Human Biomechanics and Injury Prevention

Abstract

Perspectives on Impact Biomechanics from Traffic Accident Analysis.- Biomechanics and Its Impact on Human Life: From Gene Expression to Organ Physiology.- Recent Advances in the Biomechanics of the Head and Neck.- The Tibia Index: A Step in the Right Direction.- The Biomechanics of Frontal and Lateral Collision.- Influence of Human Spinal Deformation on Minor Neck Injuries for Low Speed Rear Impacts.- 'Hybrid' Approach to Modelling of Biomechanical Systems.- Current Status of Finite Element Human Model Using PAM-CRASH.- Finite Element Model for Simulation of Muscle Effects on Kinematic Responses of Cervical Spine in Low-Speed Rear-End Impacts.- A Biomechanical P.E.E.E.P. Show.- The Development of Chest Protection.- The Activities and Research Projects of the Ministry of Transport and Traffic Safety & Nuisance Research Institute.- Optimized Belt Systems for Front and Rear Seat Passengers.- Development of a Finite Element Model of the Human Lower Extremity for Assessing Automotive Crash Injury Potential.- Development of a Human Ankle/Foot Model.- The Behavior of Bicyclist in Accidents with Cars.- Mechanical Influences on Skeletal Regeneration.- Soft Tissues and Their Functional Repair.- An Application of the Pipette Technique to the Measurement of Local Mechanical Properties of Aortic Walls.- Locations of Bone Formation Change According to the Waveform of Loads - Hypothetic Mechanism of Cells to Detect Mechanical Environment of Bone.- Active Stress Models of Cardiac Muscle, Smooth Muscle and Skeletal Muscle.- Development of High-Speed Tensile Test System for Ligaments and Skeletal Muscles.- Developments in the Provision of Wheelchairs and Seating in Tayside, Scotland.- Bringing Advances in Wheelchairs to the People Who Need Them.- One Basic Research Approach for Assistive Technology in Japan.- Some Mechanical Problems to Use Electric Wheelchairs at a Snowy Region.- Estimation of Lower Limb Muscle Function from Kinematic Gait Analysis and Muscle Tension Model.- A New Force Limitation Mechanism for Risk Reduction of Rehabilitation Robots.- Computational Rehabilitation Engineering with a Walking Model Fine-tuning the Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament in the Knee.- Biomechanics of the Soft Tissue in Repetitive Motion Disorders.- Biotribological Aspects of Natural Synovial Joints and Artificial Joints.- Fundamental Study of Dynamic Analysis of Lumbar Vertebrae.- A Study on Development of the Total Hip Prosthesis Design Fitted for Japanese Patients with Secondary Osteoarthrosis.- Mechanical Functions of Human ACL Bundles: Development and Application of a Robotic Knee Simulator.- Mechanical Properties of Impacted Human Morsellised Cansellous Allografts for Revision Joint Arthroplasty.