Author	Martin, R. Bruce. author
Title	Skeletal Tissue Mechanics [electronic resource] / by R. Bruce Martin, David B. Burr, Neil A. Sharkey
Imprint	New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1998
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2968-9
Descript	XIV, 392 p. online resource

Knowledge of the mechanical properties of the skeletal system is important in understanding how our body works and how to repair it when it is damaged. 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 basic mechanical and biological concepts, and the approaches used for some of the engineering analyses are purposefully limited. The book is an effective bridge between engineering, veterinary, biological and medical disciplines and will be welcomed by students and researchers in biomechanics, orthopedics, physical anthropology, zoology, and veterinary science

Forces in Joints -- Skeletal Biology -- Analysis of Bone Remodeling -- Mechanical Properties of Bone -- Fatigue and Fracture Resistance of Bone -- Mechanical Adaptability of the Skeleton -- Synovial Joint Mechanics -- Mechanical Properties of Ligament and Tendon

1. Medicine
2. Human physiology
3. Human anatomy
4. Orthopedics
5. Biophysics
6. Biological physics
7. Medicine & Public Health
8. Anatomy
9. Orthopedics
10. Biophysics and Biological Physics
11. Human Physiology