The Biomechanics of Human Movement: Could Leonardo da Vinci Fly |
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| Air date: | Tuesday, October 26, 2004, 5:00:00 PM |
| Category: | Medicine for the Public |
| Runtime: | 01:06:08 |
| NLM Title: | The biomechanics of human movement : could Leonardo da Vinci fly [electronic resource] / Steven J. Stanhope. |
| Series: | Medicine for the public |
| Author: | Stanhope, Steven J. National Institutes of Health (U.S.) |
| Publisher: | [Bethesda, Md. : National Institutes of Health, 2004] |
| Other Title(s): | Medicine for the public |
| Abstract: | (CIT): NIH Clinical Center's 2004 Medicine for the Public lecture series The human body can be thought of as a biolocomotion or living machine with the power to move from place to place. That movement requires more than 150 moving parts simultaneously controlled by more than 200 drive systems. If you can walk, you are exerting the force of those tools. An estimated 35-to-49 million Americans have a disability that limits their everyday activities and disability-related costs for healthcare are in excess of $170 billion. With 23 million of those Americans mobility-impaired, doctors and therapists are working to grasp the complex, yet elegant process that converts muscular effort into graceful and highly functional movements. http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov/about/news/mfp.shtml. |
| Subjects: | Biomechanics Biomechanics--history Disabled Persons History, Early Modern 1451-1600 History, Modern 1601- |
| Publication Types: | Government Publications Lectures |
| Rights: | This is a work of the United States Government. No copyright exists on this material. It may be disseminated freely. |
| NLM Classification: | WE 103 |
| NLM ID: | 101268585 |
| CIT File ID: | 12253 |
| CIT Live ID: | 3673 |
| Permanent link: | http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?12253 |