Biomechanics of the Human Body

• Main Authors: Okuno, Emico (Author), Fratin, Luciano (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Human physiology.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Biomedical Engineering.; Human Physiology.

Biomechanics of the Human Body teaches basic physics concepts using examples and problems based on the human body. The reader will learn how the laws of mechanics may help to understand the conditions of the static and dynamic equilibrium of one of the marvels of nature: the human body. The mathemat...

Table of Contents:

• Preface.- Forces
• Torques
• Center of Gravity
• Rotations
• Simple Machines
• Muscle Force
• Bones
• Experimental Activities
• Appendix
• References
• Index
• List of Abbreviations.