Clinical Biomechanics and Related Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. Bone

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Mechanical Behavior of Cortical Bone Under Static and Substatic Compressive Loading

      • Hidetake Yamamoto, Tsuneo Hirai, Tsutao Katayama, Yasusuke Hirasawa, Nozomu Inoue, Yoshinobu Watanabe

      Pages 3-10

   3. Dynamic Viscoelastic Properties of Cortical Bone and Callus

      • Yoshiyuki Arai, Wookcheol Kim, Yasusuke Hirasawa, Nozomu Inoue, Munehiko Yoshida, Yoshinobu Watanabe

      Pages 11-24

   4. The Mechanical Adaptive Remodeling Theory: Its Application to Bone Formation and a Comparison with Experiments on Rabbit Tibia

      • Jiro Sakamoto, Juhachi Oda, Kazuhiro Aoyama, Yasunobu Sueyoshi, Katsuro Tomita, Takeshi Sawaguchi

      Pages 25-33

   5. Effect of Mechanical Stimuli on Healing of Bone Defects in the Rabbit Tibia

      • Kazuhiro Aoyama, Yasunobu Sueyoshi, Katsuro Tomita, Takeshi Sawaguchi, Yasuichiro Sakai, Jiro Sakamoto et al.

      Pages 34-43

   6. Biomechanical Study of the Human Mandible on Mechanical Response of Its Shape and Structure

      • Norio Inou, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Koutarou Maki

      Pages 44-55

   7. Biomechanical Simulation of the Osteoporotic Trabecular Pattern Around a Tooth

      • Motofumi Sogo, Sadami Tsutsumi, Yoshinobu Maeda, Masanori Oka

      Pages 56-64

   8. Influence of Hypergravity on Osteoprogenitor Cells

      • Takashi Ushida, Tetsuya Tateishi

      Pages 65-70

   9. Monitoring of the Mechanical Strength of the Callus in Fracture Treatment and Callotasis by Acoustic Emission

      • Yasusuke Hirasawa, Yoshinobu Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Arai, Nozomu Inoue

      Pages 71-78

3. Joint

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. Application of Robotics to Studies of Joint Biomechanics

      • Hiromichi Fujie, Savio L.-Y. Woo, Glen A. Livesay, Kiyoshi Mabuchi

      Pages 81-95

   3. Kinematic Analyses of the Knee Joint with Regard to the Load Transfer on the Cartilage

      • Wolfgang Thoma, Alwin Jäger, Stefan Schreiber

      Pages 96-102

   4. Developing a Sensor for the Dynamic Measurement of Joint Pressure Distributions

      • Steven Culliver, Mark N. Nabarro, Bruce Milthorpe, Alberto Cimmino, William J. Cumming, Klaus Schindhelm

      Pages 103-112

4. Artificial Joint

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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   2. Stress Analysis of the Proximal Tibia After Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty with Finite-Element Method

      • Nobuyuki Yoshino, Shinro Takai, Nozomu Inoue, Tsutao Katayama

      Pages 115-123

   3. Bone Remodeling Around Implanted Materials

      • Masanori Oka, Yongshun Chang, Takashi Nakamura, Zhonglian Li, Toshiaki Kitsugi, Sadami Tsutsumi et al.

      Pages 124-137

   4. The Energy-Absorbing Function of Cancellous Bone and Its Influence on the Loosening of Artificial Joints

      • Takashi Hayami, Masanori Oka, Ken Ikeuchi, Takashi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Hojo, Kazuhiko Sakaguchi

      Pages 138-152

5. Epiphyseal Plate

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. The Effect of Maturation on Dynamic Viscoelastic Properties of Epiphyseal Plate in the Rabbit

      • Munehiko Yoshida, Wookcheol Kim, Nozomu Inoue, Yoshiyuki Arai, Yoshinobu Watanabe

      Pages 155-160

Clinical biomechanics is a rapidly changing field with an increasingly wide appeal. While the core subjects of biomechanics remain the behavior of bones, joints, ligaments, and muscles, this book focuses on more clinical aspects such as artificial joints, tissue transplantations, and the effects of disease on biomechanical properties. Also featured are special studies of the hand, spine, vascular system, and the analysis of three-dimensional motion.
Based on the 20th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Clinical Biomechanics and Related Research, this book provides an overview of the subject as well as describing many exciting new concepts and innovative methods for analyzing biomechanical systems. It should appeal across a wide spectrum of professions, proving indispensable to everyone from orthopedic surgeons to engineers with an interest in biology.

• Bioengineering
• Orthopaedics
• biology
• biomechanics
• hand
• muscle
• tissue

• Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602, Japan

  Yasusuke Hirasawa

• Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

  Clement Blount Sledge

• Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

  Savio Lau-Yuen Woo

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