [Sharma2012, Delport2012]. Otherwise, if the l...

The International Foot and Ankle Biomechanics Community (i-FAB) is an international collaborative activity which will have an important impact on the foot and ankle biomechanics community. It was launched on July 2nd 2007 at the foot and ankle session of the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) meeting in Taipei, Taiwan. i-FAB is driven by the desire to improve our understanding of foot ...

This article reviews developments in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in sports biomechanics over the last decade. It outlines possible uses of Expert Systems as diagnostic tools for evaluating faults in sports movements ('techniques') and presents some example knowledge rules for such an expert system. It then compares the analysis of sports techniques, in which Expert Systems have foun...