Biomechanics of the musculo-skeletal system / editors, Benno M. Nigg, Walter Herzog.
| Other author | Nigg, Benno Maurus. |
| Other author | Herzog, W. (Walter), 1955- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 3rd ed. |
| Publication Info | Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken NJ : John Wiley & Sons, ©2007. |
| Description | xiii, 672 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Contributors. -- Preface. -- 1. Introduction. -- 1.1 Definition of Biomechanics (B. M. Nigg). -- 1.2 Selected Historical Highlights (B. M. Nigg). -- 1.3 Mechanics (B. M. Nigg). -- 1.4 references. -- 2. Biological Materials. -- 2.1 Definitions and Comments. -- 2.2 Selected Historical Highlights. -- 2.3 Bone (S. K. Boyd and B. M. Nigg). -- 2.4 Articular cartilage (W. Herzog and S. Federico). -- 2.5 Ligament (G. M. Thornton, C. B. Frank and N. G. Shrive). -- 2.6 Tendon/Aponeurosis (W. Herzog). -- 2.7 Muscle (W. Herzog). -- 2.8 Adaptation of Biological materials to Exercise, Disuse and Aging (R. F. Zernicke, S. Judex and C. Lorincz). -- 2.9 Joints (B. M. Nigg and W. Herzog). -- 2.10 Additional Examples. -- 2.11 References. -- 3. Measuring Techniques. -- 3.1 Definitions and Comments. -- 3.2 Selected Historical Highlights. -- 3.3 Force (B. M. Nigg). -- 3.4 Pressure Distribution (B. M. Nigg). -- 3.5 Acceleration (B. M. Nigg and K. A. Boyer). -- 3.6 Optical Methods (B. M. Nigg, G. K. Cole and I.C. Wright). -- 3.7 Strain Measurement (N. Shrive). -- 3.8 EMG (V. von Tscharner and W. Herzog). -- 3.9 Inertial Porperties of the Human or animal Body (B. M. Nigg). -- 3.10 Additional Examples. -- 3.11 References. -- 4. Modelling. -- 4.1 Definitions and Comments. -- 4.2 Selected Historical Highlights. -- 4.3 A Nearly Possible Story (B. M. Nigg). -- 4.4 general Comments About Modelling (B. M. Nigg). -- 4.5 Force System Analysis (B. M. Nigg). -- 4.6 Mathematical Determinate Systems (B. M. Nigg). -- 4.7 Mathematically Indeterminate Systems (W. Herzog). -- 4.8 Simulation (A. J. van den Bogert and B. M. Nigg). -- 4.9 Additional Examples. -- 4.10 References. -- Index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 658-662) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006052155 |
| ISBN | 9780470017678 (hb : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0470017678 (hb : alk. paper) |
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| Joyner | Item has been checked out | QP301 .B478 2007 | Due 12/01/2026 | Want This? |