Title of Course: Biomechanics
Exam number: XM 1210
Length of course: 2 hours per week
Type of course: lecture
Language: English
Lecturer: Dipl.-Ing. R. Wendlandt

Learning outcomes:
The students shall get to know the materials, stresses and strains of the musculoskeletal system as well as the most important biomaterials in order to make engineering work on biomechanical problems possible.

Course Requirements: none
Content:

• Deformation behaviour of viscoelastic materials
• Biomechanics of the human locomotive system, mechanical behaviour of biological tissues (bone, tendons/ligaments, cartilage, synovial fluid, loads acting in the locomotive system (forces/moments, stress/strain): hip joint, femur, knee joint, foot, spine)
• Biomaterials: types, chemical composition, biocompatibility, corrosion resistance, mechanical properties
• Artificial joints (endoprostheses): types, materials, laboratory testing, wear
• Bone fractures (healing and fixation): types of fracture healing, internal fixation, external fixation
• Knowledge about lecturer´s current research projects

Recommended Literature:

• Lea Febiger: Orthopaedic Biomechanics. (Hrsg.: V.H. Frankel und A.H. Burstein), Philadelphia,
• V.C. Mow, R. Huiskes. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins: Basic Orthopaedic Biomechanics & Mechano-Biology, 3rd edition , Philadelphia, 2005
• E. Kreighbaum und K.M. Barthels (Ed.): Biomechanics. A qualitative approach for studying human movement. Burgess Publishing Company, 1985
• P. Brinckmann, W. Frobin, G. Leivseth, (Hrsg.): Orthopädische Biomechanik Thieme, 2000

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