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HL30056: Further biomechanics

[Page last updated: 04 August 2021]

Academic Year: 2021/2
Owning Department/School: Department for Health
Credits: 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • cw (In class test) (CW 10%)
  • CW (presentation) (CW 40%)
  • CW (set exercise) (CW 50%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites: Before taking this module you must take HL20108 OR ( take HL20503 AND take HL20504 )
Aims: To evaluate and apply advanced biomechanical methods and integrate different biomechanical data to analyse how motion is produced.

Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit students should be able to:
* Interpret ground reaction forces in sport and exercise activities.
* Determine internal joint forces and muscle moments using inverse dynamic and quasi-static techniques.
* Evaluate methods for determining human body segmental inertia parameters.
* Demonstrate an understanding of the influence of data processing and error in kinematic and kinetic data management.
* Assess technique using kinetic analyses to determine the role and function of specific muscle groups in dynamic human activity.

Skills: Knowledge and Understanding - taught, facilitated and assessed
Intellectual Skills - taught, facilitated and assessed
Professional Practical Skills - facilitated
Written Communication - facilitated and assessed
Spoken Communication - facilitated and assessed
Numeracy - taught, facilitated and assessed
Data acquisition, Handling and Analysis - taught, facilitated and assessed
Information Technology - facilitated and assessed
Problem Solving - taught, facilitated and assessed
Working Independently - facilitated and assessed
Working as part of a group - facilitated and assessed.

Content: Application of biomechanical principles to the understanding and analysis of selected sport or exercise activities.
Inverse dynamics analysis.
Data integration and differentiation.
Inertia models, moment of inertia and angular momentum calculations.
Sources of errors in biomechanical measurement
The use of kinematic and kinetic analyses for enhancing understanding of technique in sporting and exercise activities.

Programme availability:

HL30056 is Optional (DEU) on the following programmes:

Department for Health
  • UHHL-AFB01 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science (Year 3)
  • UHHL-ACB04 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Combined Professional Placement and Study Abroad (Year 4)
  • UHHL-AAB02 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Study year abroad (Year 4)
  • UHHL-AKB04 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Professional Placement (Year 4)
  • UHHL-AFM01 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science (Year 3)
  • UHHL-AFM01 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science (Year 4)
  • UHHL-ACM01 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Combined Professional Placement and Study Abroad (Year 4)
  • UHHL-ACM01 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Combined Professional Placement and Study Abroad (Year 5)
  • UHHL-AAM01 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Study year abroad (Year 4)
  • UHHL-AAM01 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Study year abroad (Year 5)
  • UHHL-AKM01 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Professional Placement (Year 4)
  • UHHL-AKM01 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Professional Placement (Year 5)

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2021/22 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2022/23 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2021/22.
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