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Review
. 2018 Apr 8;6(4):742-746.
doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2018.149. eCollection 2018 Apr 15.

Advanced Computational Methods in Bio-Mechanics

Waleed M S Al Qahtani  1 , Mohamed I El-Anwar  2
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Review

Advanced Computational Methods in Bio-Mechanics

Waleed M S Al Qahtani et al. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. .

Abstract

A novel partnership between surgeons and machines, made possible by advances in computing and engineering technology, could overcome many of the limitations of traditional surgery. By extending surgeons' ability to plan and carry out surgical interventions more accurately and with fewer traumas, computer-integrated surgery (CIS) systems could help to improve clinical outcomes and the efficiency of healthcare delivery. CIS systems could have a similar impact on surgery to that long since realised in computer-integrated manufacturing. Mathematical modelling and computer simulation have proved tremendously successful in engineering. Computational mechanics has enabled technological developments in virtually every area of our lives. One of the greatest challenges for mechanists is to extend the success of computational mechanics to fields outside traditional engineering, in particular to biology, the biomedical sciences, and medicine. Biomechanics has significant potential for applications in orthopaedic industry, and the performance arts since skills needed for these activities are visibly related to the human musculoskeletal and nervous systems. Although biomechanics is widely used nowadays in the orthopaedic industry to design orthopaedic implants for human joints, dental parts, external fixations and other medical purposes, numerous researches funded by billions of dollars are still running to build a new future for sports and human healthcare in what is called biomechanics era.

Keywords: Applications; Biomechanics; Computational Methods; Computational Techniques; Finite Difference Method; Finite Element Method; Finite Volume Method.

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Major branches of mechanics used in most biomechanics studies [2]
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