• Question: what does biomechanical mean

    Asked by Sam to Sonia on 15 Jun 2015.
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      Sonia Ramos Pascual answered on 15 Jun 2015:

      Biomechanics is the study of the structure of a biological system, such as humans, using mechanical means. Applied to my research, when I say I am working on the biomechanics of the spine, I mean that I am looking at how the spine works from a mechanical point of view: where is the load applied? How is this load distributed? What is the stiffness of the spine? And what is the load-deformation behaviour? These are all biomechanical questions I am answering in my research.

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