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Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Injuries

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Musculoskeletal injuries occur as a result of forces that are applied to the body. The science of biomechanics tries to explain these forces and their momentum and puts musculoskeletal injuries in the context of physics. The present chapter explains basic biomechanical terms and principles of importance while dealing with sports-related injuries. Tissue-specific physical properties are explained, and underlying injury mechanisms are unraveled. In addition, sport-specific injuries are categorized as collision, contact, and non-contact to demonstrate the impact of those physical principles on the human musculoskeletal system. This will help the reader to understand the incidence and prevalence of certain injury patterns in dependence of the sporting activity and to develop prevention strategies to minimize the individual athlete’s risk.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine Clinic/Department of Surgery, Western University, London, ON, Canada

    Alan Getgood

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

    Yuichi Hoshino

  3. Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine Clinic, Western University, London, ON, Canada

    Philip P. Roessler

  4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

    Ryosuke Kuroroda

  5. Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, State University of Campinas—UNICAMP, Exercise and Sports Medicine, Campinas, SP, Brazil

    Sérgio Rocha Piedade

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  1. Orthopedics and Traumatology, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Campinas / Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Sérgio Rocha Piedade

  2. Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, University of Munich (TUM), München, Bayern, Germany

    Andreas B. Imhoff

  3. Ascot Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

    Mark Clatworthy

  4. Department of Orthopedics & Traumatology, Federal University of São Paulo, Vila Clementino - São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Moises Cohen

  5. Espregueira-Mendes Sports Centre, Clínica do Dragão, Porto, Portugal

    João Espregueira-Mendes

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Getgood, A., Hoshino, Y., Roessler, P.P., Kuroroda, R., Piedade, S.R. (2019). Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Injuries. In: Rocha Piedade, S., Imhoff, A., Clatworthy, M., Cohen, M., Espregueira-Mendes, J. (eds) The Sports Medicine Physician. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10433-7_3

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