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Modern Functional Evaluation Methods for Muscle Strength and Gait Analysis by Ancillao, Andrea

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Bioelectrical signal processing in cardiac and neurological applications / by Sörnmo, Leif

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Physiological Aspects of Legged Terrestrial Locomotion The Motor and the Machine / by Cavagna, Giovanni

Table of Contents: “…Experimental procedures in the study of muscular function -- Functional anatomy of muscle -- Measurements made during or starting from a state of isometric contraction -- Measurements made after stretching the contracting muscle -- Muscle thermodynamics -- External, internal and total mechanical work done to maintain locomotion -- Walking -- Bouncing gaits: running, trotting and hopping -- Effect of speed, step frequency, age and gravity on the mechanics of running.…”
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Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics A Synthetic Approaches to Human Understanding /

Table of Contents: “…Compliant Body as a Source of Intelligence -- Motor Control Based on the Muscle Synergy Hypothesis -- Motor Control Based on the Muscle Synergy Hypothesis -- Mirror Neuron System and Social Cognitive Development -- Attention and Preference of Humans and Robots -- Communication for Social Robots -- System Evaluation and User Interfaces -- Robotics for Safety and Security -- Android Science.…”
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Multiscale Mechanobiology of Bone Remodeling and Adaptation

Table of Contents: “…Bone cell biology and mechanobiology -- Disease systems analysis of osteoporosis and treatments -- Bone quality assessment across the scales -- Interaction of bone tissue with other tissues including muscle, cartilage, and vascularization -- Musculoskeletal modeling of human movement -- Image-based 3D micro-FE modeling.…”
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The Evolved Athlete: A Guide for Elite Sport Enhancement by Ivancevic, Tijana, Lukman, Leon, Gojkovic, Zoran, Greenberg, Ronald, Greenberg, Helen, Jovanovic, Bojan, Lukman, Aleksandar

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Mathematical Preliminaries -- Multi-Physical Structure of Human Fascia: Harmony of Biomechanics and Neurodynamics -- Biomechanics of Human Iliopsoas and Functionally Related Muscles -- Exercises, Nutrition and Mental Attitude -- Lymphodynamics and Diamond Sports Matrix System.…”
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An Introduction to Silent Speech Interfaces by Freitas, João, Teixeira, António, Dias, Miguel Sales, Silva, Samuel

Table of Contents: “…1 Introduction -- 2 SSI Modalities I Behind the scenes From the brain to the muscles -- 3 SSI Modalities II Articulation and its consequences -- 4 Combining Modalities Multimodal SSI -- 5 Application Examples -- 6 Conclusions.…”
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Biomechatronics in Medical Rehabilitation Biomodelling, Interface, and Control /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- State of the Art -- Signal Processing Methods for SSVEP-based BCIs -- SSVEP-Based BCI for Lower Limb Rehabilitation -- A Hybrid BCI for Gaming -- EMG-Driven Physiological Model for Upper Limb -- Exoskeleton Control Based on Neural Interface -- Muscle Force Estimation Model for Gait Rehabilitation -- Neuromuscular Model for Gait Rehabilitation -- Conclusions and Future Prospects.…”
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Information Technology in Biomedicine

Table of Contents: “…Electrooculography Application in Vision Therapy Using Smart Glasses -- Chapter 11.Assessment of Muscle Fatigue, Strength and Muscle Activation During Exercises with the Usage of Robot Luna EMG, Among Patients with Multiple Sclerosis.…”
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Handbook of Biomaterial Properties

Table of Contents: “…From the Contents: Cortical bone -- Cancellous bone -- Dentine and enamel -- Cartilage -- Fibrocartilage -- Ligament, tendon and fascia -- Skin and muscle -- Brain tissues -- Arteries, veins and lymphatic vessels -- The intraocular lens -- Blood and related fluids -- The vitreous humour -- Properties of diseased musculoskeletal tissues -- Properties of diseased cardiovascular tissues -- Metallic biomaterials -- Stainless steels -- CoCr-based alloys -- Titanium and titanium alloys.…”
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Fundamentals of Neuromechanics by Valero-Cuevas, Francisco J.

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Emerging Therapies in Neurorehabilitation II

Table of Contents: “….- BCI Applied to Neurorehabilitation -- Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation Therapy: Recovery Mechanisms and their Implications for Machine Design -- Motor Control and Learning Theories -- Muscle Synergies in Clinical Practice: Theoretical and Practical Implications -- Workshop on Transcutaneous Functional Electrical Stimulation -- Virtual Rehabilitation.…”
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CMOS Circuits for Biological Sensing and Processing

Table of Contents: “…CMOS nano-pore technology -- Metabolomics on CMOS Personalised Medicine -- Flexible Single-Photon Image Sensors -- Photonic interaction with the nervous system -- Microelectronics for muscle fatigue monitoring through surface EMG -- IC Design for high-density Neural probe -- Implantable Microsystems for Personalised Anti-Cancer Therapy -- Compressed Sensing for Neural Recording compression and analysis -- Design optimization for wearable EEG sensors -- CMOS multimodal sensor array for biomedical sensing -- Micro-NMR on CMOS for biomolecular sensing -- Circuits and Systems for Biosensing with Microultrasound -- Very Large scale neuromorphic systems for biological signal processing -- Index.…”
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Biomechanics of Anthropomorphic Systems

Table of Contents: “…-- From Biomechanics to Robotics -- Multibody optimisations: from kinematic constraints to knee contact forces and ligament forces -- Creating personalized dynamic models -- Optimality and modularity in human movement: from optimal control to muscle synergies -- Human Movements: Synergies, Stability, and Agility -- Motor compositionality and timing: combined geometrical and optimization approaches -- Review of Anthropomorphic Head Stabilisation and Verticality Estimation in Robots -- The Physics and Control of Balancing on a Point in the Plane -- Design and Control of a passive noise rejecting Variable Stiffness Actuator -- Bipedal locomotion: a continuous tradeoff between robustness and energy-efficiency -- An overview of humanoid robots technologies.…”
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Assistive Augmentation

Table of Contents: “…-- A Design Space for Electrical Muscle Stimulation Feedback for Freehand Interaction -- Birdie: Towards a true flying experience -- Designing Chairables: Assistive Augmentations to Support Power Wheelchair Users -- Assistive Augmentation at the Manual Workplace using In-­‐Situ Projection -- Ageing Within An Augmented Home -- Augmented Living: Augmented Human- Computer- Interfaces for Age- Based Design of the Living Environments of Elderly People -- Conclusions.…”
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Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction, July 17−21, 2017, The Westin Bonav...

Table of Contents: “…Operators working with transmission flexibility: Enhancing utility control rooms with dynamic line rating technique -- The use of context aware pervasive systems in the area of human factors and ergonomics -- Augmented system verification using automated testing -- Knowledge management in the development of an intelligent system to support emergency response -- Visual search techniques and performance in electronic map display -- A comparative analysis of human-mediated and system-mediated interruptions for multi-user, multitasking interactions -- Development of an automated pressure sensitive thermesthesiometer and its application in characterizing the thermal response of human tissue with respect to warm surfaces -- S-EMG of forearm muscles activity in conventional PC mouse use.…”
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Nonlinear Approaches in Engineering Applications Advanced Analysis of Vehicle Related Technologies /

Table of Contents: “…Transient Vehicle Dynamics -- Nonlinear Friction Modeling Vehicle-Road Interaction -- Caster-Camber Kinematic of Vehicle Steering -- Nonlinear Yaw Movement Control for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles -- Frequency Island in Nonlinear Vibrations -- An Active Vibration Control Strategy -- Train and Tram Systems Investigation -- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Structural Monitoring -- Solutions for Path Planning Using Spline Parameterization -- A Novel Method for Solution of Nonlinear Initial-Boundary Value Problems -- Strength and Contraction Speed of Muscle Groups -- Dynamic Contact and Scratch Analysis at the Micro/Nanoscale -- Climbing Robot -- Large Diameter Thin-Walled Tube Post Buckling -- Nonlinear Structural Dynamics of the Vehicle Seat Coupled with Human Body.…”
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Extreme Sports, Extreme Bodies Gender, Identities and Bodies in Motion / by Andreasson, Jesper, Johansson, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Introducing Extreme Sporting Bodies -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Body Studies and Carnal Sociology -- Part II: Bodybuilding and the Fitness Revolution -- Chapter Three: Getting the Pump - Pain and Pleasure in Muscle-building Practice -- Chapter Four: Negotiating the Subcultural body -- Chapter Five: Bodybuilding - Concluding Thoughts. - Part III: Bending Bodies Through Ironman Triathlon -- Chapter Six: Discipline, Transcendence and Bodily Fluids -- Chapter Seven: The Family Puzzle in Ironman Triathlon. - Chapter Eight: Ironman - Concluding Thoughts. …”
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Women's Health and Biomechanics Where Medicine and Engineering Meet /

Table of Contents: “…Improving Women´s Health via the Bio-Psycho-Social Model -- Section 1: The Young Women -- Sports and UI -- Pelvic Floor Evaluation in Sports -- Diagnostic Devices -- Section 2: The Reproductive Period of Women´s Life -- Pregnancy and Ergonomics -- The changes in Biomechanics due to Pregnancy and Parity -- Ultrasound Imaging Assessment of diastasis recti -- Biomechanical Analysis of the Damage in the Pelvic Floor Muscles During Childbirth -- Breast Imaging: from Morphology to Tissue Structure -- The Effects of Mastectomy and Reconstruction on Body Posture and Biomechanics -- The Role of Physiotherapy in Women with Breast Cancer -- Breast Implants: Far Beyond Just Aesthetic Surgery -- The Female Pelvic Floor (Dysfunction): from Clinical Practice to Biomechanics -- Imaging Female Pelvic Floor Dysfunction -- Section 3: The Older Women -- Searching for Biomechanical Tissue Properties in Pelvic Floor Dysfunction by Computational Modeling -- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction / Urinary Incontinence: Rehabilitation Treatments and the Improvement in Quality-of-Life -- The Role of Ultrasound Imaging of Musculotendinous Structures in the Elderly Population -- Mental Health and Physical Activity.  .…”
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Medical Imaging in Clinical Applications Algorithmic and Computer-Based Approaches /

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