Table of Contents:
- Basic concepts from physics and mechanics
- Mechanical properties of solid materials
- Deformation and strength of structures
- Vector algebra
- Matrix notation
- Translation and rotation in a plane
- Mathematical description of translation and rotation in three-dimensional space
- Mechanical properties of bone and cartilage
- Structure and function of skeletal muscle
- Mechanical aspects of skin
- Dimension, mass, location of the center of mass and moment of inertia of the segments of the human body
- Determination of joint load in a model calculation
- Mechanical aspects of the hip joint
- Mechanical aspects of the knee joint
- Mechanical aspects of the lumbar spine
- Mechanical aspects of the shoulder
- Biomechanics of the foot
- Gait
- Solved problems