عنوان

Biomechanics:

(Number (ISBN

9401174326

(Number (ISBN

9789401174329

Number

b596116

Title Proper

Biomechanics:

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Current Interdisciplinary Research : Selected proceedings of the Fourth Meeting of the European Society of Biomechanics in collaboration with the European Society of Biomaterials, September 24-26, 1984, Davos, Switzerland

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by S. M. Perren, E. Schneider.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht Springer Netherlands

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1985

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(768 p).

Series Title

Developments in Biomechanics, 2

Text of Note

The papers presented at the Fourth 'Meeting of the European Society of Biomechanics, held in collaboration with the European Society for Biomaterials in late September 1984 in Davos, Switzerland, are published herewith. The main idea of the meeting was to gather together the many disciplines of researchers and clinicians active and interested in promoting biomechanical knowledge in one interdisciplinary society: the European Society of Biomechanics. We feel that the dialog across the disciplines is one of the important goals of the society, a goal which can be furthered by meetings like the one in Davos. A surgeon, whether a general, trauma or orthopaedic surgeon, is normally brought up without relevant exposure to spe­ cific technical problems. It therefore is not surprising that he speaks a different language with respect to mechanical problems than an engineer. Although a surgeon often has a feeling for what the solution to a particular problem might be, a fruitful inter­ disciplinary collaboration is made difficult by this scientific language barrier. On the other hand, a physicist, chemist, engi­ neer and metallurgist, to name a few, would do well with a realistic perception of the possibilities and limitations of surgery and of the relevance of a solution found to the initial question. Similar problems exist in other areas, e. g. in the field of sports biomechanics in the dialogue betweeen coach and researcher. Interdisciplinary misunderstandings have led to quite some unaeces£ary frustration in the past.

Parallel Title

Selected proceedings of the Fourth Meeting of the European Society of Biomechanics in collaboration with the European Society of Biomaterials, September 24-26, 1984, Davos

Biomedical Engineering.

Engineering.

edited by S. M. Perren, E. Schneider.

E Schneider

S M Perren

Electronic name

[Book]

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