Course Description
The various instrumentation and methodological techniques used in biomechanics and associated career settings. Application of major biomechanical principles in laboratory activities.
Athena Title
BIOMECHANICS LAB
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in EXRS 3600 or KINS 3600 or EXRS 4200/6200
Prerequisite
CBIO 2200-2200L and (PHYS 1111-1111L or PHYS 1211-1211L)
Corequisite
KINS 4200
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The student will be able to: 1. Apply biomechanical principles to human movement situations: performance, training, rehab, injury prevention, etc. 2. Evaluate movement technique using a movement analysis model. 3. Evaluate the mechanics of exercises and activities as they affect the human body. 4. Evaluate external devices used for activities of daily living, exercise and sport. 5. Apply principles related to internal tissue loading to improving tissue structure and function, and to injury prevention.
Topical Outline
I. Introduction A. Definitions/terminology/types of analyses B. Reference planes/axes II. Intro. Kinetic Concept: A. Internal loading: Mechanical loading on human tissues III. Linear Kinematics A. Measuring kinematic quantities of human movement B. Measuring/evaluating gait and dynamic posture IV. Linear Kinetics A. Interpret ground reaction force (GRF) curves for locomotor movements B. Impulse-momentum principle: Interpret GRF-time curves to assess how momentum is increased/decreased V. Angular Motion A. Angular kinematics: measuring/interpreting angles and other kinematic quantities B. Torque and equilibrium C. Equilibrium, stability and balance VI. Angular Kinetics A. Application of Newton's Laws of Motion, ang. analogues VII. Energetics: Work, Power and Energy
Syllabus
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