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Biomechanics is the study of biological systems from a mechanical perspective. In this discipline, the tools of mechanics are used in which the actions of force, motion, deformation and failure and their relationship to anatomy and functional aspects of living organisms are analysed. Traditionally biomechanics has been considered in terms of either biofluid mechanics or the biomechanics of connective tissues (“solid biomechanics”), where the former is a key branch of science and engineering that is applied to the cardiovascular and respiratory sciences and the latter is applied to orthopaedics and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Other branches of biomechanics investigate the interactions between solids and fluids and these are applied in ocular, cellular or the biomechanics of the brain, for example.
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Bull, A.M.J. (2016). Biomechanics in Blast. In: Bull, A., Clasper, J., Mahoney, P. (eds) Blast Injury Science and Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21867-0_2
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