The mechanobiology and mechanophysiology of military-related injuries. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Amit Gefen, Yoram Epstein, editors.
• Editors: Gefen, Amit; (Of Universitat Tel-Aviv), Epstein, Yoram
• Contents: Part I. The study of injury mechanisms in military-specific scenarios. Modeling skeletal injuries in military scenarios / Reuben H. Kraft ... et al. -- Preventing injuries associated with military static-line parachuting landings / Julie R. Steele, Karen J. Mickle and John W. Whiting -- Part II. Load carriage-related injuries. Biomechanics of load carriage / Joseph F. Seay -- Load carriage-related injury mechanisms, risk factors, and prevention / Joseph J. Knapik and Katy Reynolds -- Part III. Overuse injuries. Overuse injuries in military personnel / Jay R. Hoffman, David D. Church and Mattan W. Hoffman -- The mechanophysiology of stress fractures in military recruits / Amir Hadid ... et al. -- The biomechanical basis for increased risk of overuse musculoskeletal injuries in female soldiers / Ran Yanovich, Yuval Heled and Julie Hughes -- Part IV. Neurological injuries. Traumatic brain injury in the military : biomechanics and finite element modelling / Rinat Friedman, Yoram Epstein and Amit Gefen -- Biomechanics of eye injury in the military / Brittany Coats and Daniel F. Shedd -- Part V. Bio-thermodynamics and heat stress-related injuries. Modelling human heat transfer and temperature regulation / Dusan Fiala and George Havenith -- Military clothing and protective material : protection at the limits of physiological regulation / Nigel A.S. Taylor and Mark J. Patterson.
• Publisher Details: Berlin : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 332 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 617.9/9; Engineering; War wounds -- Treatment; War wounds -- Patients -- Rehabilitation; Medicine, Military; Human physiology; Traumatology; Continuum mechanics; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical materials; Trauma; Mechanics; Mechanics, Applied; Biomaterials; MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical materials; Continuum mechanics; Engineering; Human physiology; Traumatology; War wounds; Medical -- Physiology; Science -- Mechanics -- Solids; Technology & Engineering -- Material Science; Critical care surgery; Physiology; Mechanics of solids; Materials science; Technology & Engineering -- Engineering (General); Biomedical engineering; Military Medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319330129; 3319330128
• Related ISBNs: 9783319330105; 3319330101
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and author index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.