Women's Health and Biomechanics Where Medicine and Engineering Meet

Women's Health and Biomechanics Where Medicine and Engineering Meet / edited by Sofia Brandão, Thuane Da Roza, Isabel Ramos, Teresa Mascarenhas.

This book focuses on particular mental and physical aspects of women’s health, presenting topics concerning the pelvis and pelvic floor dysfunction and the breast during a woman’s life, such as rehabilitation for pelvic and breast disorders, and the benefits of biomechanical analysis in treating the...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Brandão, Sofia (Editor), Da Roza, Thuane (Editor), Ramos, Isabel (Editor), Mascarenhas, Teresa (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, 29
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Mechanics.
Mechanics, Applied.
Mechanical engineering.
Biomedical engineering.
Radiology.
Gynecology .
Sports medicine.
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Table of Contents:
  • Improving Womeńs 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 Womeńs 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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