The Biomechanics of Human Movement: Could Leonardo da Vinci Fly

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Air date:	Tuesday, October 26, 2004, 5:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
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Runtime:	01:06:08
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Description:	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

NLM Title:	The biomechanics of human movement : could Leonardo da Vinci fly / Steven J. Stanhope.
Author:	Stanhope, Steven J. National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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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:	Biomechanical Phenomena Disabled Persons History, Early Modern 1451-1600 History, Modern 1601-
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast
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 Live ID:	3673
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