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Biomechanics and Motor Control: Defining Central Concepts' provides a thorough update to the rapidly evolving fields of biomechanics of human motion and motor control with research published in biology, psychology, physics, medicine, physical therapy, robotics, and engineering consistently breaking new ground. This book clarifies the meaning of the most frequently used terms, and consists of four parts, with part one covering biomechanical concepts, including joint torques, stiffness and stiffness-like measures, viscosity, damping and impedance, and mechanical work and energy. Other sections deal with neurophysiological concepts used in motor control, such as muscle tone, reflex, pre-programmed reactions, efferent copy, and central pattern generator, and central motor control concepts, including redundancy and abundance, synergy, equilibrium-point hypothesis, and motor program, and posture and prehension from the field of motor behavior. The book is organized to cover smaller concepts within the context of larger concepts. For example, internal models are covered in the chapter on motor programs.

Human mechanics. --- Kinesiology. --- Cinesiology --- Human mechanics --- Motor ability --- Body mechanics, Human --- Human biomechanics --- Human movements --- Movements, Human --- Animal mechanics --- Human physiology --- Physical anthropology --- Kinesiology

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Cornea. --- Human mechanics. --- Body mechanics, Human --- Human biomechanics --- Human movements --- Movements, Human --- Animal mechanics --- Human physiology --- Physical anthropology --- Kinesiology --- Anterior segment (Eye)

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This book covers many aspects of human musculoskeletal biomechanics. As the title represents, aspects of forces, motion, kinetics, kinematics, deformation, stress, and strain are examined for a range of topics such as human muscles, skeleton, and vascular biomechanics independently or in the presence of devices. Topics range from image processing to interpret range of motion and/or diseases, to subject specific temporomandibular joint, spinal units, braces to control scoliosis, hand functions, spine anthropometric analyses along with finite element analyses. Therefore, this book will be valuable to students at introductory level to researchers at MS and PhD level searching for science of specific muscle/vascular to skeletal biomechanics. This book will be an ideal text to keep for graduate students in biomedical engineering since it is available for free, students may want to make use of this opportunity. Those that are interested to participate in the future edition of this book, on the same topic, as a contributor please feel free to contact the author.

Musculoskeletal system. --- Human mechanics. --- Body mechanics, Human --- Human biomechanics --- Human movements --- Movements, Human --- Animal mechanics --- Human physiology --- Physical anthropology --- Kinesiology --- Locomotor system --- Musculo-skeletal system --- Skeletomuscular system --- Biomechanics, human kinetics

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Biological engineering is a field of engineering in which the emphasis is on life and life-sustaining systems. Biological engineering is an emerging discipline that encompasses engineering theory and practice connected to and derived from the science of biology. The most important trend in biological engineering is the dynamic range of scales at which biotechnology is now able to integrate with biological processes. An explosion in micro/nanoscale technology is allowing the manufacture of nanoparticles for drug delivery into cells, miniaturized implantable microsensors for medical diagnostics, and micro-engineered robots for on-board tissue repairs. This book aims to provide an updated overview of the recent developments in biological engineering from diverse aspects and various applications in clinical and experimental research.

Biomedical engineering. --- Human mechanics. --- Body mechanics, Human --- Human biomechanics --- Human movements --- Movements, Human --- Animal mechanics --- Human physiology --- Physical anthropology --- Kinesiology --- Clinical engineering --- Medical engineering --- Bioengineering --- Biophysics --- Engineering --- Medicine --- Biotechnology

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Human mechanics. --- Gait disorders in children. --- Schoolbags. --- Lifting and carrying. --- Body mechanics, Human --- Human biomechanics --- Human movements --- Movements, Human --- Animal mechanics --- Human physiology --- Physical anthropology --- Kinesiology --- Carrying weights --- Manual handling --- Materials handling --- Bookbags --- Briefcases --- Containers --- Movement disorders in children