• Spine · Jan 2000

    Biography Historical Article

    Giovanni Alfonso Borelli: "Father of spinal biomechanics".

    • M T Provencher and W A Abdu.
    • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
    • Spine. 2000 Jan 1; 25 (1): 131-6.

    AbstractThe 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.

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