Control and Movement of Lower Limbs
Each individual has a characteristic gait pattern, and it is even possible to recognise a person simply from his footsteps. However, these characteristic differences appear to be subtle variations superimposed on a basic pattern and for the purpose of loc
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BIOMECHANICS OF MOTION
ED11ED BY
A. MORECKI TBCHNlCAL UNIVl::RSlTY OF WARSAW
SPRINGER-VERLAG WIEN GMBH
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© 1980 by Springer-Verlag Wien Originally published by Springer-Verlag Wien New York in 1980
ISBN 978-3-211-81611-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-7091-4366-7
ISBN 978-3-7091-4366-7 (eBook)
EDITORIAL NOTE
This book contains the papers presented at the Course on "Biomechanics ofMotion" held at the International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Udine, Italy, 18 through 22 September 1978. The programme of the Course included an opening and a closing session and 5 working sessions. The papers included in this book appear in the same order as the lectures. All language corrections and alterations have been reduced to the necessary minimu"!.. The course of Biomechanics was attended by 22 attendees and lecturers from nine Countries. The convenient location of the course made it possible that a large group of scientists could attend. It was also advantageous that all the participants were accommodated in the same premises. The results of the Course confirm the constantly increasing significance of biomechanics. We hope that this type of course will be repeated.
A. Morecki
PREFACE
Biomechanics as a study of movement and mechanisms of motion has a long history. It has grown up in a multi-disciplinary way. In the last twenty years it can be observed that to the fields which
were traditionally fundamental, that is to physiology, surgery and physical training came engineers with new ideas, methodology and mathematical, mechanical and electronical background. That is the reason why the development of theoretical biomechanics is based on the physical and mathematical modelling and engineering principles. Because trJe object - a living body - or its part is a very complicated one, the researchers must combine the art of their profession with the scientific knowledge available.
The non-engineers objective in furthering the development of biomechanics is to increase their activity based on
science~
so their art may be bet-
ter fitted to the needs of their patients or athlets. The engineers objective is to increase their level of knowledge in biology, medicine and physical education, so they can better cooperate with non-engineers in an interdisciplinary team. At present the biomechanical science can be divided into four topics such as: engineering, medicine, sport and fundamental movements and general problems in connection with bionics, biomedical engineering and rehabilitation engineering.
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Preface
The main purpose of the Course was to present the modern trends and the last scientific results obtained in the field mostly from engineering point of view in connection with rehabilitation engineering. The main topics which have been presented
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