Skeletal Tissue Mechanics
暫譯: 骨骼組織力學

這本教科書描述了骨骼、軟骨、肌腱和韌帶的生物力學。它在探討骨骼的機械性質時採取嚴謹的方式，但同時也不忽視骨骼組織的生物性質，且不需要超出微積分的數學知識。書中花時間介紹基本的機械和生物概念，並且對某些工程分析所使用的方法進行了有意的限制。這本書有效地橋接了工程學、獸醫學、生物學和醫學領域，將受到生物力學、骨科、人體物理人類學、動物學和獸醫科學的學生和研究人員的歡迎。

這本書還：

最大化讀者對骨骼的機械性質、骨骼的疲勞和斷裂抵抗力以及骨骼的機械適應性的洞察。

以易於理解的方式說明滑液關節的力學以及韌帶和肌腱的機械性質。

在每章結尾提供練習題。

Dr. R. Bruce Martin is Professor Emeritus of Orthopaedic Surgery and was a member of both the Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace graduate groups of the University of California, Davis. Prior to his retirement, he was the Director of the Lawrence J. Ellison Musculoskeletal Research Center. He is well known for his work employing computation modeling of bone remodeling dynamics and its application to the pathogenesis of stress fractures and negative feedback systems associated with the development of osteoporosis.

Dr. David Burr is a Distinguished Professor at Indiana University, holding appointments in Anatomy and Cell Biology in the School of Medicine, and in Biomedical Engineering at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI). He currently serves as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at IUPUI. Dr. Burr has been a leader in understanding the role of skeletal fatigue and mechanical adaptation of bone and cartilage. Dr. Burr isa Fellow of the American Association of Anatomists. He was presented with the Borelli Award by the American Society of Biomechanics in 2008, and was the recipient of the Henry Gray Scientific Achievement Award from the American Association of Anatomists in 2015.

Dr. Neil Sharkey is a Professor of Kinesiology, with additional appointments in Orthopedics and Rehabilitation and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at the Pennsylvania State University. He is currently the Vice President for Research at Penn State, having previously served as Associate Dean for Research in the College of Health and Human Development on the University Park campus. Dr. Sharkey's research is focused on musculoskeletal biology and biomechanics, with a body of work that includes both basic science projects as well as applied studies with immediate clinical relevance. He is perhaps best known for his biomechanical models of lower extremity function in health, injury and disease.

Dr. David P.

Fyhrie is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the University of California, Davis. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He currently serves as Program Director of the Biomechanics and Mechanobiology Program for the National Science Foundation. He is known for his work applying mathematical modeling to both osteoporotic fracture prediction and adaptation of bone to load and also for experimental work on the microstructural mechanisms of bone failure.

Dr. R. Bruce Martin 是加州大學戴維斯分校（University of California, Davis）骨科手術的名譽教授，同時也是生物醫學工程及機械與航空航天研究生小組的成員。在退休之前，他擔任勞倫斯·J·艾利森肌肉骨骼研究中心的主任。他因運用計算模型研究骨重塑動力學及其在壓力性骨折病理生成和與骨質疏鬆發展相關的負反饋系統中的應用而聞名。

Dr. David Burr 是印第安納大學（Indiana University）的傑出教授，擔任醫學院解剖學與細胞生物學以及印第安納大學-普渡大學印第安納波利斯分校（IUPUI）生物醫學工程的職位。他目前擔任IUPUI的研究副校長。Dr. Burr 在理解骨骼疲勞和骨骼及軟骨的機械適應方面一直是領導者。他是美國解剖學家協會的會士。2008年，他獲得美國生物力學學會頒發的博雷利獎（Borelli Award），並於2015年獲得美國解剖學家協會的亨利·格雷科學成就獎（Henry Gray Scientific Achievement Award）。

Dr. Neil Sharkey 是賓州州立大學（Pennsylvania State University）運動學的教授，並在骨科和康復以及生命科學哈克研究所（Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences）擔任其他職位。他目前是賓州州立大學的研究副校長，之前曾擔任大學公園校區健康與人類發展學院的研究副院長。Dr. Sharkey 的研究專注於肌肉骨骼生物學和生物力學，涵蓋基礎科學項目及具有直接臨床相關性的應用研究。他最為人知的可能是他對健康、受傷和疾病下下肢功能的生物力學模型。

Dr. David P. Fyhrie 是加州大學戴維斯分校的骨科手術和生物醫學工程教授。他是美國科學促進會（American Association for the Advancement of Science）和美國醫學與生物工程學會（American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering）的會士。他目前擔任國家科學基金會（National Science Foundation）生物力學與機械生物學計畫的計畫主任。他因將數學建模應用於骨質疏鬆性骨折預測和骨骼對負荷的適應，以及對骨骼失效微觀結構機制的實驗研究而聞名。