1 Preliminaries
2 Syllabus
3 Introduction
4 Musculoskeletal Anatomy
5 Basic biomechanics
6 Link dynamic models
6.1 Basic concepts
6.2 Static analysis of the skeletal system
6.3 Computation of reaction forces
6.3.1 Equilibrium revisited
6.3.2 Force diagrams, statically equivalent forces, and “free body diagrams”
6.3.3 Force diagrams, statically equivalent forces, and “free body diagrams”
6.3.4 Force diagrams, statically equivalent forces, and “free body diagrams”
6.3.5 Force diagrams, statically equivalent forces, and “free body diagrams”
6.3.6 Force diagrams, statically equivalent forces, and “free body diagrams”
6.3.7 The problem of redundancy (a mathematical problem)
6.3.8 Additional examples of static analysis
6.3.9 Indeterminance
6.3.10 Example–rigid link analysis of body segments
6.3.11
6.3.12
6.3.13 The Joint Force Distribution Problem
6.3.14 Auxiliary conditions
6.3.15 Optimization Technique
6.4 The musculoskeletal dynamics problem
6.5 Anthropometry
6.6 Sources of Anthropometric Data
6.7 Deficiencies And Shortcomings Of Anthropometric Data
6.8 Specific Examples Of Deficiencies
6.9 Joint stability
7 Mechanical Descriptions of Tissue
8 Cartilage biomechanics
9 Ligaments and tendon mechanics (Bartel Chapter 4)
10 Muscle mechanics
11 Arthroplasty
12 Tendon and Ligament: Anatomy, Function and Mechanics
13 Tendon and Ligament Mechanics (Jastifer)
14 Muscle Mechanics (Jastifer)
15 Structural Analysis
16 Beam Bending
17 Torsion of solid shafts
18 Finite elements
19 Bartel Chapter 7 Bone Implant Systems
20 Bartel Chapter 8 Fracture Fixation Devices materials were covered by Drs. Jaster and Geeslin
21 Bartel Chapter 9 Total Hip Replacement
22 Bartel Chapter 10: Total Knee Replacement
23 Bartel Chapter 11: Articulating Surfaces
24 Primer on Statistics
25 Probability Distributions
26 The Foundations of Statistic Analysis
27 Examples of power analysis calculations using R
28 Sizing based on initial data – look a ficticious data
29 Sample survivorships study
30 Appendix
31 OpenStax slides
32 OpenStax chapter 8 images: Joints
33 Miscellaneous
Reference materials:
Biomechanics of the Musculo-skeletal System Benno M. Nigg and
Walter Herzon, editors. Wiley Press, 2007 [@Nigg2007]
Anatomy of the Human Body , Henry Gray Twentieth Edition
Thoroughly Revised And Re-Edited By Warren H. Lewis Illustrated
With 1247 Engravings Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1918 New York:
Bartleby.Com, 2000 or http://www.bartleby.com/107/ [@Gray1918]
Finite Element Modeling in Musculoskeletal Biomechanics , Thomas
D. Brown, Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 2004, 20, 336-366 [@Brown2004]
Anatomy and
Physiology ,
Many Authors, Rice University [@OpenStaxAnatomy2020]