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Human Orthopaedic Biomechanics

Fundamentals, Devices and Applications

  • 1st Edition - February 24, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Bernardo Innocenti, Fabio Galbusera
  • Language: English

Human Orthopaedic Biomechanics: Fundamentals, Devices and Applications covers a wide range of biomechanical topics and fields, ranging from theoretical issues, mechanobi… Read more

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Description

Human Orthopaedic Biomechanics: Fundamentals, Devices and Applications covers a wide range of biomechanical topics and fields, ranging from theoretical issues, mechanobiology, design of implants, joint biomechanics, regulatory issues and practical applications. The book teaches the fundamentals of physiological loading and constraint conditions at various parts of the musculoskeletal system. It is an ideal resource for teaching and education in courses on orthopedic biomechanics, and for engineering students engaged in these courses. In addition, all bioengineers who have an interest in orthopedic biomechanics will find this title useful as a reference, particularly early career researchers and industry professionals.

Finally, any orthopedic surgeons looking to deepen their knowledge of biomechanical aspects will benefit from the accessible writing style in this title.

Key features

  • Covers theoretical aspects (mechanics, stress analysis, constitutive laws for the various musculoskeletal tissues and mechanobiology)
  • Presents components of different regulatory aspects, failure analysis, post-marketing and clinical trials
  • Includes state-of-the-art methods used in orthopedic biomechanics and in designing orthopedic implants (experimental methods, finite element and rigid-body models, gait and fluoroscopic analysis, radiological measurements)

Readership

Graduate engineering students engaged in courses about orthopaedic biomechanics. In addition, all bioengineers (research labs, manufacturers of orthopaedic devices) interested in orthopaedic biomechanics could be interested in using the book as a reference or handbook

Table of contents

1. Introduction: From Mechanics to Biomechanics

2. Mechanical Properties of Biological Tissues

3. Orthopaedic Biomechanics: Stress Analysis

4. Orthopaedic Biomechanics: Multibody Analysis

5. Fundamentals of Mechanobiology

6. Bone Biomechanics

7. Muscle Biomechanics

8. Ligaments and Tendons Biomechanics

9. Cartilage Biomechanics

10. Meniscus Biomechanics

11. Intervertebral Disc Biomechanics

12. Biomechanics of the Hip Joint

13. Biomechanics of the Knee Joint

14. Biomechanics of the Spine

15. Biomechanics of the Shoulder Joint

16. Biomechanics of the Ankle Joint

17. Biomechanics of Wrist and Elbow

18. Biomaterials and Biocompatibility

19. Hip Prosthesis: Biomechanics and Design

20. Knee Prosthesis: Biomechanics and Design

21. Spinal Implants: Biomechanics and Design

22. Shoulder Prosthesis: Biomechanics and Design

23. Devices for Traumatology: Biomechanics and Design

24. Regeneration and Repair of Ligaments and Tendons

25. Biomechanical Requirements for Certification and Quality in Medical Devices

26. Clinical Evaluation of Orthopaedic Implants

27. Computer-Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery

28. Experimental Orthopaedic Biomechanics

29. Challenges in the Anatomical Modeling of the Musculoskeletal System

30. Joint Kinematics Through Instrumented Motion Analysis

31. Fluoroscopy

32. Finite Element Analysis in Orthopaedic Biomechanics

33. Rigid-Body and Musculoskeletal Models

34. The Use of Computational Models in Orthopaedic Biomechanical Research

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 24, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Bernardo Innocenti

Prof. Bernardo Innocenti has been working in the field of knee orthopaedic biomechanics from more than 17 years. During his entire career he has been involved in several research projects that, applying experimental and computational methodologies, alone or together, investigate the kinematics and the kinetics of the human knee joint, in healthy or pathologic conditions and, also, with a prosthesis. He is author of co-author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications about knee biomechanics. The analysis of the musculoskeletal loading in healthy and pathological subjects, the stress distribution in bone and in implant, and the study of prosthesis design, together with the simulation of bone remodeling and implant wear, are also additional fields in which he has been involved.
Affiliations and expertise
BEAMS Department (Bio Electro and Mechanical Systems), Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

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Fabio Galbusera

Fabio Galbusera, engineer, is the Head of Spine Research at the Schulthess Clinic in Zürich, Switzerland. His main research interests are the biomechanics of the spine, the use of numerical models for its investigation as well as spinal imaging, about which he published more than 170 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. In the last years, he pioneered the use of artificial intelligence in the field of spine research, especially for the automated analysis of radiological images of the spine. One of his works in this field was awarded the ISSLS Prize for Bioengineering 2021. He is a member of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS), the Spine Society of Europe (EUROSPINE), the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB) and the European Society of Radiology (ESR), and is currently part of the Editorial Boards of Journal of Biomechanics, European Spine Journal, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology and of European Radiology Experimental.Regarding books, in 2018 he edited the book “Biomechanics of the Spine: Basic Concepts, Spinal Disorders and Treatments” together with Prof. Hans-Joachim Wilke, published by Elsevier.
Affiliations and expertise
Head of Research Group Spine, Schulthess Clinic, Zürich, Switzerland

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