Description:
| Aims: This unit aims to:
* teach the student the fundamental principles of biomechanics that allows human motion under both static and dynamic states;
* provide the student with an understanding of the underlying principles and how they are applied in order to evaluate human motion.
Learning Outcomes: At the end of this unit students will be able to:
* explain the basic principles of biomechanics that govern human motion;
* examine the application of biomechanical principles in order to evaluate human motion;
* explain the effects of fluid forces on human and projectile motion;
* present a model for biomechanical analysis of human motion.
Skills:
* professional development skills;
* communication skills;
* improving own learning and performance;
* working with others;
* problem solving.
Content:
* basic principles of biomechanics: forces of motion, mechanical systems, anatomical referencing (positions, planes, axes, plane movements, directional terms), Newton's Laws of Motion;
* application of biomechanical principles: linear and angular motion, interaction between bodies (force, reaction force, friction), projectile motion, angular rotation, equilibrium in human movement and power and energy (kinetic and potential energy, conservation of energy);
* effects of fluid forces;
* biomechanical analysis of human motion.
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