Contributors

vi

Reviewers

ix

Foreword

x

Preface

xi

Acknowledgments

xiii

1

Introduction to Biomechanics: Basic Terminology and Concepts   Nihat Özkaya and Dawn Leger

2

Appendix The International System of Measurement (Le Système International d’Unites)   Dennis R. Carter

16

PART 1

BIOMECHANICS OF TISSUES AND STRUCTURES OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

2

Biomechanics of Bone   Victor H. Frankel and Margareta Nordin

24

3

Biomechanics of Articular Cartilage   Clark T. Hung and Van C. Mow

60

4

Biomechanics of Tendons and Ligaments   Angela Lis, Carlo de Castro, and Margareta Nordin

102

5

Biomechanics of Peripheral Nerves and Spinal Nerve Roots   Björn Rydevik, Göran Lundborg, Kjell Olmarker, and Robert R. Myers

128

6

Biomechanics of Skeletal Muscle   Tobias Lorenz and Marco Campello

150

PART 2

BIOMECHANICS OF JOINTS

7

Biomechanics of the Knee   Victor H. Frankel, Margareta Nordin, and Peter S. Walker

180

8

Biomechanics of the Hip   Ali Sheikhzadeh, Owen Kendall, and Victor Frankel

206

9

Biomechanics of the Foot and Ankle   Marshall Hagins and Evangelos Pappas

224

10

Biomechanics of the Lumbar Spine   Shira Schecter Weiner, Florian Brunner, and Margareta Nordin

254

11

Biomechanics of the Cervical Spine   Ronald Moskovich

286

12

Biomechanics of the Shoulder   Charles J. Jordan, Laith M. Jazrawi, and Joseph D. Zuckerman

322

13

Biomechanics of the Elbow   Laith M. Jazrawi, Joseph D. Zuckerman, Brett H. Young, and Michael S. Day

344

14

Biomechanics of the Wrist and Hand   Ann E. Barr and Jane Bear-Lehman

364

PART 3

APPLIED BIOMECHANICS

15

Biomechanics of Fracture Fixation   Frederick J. Kummer

396

16

Biomechanics of Arthroplasty   Kharma C. Foucher, Markus A. Wimmer, and Gunnar B.J. Andersson

404

17

Biomechanics of Gait   Sherry I. Backus, Allison M. Brown, and Ann E. Barr

426

Index

445