PrefaceAcknowledgementsAuthor the Editors1. Introduction2. Common Musculoskeletal Disorders3. Structure and Function of The Musculoskeletal System4. Structure and Function of the Nervous System, and Its Relation to Pain5. Fundamental Biomechanics Concepts6. Material Properties of Musculoskeletal and Peripheral Nerve Tissues7. Fatigue Failure of Musculoskeletal Tissues8. MSDs as a fatigue failure process9. Fundamentals of Fatigue Failure Analysis10. Fatigue failure in a biological environment11. Injury and Self-Repair of Musculoskeletal Tissues12. Personal Characteristics and MSD Risk13. Using Fatigue Failure Principles to Assess MSD Risk14. Implications for MSD Prevention15. Optimizing Musculoskeletal Health16. Status of knowledge and unanswered questionsIndex
Sean Gallagher, PhD, is Full Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Auburn University. He has over 35 years of experience researching musculoskeletal disorders and is a Fellow of both the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the American Industrial Hygiene Association.Mary F. Barbe, PhD, is Full Professor in the Center for Translational Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia. She has extensive experience investigating mechanisms and treatments for pain and work-related musculoskeletal disorders. She is a Fellow of both the American Association of Anatomists and the American Association of Bone and Mineral Research.