Biomechanics of anthropomorphic systems - Foreword

摘要

Biomechanics studies the understanding human body motions: how to describe them, analyze them and assess them. Biomechanics as an interdisciplinary field can date back to Aristotle (384-322-BC) who wrote the treatise "About the movement of Animals" (350 BC) and provided the first analysis of gait. Later, Herophilos (335-280 BC), Galen.