TY - CHAP AU - Kazushige Oshita AU - Sumio Yano ED - Ganesh R. Naik Y1 - 2012-03-23 PY - 2012 T1 - Functional Significance of Force Fluctuation During Voluntary Muscle Contraction N2 - Biological engineering is a field of engineering in which the emphasis is on life and life-sustaining systems. Biological engineering is an emerging discipline that encompasses engineering theory and practice connected to and derived from the science of biology. The most important trend in biological engineering is the dynamic range of scales at which biotechnology is now able to integrate with biological processes. An explosion in micro/nanoscale technology is allowing the manufacture of nanoparticles for drug delivery into cells, miniaturized implantable microsensors for medical diagnostics, and micro-engineered robots for on-board tissue repairs. This book aims to provide an updated overview of the recent developments in biological engineering from diverse aspects and various applications in clinical and experimental research. BT - Applied Biological Engineering SP - Ch. 11 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/35850 DO - 10.5772/35850 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-30 ER -