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Biomechanics

Biomechanics, is the science,related to the study of biological systems, particularly their function and structures, by various methods used in mechanics, that deals with various effects of force and motion on body structures and function.biomechanics includes not only the structure of bones and muscles and the movement they can produce, but also the mechanics of blood circulation, renal function, and other body functions.

 concepts related to biomechanics date back to atleast Renaissance,Research related to biomechanics became more widely known in the 20th century.when Ian talian physiologist and physicist Giovanni Alfonso Borelli first described the basis of muscular and skeletal dynamics.

Contemporary biomechanics is known to be multidisciplinary field that combines both physics and engineering expertise with knowledge from the biological and medical sciences. There are various fields in biomechanics, such as cardiovascular biomechanics, cell biomechanics, orthopedic biomechanics, occupational biomechanics, and sport biomechanics. As an example.
sports biomechanics deals with performance improvement and injury prevention in athletes.
In occupational biomechanics:- biomechanical analysis is used to determine the mechanical interaction of workers with the environmental factors.

Biomechanics research had certainly improved the life of many individual specially in sports , Development of the biomechanics also help workers and labour. for example, it help in  increasing worker efficiency and preventing injuries. It also help in the design of new tools, equipments , gears, and other elements of a working environment that certainly minimize load on the worker’s body. Another development was clinical biomechanics, which adopts mechanical facts, methodologies, physics and mathematics to determine and analyze typical and atypical human anatomy and physiological details.


The applications of biomechanics are in many field . Some examples include the use of biomechanical analysis in  designing and creating  implantable artificial prostheses, such as artificial hearts and small-diameter blood  vessels;  heart valves and intervertebral discs; and in injury prevention related to wrong muscle movement, vehicle accidents, including low-speed collisions involving minor soft-tissue injuries and high-speed collisions involving severe and fatal injuries.

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