The task of biomechanics: the application of research results for the development of mechanics, biology and medicine, including
for diagnostic purposes,
to create tissue and organ substitutes,
to develop methods for influencing processes in living objects,
to create methods for analyzing and correcting natural, labor and sports movements,
to develop methods for protecting humans from the adverse effects of mechanical factors.
Biomechanics is a complex, interdisciplinary science that includes a wide variety of knowledge from other sciences, such as mechanics and mathematics, physics and bioengineering, anatomy and physiology, pedagogy, and even the theory of physical education.
Biomechanical research covers various levels of organization of living matter: biological macromolecules, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, as well as entire organisms and their communities.
Biomechanics research areas:
The study of the mechanical properties and structure of biological macromolecules, cells, biological fluids, soft and hard tissues (bioreology), individual organs and systems.
The study of the movement of biological fluids, heat and mass transfer, stresses and deformations in cells, tissues and organs.
The study of the mechanics of cell movement and subcellular structures (membranes, cytoskeleton, cytoplasm, cilia, etc.), including mitotic movements, phagocytosis, vesicular transport.
The study of the mechanics of the musculoskeletal system, swimming, flight and land movement of animals, the mechanics of purposeful human movements, the movement of aggregates of living organisms, and the motor activity of plants.
The study of the mechanical foundations and manifestations of regulation (control) in biological objects.
Development of means based on methods of mechanics for studying properties and phenomena in living systems, for targeting them and protecting them from the influence of external factors.
The study of the mechanical foundations and manifestations of the processes of growth, development and adaptation of biological objects.
Creation of organ and tissue substitutes.
Areas of biomechanics traditionally developed in Russia:
Biomechanics of organs and systems.
Mechanics of biological tissues and fluids.
Molecular and cellular mechanics.
Biomechanics of movements, sports biomechanics, biomechanics of extreme conditions.
Motion control in living systems.
Biomedical technologies.
Directions and results of scientific research activities:
In the field of biomechanics, research is underway in the following areas:
1. The study of the mechanical properties and structure of soft and hard biological tissues, individual organs and systems.
2. The study of the movement of biological fluids, stresses and deformations in cells, tissues and organs.
3. Studying the mechanics of the musculoskeletal system.
4. The study of the mechanical foundations and manifestations of the processes of growth, development and adaptation of biological objects.
5. Creation of organ and tissue substitutes.