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Stephen
M. Levin, Ezekial Biomechanics Group, New York , USA
is the originator of the concept of Biotensegrity, the application
of tensegrity-balanced forces in organisms from viruses to humans.
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“Biotensegrity”, the application of Buckminster Fuller's tensegrity
concepts to biologic structure and physiology, can be used successfully
to model the spine and other organ systems. In this system of total body
modeling, the spine and limbs are not an assemblage of rigid body
segments. They are semi-rigid non-linear, visco-elastic bony segments,
interconnected by non-linear, visco-elastic connectors, i.e. the
cartilage, joint capsules and ligaments together with an integrated
non-linear, visco-elastic active motor system, the muscles and tendons
and connective tissue.
Coming up in the UK...
Biotensegrity:
Principles and Clinical Applications
5/6 March 2011 ~
London
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