Basic Orthopaedic Biomechanics & Mechano-Biology -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS -- FROM THE FIRST THROUGH THE SECOND TOWARD THE THIRD EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION -- 1 A BRIEF HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND ORTHOPAEDIC BIOMECHANICS -- 2 ANALYSIS OF MUSCLE AND JOINT LOADS -- 3 MUSCULOSKELETAL DYNAMICS, LOCOMOTION, AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS -- 4 BIOMECHANICS OF BONE -- 5 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF ARTICULAR CARTILAGE AND MENISCUS -- 6 PHYSICAL REGULATION OF CARTILAGE METABOLISM -- 7 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF LIGAMENTS AND TENDONS -- 8 BIOMECHANICAL PRINCIPLES OF CARTILAGE AND BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING -- 9 QUANTITATIVE ANATOMY AND IMAGING OF DIARTHRODIAL JOINT ARTICULAR LAYERS -- 10 FRICTION, LUBRICATION, AND WEAR OF ARTICULAR CARTILAGE AND DIARTHRODIAL JOINTS -- 11 BIOMATERIALS -- 12 BIOMECHANICS OF THE SPINE -- 13 BIOMECHANICS OF FRACTURE FIXATION AND FRACTURE HEALING -- 14 BIOMECHANICS AND PRECLINICAL TESTING OF ARTIFICIAL JOINTS: THE HIP -- 15 BIOMECHANICS OF TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT DESIGNS -- INDEX.