Applied biomechanics
By: Dhanjoo N. Ghista.
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780824758318
Subjects: Biomechanics.; Human mechanics.; Biomechanics.; Cardiovascular Physiology.; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures.; Movement -- physiology.; Musculoskeletal Physiology.; Sports -- physiology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Biomechanics in medical diagnosis in the form of non-dimensional physiological indices; value: Left ventricular mechanics; value: Left ventricular contractility indices; value: Vascular biomechanics; value: Lung ventilation modelling for lung disease detection; value: Lung gas-transfer performance analysis; value: Indicators for extubation of mechanically-ventilated COPD patients, using lung ventilation modelling; value: Glucose-insulin dynamics modelling; value: Glucose tolerance tests modelling; value: Modelling of OGTT blood glucose & insulin responses and diagnostic indices; value: Analysis for internal fixation of a fractured bone by means of bone-fixator plate; value: The human lumbar vertebral body : analysis of its functionally-optimal design; value: The human spinal vertebral disc : its optimal structural design characteristics; value: Biomechanics of fitness index, optimal walking & jogging modes, and hip-joint assessment; value: Analysis of spinning ball trajectories of soccer kicks and basketball throws; value: Mechanics of baseball pitching and batting; value: Bio-dynamics analysis of women's gymnastics Yurchenko layout vault.