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Sciences basic to orthopaedics / edited by Sean P.F. Hughes and Ian D. McCarthy.
LIBRA RD731 .S36 1998
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orthopedics.
- Musculoskeletal system.
- Biomechanics.
- Musculoskeletal System.
- Biomechanical Phenomena.
- Medical Subjects:
- Orthopedics.
- Musculoskeletal System.
- Biomechanical Phenomena.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Sciences basic to orthopedics
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders, [1998]
- Contents:
- Tissues of the musculoskeletal system
- Bone structure
- Blood flow and transport in bone
- Local regulation of bone metabolism
- Hormonal regulation of bone metabolism
- Physiology of cartilage
- Peripheral nerves
- Skeletal muscle
- Disorders of the musculoskeletal system
- Infection and immune responses in prosthetic joint replacement
- Biology of fracture repair
- Host defences and trauma
- Cartilage changes in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
- Metabolic bone disease
- Osteonecrosis
- Biomechanics
- Basic biomechanics
- Biomechanics of bone, tendon and ligament
- Tribology of natural and artificial joints
- Applied biomechanics of prosthetic joint replacement
- Biomaterials for orthopaedic applications
- Kinematic and kinetic analysis of function.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0702019739
- OCLC:
- 38046260
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