Biomechanics
- the science concerned with the action of forces,
internal and external, on the living body. (From Stedman’s
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions (3rd
Edition - 1997))
Biomechanics - the application of the principles
and techniques of mechanics to the structure, functions,
and capabilities of living organisms. (From Webster’s
New World Dictionary)
Medicine - the art of preventing, diagnosing
and treating disease. (From Stedman’s Medical
Dictionary for the Health Professions (3rd Edition
- 1997))
Medicine - the science and art of diagnosing,
treating, curing and preventing disease, relieving
pain, and improving and preserving health. (From Webster’s
New World Dictionary)
These two sets of definitions provide a basis
for making a clear distinction between a biomechanical
causation opinion and a medical causation opinion.
Northstar Biokinetics does not dispute medical causation
opinions. Our biomechanists do not argue
that the paralysis is due to brain trauma rather than
spinal cord compression or that spinal cord compression
is the result of vertebral body fracture failure rather
than retrolisthesis. Instead, the biomechanist accepts
the medical diagnosis and is focused on the process
that produced the injury - the result of internal
or external forces on the structures of the human
body.
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