Apr 19 2006
Biomechanics is a growing field that is providing further knowledge into such medical matters as how the human heart beats. A study published in Experimental Techniques shows us how these findings are advancing medical practices and innovations.
For the health world, this field, traditionally used to study how the body moves, can provide insight into how the heart beats, which can help to understand heritable heart disorders. It can also be used to measure bone strength further enabling understanding of the effect of age, and help prevent children's spinal injuries. Additionally through biomechanics, such new materials and treatments are discovered that can help the medical profession with developing new and better options for surgical implants and stronger materials.
By contributing so much to advances in health practices, biomechanics is playing a huge role in bettering lives. "We are opening the eyes of researchers on both sides of the field to the breadth of exciting advances, novel tools and techniques, and grand challenges facing their counterparts across the mechanics and biology divide" says Dr. Eric Brown, head researcher of the study.
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