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The Mechanobiology and Mechanophysiology of Military-Related Injuries

Editors:

  1. Amit Gefen

    1. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

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  2. Yoram Epstein

    1. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

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  • Provides future directions of research and clinical applications in the implementation of relevant biomechanical and biophysical models

  • Helps to understand the aetiology and dynamics of injury development

  • Offers a useful tool in the developing of better equipment and protective gear

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials (SMTEB, volume 19)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Modeling Skeletal Injuries in Military Scenarios

    • Reuben H. Kraft, Rebecca A. Fielding, Kevin Lister, Allen Shirley, Tim Marler, Andrew C. Merkle et al.
    Pages 3-35

  3. Preventing Injuries Associated with Military Static-line Parachuting Landings

    • Julie R. Steele, Karen J. Mickle, John W. Whitting
    Pages 37-68

  4. Biomechanics of Load Carriage

    • Joseph F. Seay
    Pages 71-106

  5. Load Carriage-Related Injury Mechanisms, Risk Factors, and Prevention

    • Joseph J. Knapik, Katy Reynolds
    Pages 107-137

  6. Overuse Injuries in Military Personnel

    • Jay R. Hoffman, David D. Church, Mattan W. Hoffman
    Pages 141-161

  7. The Mechanophysiololgy of Stress Fractures in Military Recruits

    • Amir Hadid, Yoram Epstein, Nogah Shabshin, Amit Gefen
    Pages 163-185

  9. Traumatic Brain Injury in the Military: Biomechanics and Finite Element Modelling

    • Rinat Friedman, Yoram Epstein, Amit Gefen
    Pages 209-233

  10. Biomechanics of Eye Injury in the Military

    • Brittany Coats, Daniel F. Shedd
    Pages 235-262

  11. Modelling Human Heat Transfer and Temperature Regulation

    • Dusan Fiala, George Havenith
    Pages 265-302

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 333-333
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About this book

This book provides a state-of-the-art update, as well as perspectives on future directions of research and clinical applications in the implementation of biomechanical and biophysical experimental, theoretical and computational models which are relevant to military medicine. Such experimental and modeling efforts are helpful, on the one hand, in understanding the aetiology, pathophysiology and dynamics of injury development and on the other hand in guiding the development of better equipment and protective gear or devices that should ultimately reduce the prevalence and incidence of injuries or lessen their hazardous effects. The book is useful for military-oriented biomedical engineers and medical physicists, as well as for military physiologists and other medical specialists who are interested in the science and technology implemented in modern investigations of military related injuries.
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Keywords

  • Achial Plexus Palsy
  • Backpack Carriage
  • Blast Trauma
  • Body Phantoms
  • Bulletproof Vest Design
  • High-speed Tissue Testing
  • Hyperthermia, Thermoregulation
  • Injury Biomechanics
  • Military Medicine
  • Stress Fractures
  • Trauma Surgery
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

    Amit Gefen, Yoram Epstein

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