BIOMECHANICS OF INJURY AND HEALING

The following sections are included:

• Introduction

• Historical Perspective

• Basic Biomechanics of Injury and Healing

• The Strength of a Tissue or Organ Is Expressed by a Tolerable Stress, Which May Vary with the Condition with Which the Load Is Applied

• Injury of Organs and Tissues

• Biomechanical Analysis

• Healing and Rehabilitation are Helped by Proper Stress

• Remodeling of Soft Tissues in Response to Stress Changes

• Tissue Engineering

• Conclusion

• References

• The importance of biomechanics for the new millennium

• Speed of stress wave propagation in lung

• A Hypothesis on the Mechanism of Trauma of Lung Tissue Subjected to Impact Load