rel="nofollow" href="#ulink_6ee733d1-4a29-5038-99b9-1bc2dd884141">The Stress‐Life (S–N) Curve
Plastic Strain Fatigue Life Estimation Methods
Cumulative Damage and Residual Strength Models
Effects of Mean Stress on Fatigue Life
Cycle Counting in Variable Amplitude Stress Exposures
Weibull Analysis of Fatigue Life
Creep Loading and Creep‐Fatigue
Summary
Bibliography
17 10 Fatigue Failure in a Biological Environment Introduction Responses of Inert Versus Biological Materials to Stress Healing of Damaged Tissues Self‐Healing in Engineered Materials Factors Influencing Healing Kinetics Effects of Personal Characteristics on Wound Healing Summary Bibliography
18 11 Injury and Self‐Repair of Musculoskeletal Tissues Introduction Injury‐Induced Inflammation Wound Healing—Physiological Versus Pathological Unique Injury and Healing Mechanisms and Capacity in Specific Musculoskeletal and Neural Tissues Effects of Continued Tissue Loading on the Healing Process Summary Bibliography
19 12 Personal Characteristics and MSD Risk Introduction Biological Variability Age Sex Body Size and Composition Fatigue Failure Implications Regarding Personal Characteristics Summary Bibliography
20 13 Using Fatigue Failure Principles to Assess MSD Risk Introduction Application of Fatigue Failure Principles to MSD Risk Assessment General Principles of Fatigue Failure Theory Fatigue‐Failure Based Risk Assessment Tools Current and Future Developments Summary Bibliography
21 14 Implications for MSD Prevention Introduction The importance of Assessing Cumulative Damage Identifying and Managing Risky Tasks Stress Reduction/Cycle Reduction The Load/Repetition Trade‐off The Central Role of Tissue Strength Impaired Healing and the Fatigue Life of Musculoskeletal Tissues Rest Job Rotation Exoskeletons and MSD Prevention Summary Bibliography
22 15 Optimizing Musculoskeletal Health Introduction General Reducing MSD Risk in Occupational Settings Treatment of Injuries Summary Bibliography
23 16 Status of Knowledge and Unanswered Questions Introduction Improved Characterization of Musculoskeletal Tissue Properties Improved Characterization of the Damage Response to Repeated Stress of Musculoskeletal Tissues In Vivo Characterization of the Remodeling and Healing Responses in Musculoskeletal Tissues Musculoskeletal Stress Thresholds Musculoskeletal Tissues in the Resting State Risk Assessment in Epidemiological Studies Assessing the Risk of Multiple Loading Modes Dwell and Combination Loading Summary Bibliography
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