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• Syllabus

Course Outline, Reading Material & Notes

• Module 1:  Introductory Concepts & Terms
  • Links
    • PubMed:  pubmed.gov
    • Web of Knowledge:  apps.isiknowledge.com
    • Biomechanics Listservice (BIOMCH-L):  biomch-l.org
    • Biomechanics Wikipedia:  biomch-w.org
    • Graph Quality:  edwardtufte.com
    • Abominable Graphs:  Rod Lakes
    • Medical Dictionary (among many online)
    • Medical Glossary (among many online)
  • Handouts
    • Figure depicting anatomic planes
    • Anatomic directions:  fish, horse, human, kangaroo
  • Homework 1
    • Assignment due Tuesday 15 April 2008
    • Solution

• Module 2:  Basic Continuum Mechanics Concepts
  • Handouts
    • Bone as a Continuum
  • Notes
    • Deformation Mapping
    • Stress Measures
    • Strain Measures
  • Homework 2
    • Assignment due Tuesday 29 April 2008
    • Solutions: Summation Convention, Simple Shear, Stresses

• Module 3:  Viscoelasticity
  • Notes
    • Introduction
    • Generalized Harmonic Response
  • Handouts
    • Table of Laplace Transforms
    • Discrete Model Creep & Relaxation Responses
  • Journal Papers
    • Reiner M. The Deborah number. Physics Today 1964:62.
    • Panjabi MM, Moy P, Oxland TR, Cholewicki J. Subfailure injury affects the relaxation behavior of the rabbit ACL. Clinical Biomechanics 1999;14(1):24-31.
  • Homework 3
    • Assignment due Thursday 08 May 2008
    • Solution

• Module 4:  Ligament & Tendon
  • Notes
    • Introduction
    • Biomechanical Properties
    • Tendon & Ligament Junctions
    • Functional Adaptation
    • Connective Tissue Diseases
    • Phenomenological Elastic Response
  • Text Chapters
    • Connective tissues. In: Watkins J. Structure and function of the musculoskeletal system. Human Kinetics, 1999: 87-99.
    • Mechanical properties of ligament and tendons. In: Martin RB, Burr DB, Sharkey NA. Skeletal tissue mechanics. Springer-Verlag, 1998: 309-348.
    • Bibliography. In: Martin RB, Burr DB, Sharkey NA. Skeletal tissue mechanics. Springer-Verlag, 1998: 349-380.
  • Journal Paper
    • Kwan MK, Woo SL-Y. A structural model to describe the nonlinear stress-strain behavior for parallel-fibered collagenous tissues. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 1989;111(4):361-363.
  • Homework 4
    • Assignment due TBD
    • Example Using Excel Solver & Local Minima
    • Solution

• Module 5:  Skeletal Muscle
  • Notes
    • Muscle Details
  • Text Chapter
    • Structure and function of skeletal muscle. In: Brinckmann P, Frobin W, Leivseth G. Musculoskeletal biomechanics. Thieme, 2002:136-154.
  • Posters from the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropolgists
    • Eng CM, Vinyard CJ, Anapol FC, Taylor AB. Stretching the limits: jaw muscle architecture in tree-gouginh and nongouging callitrichids, 2005.
    • Taylor AB, Vinyard CJ, Payseur BA. Variation in masseter muscle fiber architecture in inbred strains of mice: implications for heritability of fiber architecture, 2008.
    • Organ JM, Teaford MF, Taylor AB. Fiber architecture of mm. intertransversarii caudae in the prehensile and nonprehensile tail, 2008.
  • Homework 5
    • Assignment due TBD
    • Solution

• Module 6:  Articular Cartilage
  • Notes
    • Function & Structure
    • Mechanical Properties
    • Strain Energy Analysis
    • Transmissibility Analysis
  • Text Chapter
    • Joint friction, wear and lubrication. In: Panjabi MM, White AA. Biomechanics in the musculoskeletal system. Churchill Livingstone, 2001:151-166.
  • Homework 6
    • Assignment due TBD
    • Solution

• Module 7:  Intervertebral Disc
  • Notes
    • Spine Biomechanics
  • Text Chapter
    • TBD
  • Homework 7
    • Assignment due TBD
    • Solution

Term Project

• Description
• Deadlines
  • Submit via email a title for your report and a preliminary bibliography by 5 pm on Monday 5 May 2008
  • Submit Report at Final Exam

Exams & Solutions

• Midterm Exam
• Final Exam