Given the strong current attention of orthopaedic biomechanical and biomedical engineering research on translational capabilities for the diagnosis prevention and treatment of clinical disease states the need for reviews of the state-of-art and current needs in orthopaedics is very timely. Orthopaedic Biomechanics provides an in-depth review of the current knowledge of orthopaedic biomechanics across all tissues in the musculoskeletal system at all size scales and with direct relevance to engineering and clinical applications. Discussing the relationship between mechanical loading function and biological performance it first reviews basic structure-function relationships for most major orthopedic tissue types followed by the most-relevant structures of the body. It then addresses multiscale modeling and biologic considerations. It concludes with a look at applications of biomechanics focusing on recent advances in theory technology and applied engineering approaches. With contributions from leaders in the field the book presents state-of-the-art findings techniques and perspectives. Much of orthopaedic biomechanical and biomedical engineering research is directed at the translational capabilities for the real world . Addressing this from the perspective of diagnostics prevention and treatment in orthopaedic biomechanics the book supplies novel perspectives for the interdisciplinary approaches required to translate orthopaedic biomechanics to today s real world.