Biomechanics of Soft-Tissue Injury Book

In Biomechanics of Soft-Tissue Injury, you'll gain an understanding of how soft-tissue injuries occur. You'll learn about the process of reconstructing an accidental injury in a step-by-step fashion. Discover the mechanisms of injury, based on clinical literature, basic science literature, and experimental data. Differences between muscles and tendons are addressed and depicted in figures and text. You'll read about eccentric loading, range of motion, center of rotation, and the biological response to acute injury. In addition, you'll encounter the six steps of accidental injury analysis: description of the accident; an injury pattern defined; define loading conditions that produce injury; injury mechanism defined; accident reconstruction; and accident data consolidation. Case examples are provided for reference and practice.