Skeletal Tissue Mechanics

• Main Authors: Martin, R. Bruce (Author), Burr, David B. (Author), Sharkey, Neil A. (Author), Fyhrie, David P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Human anatomy.; Orthopedics.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Anatomy.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

This textbook describes the biomechanics of bone, cartilage, tendons and ligaments. It is rigorous in its approach to the mechanical properties of the skeleton yet it does not neglect the biological properties of skeletal tissue or require mathematics beyond calculus. Time is taken to introduce basi...

Table of Contents:

• Dedication
• Preface
• Functional Musculoskeletal Anatomy
• Skeletal Biology
• Growth, Modeling and Remodeling of Bone
• Mechanical Properties of Ligament and Tendon
• Synovial Joint Mechanics
• Mechanical Adaptability of the Skeleton
• Mechanical Properties of Bone
• Fatigue and Fracture Resistance of Bone.