B.E. (Biomedical Engineering) Biomechanics Prosthetics and Orthotics Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

This is the Third Year Biomedical Rev 2019 C Scheme syllabus under REV-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2021-22. The University has not yet published an NEP 2020 syllabus above Semester IV for this branch, and this is the scheme its examinations are set on.

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Syllabus for Biomechanics, Prosthetics and Orthotics

Semester 6 · Third Year Biomedical Rev 2019 C Scheme · 4 credits · 125 marks

BIOMECHANICS

Module 1: Classification of force system, equilibrium of force system, principle of biomechanics

Module 2: Tissue Biomechanics:

Direct shear, bending and torque actions and the corresponding stresses and strains in biological tissues. stress relaxation and creep. Bone structure & composition, mechanical properties of bone, biomechanical evaluation of bone using three points and four points. Biomechanics of connective tissues (skin, tendon, ligaments, etc.) covering structure function, and physiological factors.

Module 3: Movement Biomechanics:

Study of joints and movements, anatomical levers, gait analysis, gait cycle and gait

Module 4: :

Instrumentation for gait analysis: measurement devices-footswitches, instrumented walkway, motion analysis - Selspot, goniometers, joint monitoring sensors and joint monitoring parameters PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS

Module 5

Principles in designing orthoses and prostheses: Principles of three point pressure, total contact, partial weight bearing.

Module 6

Classification in prosthetics and orthotics: Lower extremity orthoses and prostheses, upper extremity orthoses and prostheses, spinal orthoses.

Text books

1 Basic Biomechanics- Susan J. Hall, MC Graw Hill.
2 Basics of Biomechanics" by Dr. Ajay Bahl and others
3 Basic Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System,M. Nordin, V.Frankel
4 Human Limbs and their substitutes – Atlas, C. V. Mosby
5 American Atlas of Orthopedics: Prosthetics, C. V. Mosby.
6 American Atlas of Orthopedics: Orthotics, C. V. Mosby
7 Biomechanics - Prof Ghista (Private Publication UAE)
8 Biomechanics – By White and Puyator (Private Publication UAE)
1 Introductory Biomechanics: from cells to tissues by Ethier and Simmons
2 Biomechanics: Mechanical properties of living tissues by Y. C. Fung NPTEL/Swayam Course:
1 Assistive Devices,Prosthesis and Orthosis, NPTEL Lecture Video by Dr Sujatha Srinivasan, IIT Madras. http://www.digimat.in/nptel/courses/video/112106248/L47.html
2 Mechanics of Human Movement, Swayam, Lecture Video by Dr Sujatha Srinivasan, IIT Madras. https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc21_me52/preview

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Biomedical Engineering) under REV-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2021-22. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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