Fondements mécaniques d'un modèle articulaire : biomécanique, mécanobiologie et mécanotransduction

Abstract

Man, who is composed of articulated segments, is constantly subjected to gravity in static equilibrium (posture) as in motion. The classical approach of biomechanics consists in describing intersegmentary tridimensional kinematics and the mechanical actions involved in motion. This article puts forward a more cross-disciplinary approach by describing as well: the interactions between mechanics and biochemistry, that is, the link existing between the constraints resulting from motion in the level of osteoligamentary structures and tissue metabolism; the interactions existing between mechanics and neurology, that is, the link between those same constraints in the level of mecanoreceptors and the neurological control of this motion.