BASICS OF BIOMECHANICS

Salient Features: A concise text Written as per needs of the students Presents basic facts conceptual ideas and general principles Focuses on various aspects of human locomotion abnormalities and their management Useful for students and teachers as well as beginners and practitioners of Prosthetics and Orthotics Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Orthopedics Rehabili-tation etc. 1. Motion 2. Force 3. Velocity 4. Acceleration 5. Friction 6. Work 7. Energy 8. Power 9. Scalar and Vector Quantities 10. Torque 11. Rotation 12. Body Movements 13. Normal Human Locomotion 14. Pathological Gaits or Abnormal Walking 15. ADL 16. Prosthesis 17. Lower Extremity Prosthesis 18. Upper Limb Prosthesis 19. Spinal Orthotics 20. Orthotics 21. Upper Limb Orthoses 22. Lower Limb Orthoses 23. Foot Orthosis.