EMEC 555 — Current Topics in Orthopaedic Biomechanics: 1 Credits (1 Lec)
completion of at least 69 credits) within a STEM major Graduate students: good standing within your graduate program. (F, Sp) This course covers current topics from the orthopaedic biomechanics literature. Special attention will be paid to the structural tissues including bone and cartilage, as well as to the pathologies of the structural tissues that occur with injury, disease, and aging including osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. Weekly meetings will include student presentations of primary literature, discussion of experimental methods, and interpretation of results within the broader picture of the musculoskeletal literature Repeatable up to 3 credits.