| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 528 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Biomechanics in medical diagnosis in the form of nondimensional physiological indices -- Left ventricular mechanics -- Left ventricular contractility indices -- Vascular biomechanics -- Lung ventilation modeling for lung disease diagnosis -- Lung gas-transfer performance analysis -- Indicators for extubation of mechanically ventilated COPD patients using lung ventilation modeling -- Glucose-insulin dynamics modeling -- Glucose tolerance tests modeling -- Modeling of OGTT blood glucose and insulin responses and diagnostic indices |
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Analysis for internal fixation of a fractured bone by means of bone-fixator plate -- Human lumbar vertebral body : analysis of its functionally optimal design -- Human spinal intervertebral disc : optimal structural design characteristics -- Biomechanics of fitness index : optimal walking and jogging modes, and hip joint assessment -- Analysis of spinning ball trajectories of soccer kicks and basketball throws -- Mechanics of baseball pitching and batting -- Biodynamics analysis of women's gymnastics : Yurchenko layout vault |
| Summary |
Highlights advances in tissue, musculoskeletal, locomotive, orthopedic, occupational, ergonomic, sports, cardiovascular, cardiac, and pulmonary biomechanics. This book shows how mechanics disciplines can be applied to a range of clinical applications, including the analysis of physiological and organ-system processes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Biomechanics.
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Human mechanics.
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Cardiovascular system -- Physiology
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Biomechanical Phenomena
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Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
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Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
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Movement -- physiology
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Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena
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Sports -- physiology
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MEDICAL -- Physiology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology.
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Biomechanics
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Human mechanics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781420020212 |
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1420020218 |
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9780429120701 |
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0429120702 |
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