title: Giovanni Alfonso Borelli: "Father of spinal biomechanics".
abstract: The first modern textbook on spinal biomechanics was written by Giovanni Alfonso Borelli in 1680. A mathematician, astronomer, and physicist by trade, Borelli became consumed in the physical laws of nature and the human body. His work served as a monumental contribution to ascertain, in depth and with undiminished accuracy, the basic biomechanical principles of the human body.
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Provencher
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Abdu
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D013131:Spine / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D013782:Textbooks as Topic / Q000266:history*