The Mechanobiology and Mechanophysiology of Military-Related Injuries

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gefen, Amit (Editor), Epstein, Yoram (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials, 19
• Subjects: Engineering.; Human physiology.; Traumatology.; Continuum mechanics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomaterials.; Biomedical Engineering.; Traumatic Surgery.; Human Physiology.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.

This book provides a state-of-the-art update, as well as perspectives on future directions of research and clinical applications in the implementation of biomechanical and biophysical experimental, theoretical and computational models which are relevant to military medicine. Such experimental and mo...

Table of Contents:

• The Mechanophysiololgy of Stress Fractures in Military Recruits
• Traumatic Brain Injury in the Military: Biomechanics and Finite Element Modelling
• Modeling Skeletal Injuries in Military Scenarios
• Biomechanics of Eye Injury in the Military
• The Biomechanical Basis for Increased Risk of Overuse Musculoskeletal Injuries in Female Soldiers.