Indicative contents

• Bio-mechanics Introduction,
  
• Musculoskeletal force equilibrium
  
• Musculoskeletal Dynamics
  
• Gait Analysis: Force Plate studies Pressure distribution studies
  
• Bone physiology, Mechanical properties of bone, axial bending, bending loads, Torsional loading. Bone fatigue and fracture risk.
  
• Orthopaedic Implant design. Elastic properties of metals in bone. Bone plates, finite element analysis in Implant design.
  
• Soft tissue Biomechanics, Biomechanics of tendon & ligaments. Friction and wear of joints.

Recommended reading

• Books
  1. Van C Mow and Wilson C Hayes ; Basic Orthopedic Biomechanics Raven Press 1991.
  2. Y.C.Fung, Biomechanics: Mechanical Properties of living tissue. Springer 1993.
  3. Y C Fung, Biomechanics: Motion,Flow, Stresses and Growth, Springer 1990.
  4. Joseph A. Bulkwalter,et al,(ED)Orthopedic Basic Science: American Academy of Orthopaedics 1994.
  5. Susan J. Hall, Basic Biomechanics, McGrawhill, 2003.
  6. Nihat Ozkaya and Margareta Nordin,Fundamentals of Biomechanics, Springer,1999.
  7. Myer Kutz,, Standard Handbook of Biomedical Engineering & Design, McGrawhill 2003.
  8. John Enderle,Susan Blanchard and Joseph Bronzino, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, Academic Press, 2005.
  9. Aydin Tozeren, Human Body Dynamics, Springer 2000
  10. D A Winter,Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement, John Wiley, 2005

   

• Journals
  1. Journal of Bio-mechanics
  2. Sports Medicine
  3. Journal Rehabil.Res.Dev.
  4. Am. J. Medicine
  5. J. Trauma
  6. Clin.Biomechnics
  7. J. App. Biomech.
  8. J. Orthopaedics

   

• Internet Sites
  1. www.innsport.com
  2. www.mikromak.com
  3. www.motionanalysis.com
  4. www.musculographics.com
  5. www.neatsys.com
  6. www.peakperform.com
  7. www.qualisys.com
  8. www.simi.com
  9. www.amtiweb.com
  10. www.isbweb.org/~byp/bleng.html
  11. www.biokinetics.com/home.htm
  12. www.kistler.com
  13. www.isbweb.org/~byp/rsscan.html
  14. www.arthroscopy.com/sports.htm
  15. www.rothmaninstitute.com/index.html
  16. www.medmedia.com/med.htm

   

• Laboratory
  1. Hardware: PC
  2. Software: FE and Life-Mod software.
  3. Software Manual: None