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Modern-day bioengineers feel they know well how to deal with structures that are complex, like biological tissues. They break the complex structure down into simple elements, such as beams and columns. They analyse the behaviour of each element, and put all those behaviours together to see how the total structure will behave. Their present paradigm is that the musculoskeletal system is analogous to the framework of a modern high-rise building12.
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Levin, S.M. (1990). The space truss as a model for cervical spine mechanics — a systems science concept. In: Paterson, J.K., Burn, L. (eds) Back Pain. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2165-8_27
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