- Docente: Silvia Fantozzi
- Credits: 3
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Wellness Culture: Sport, Health And Tourism (cod. 9227)
Learning outcomes
Knowing area • To know the basis of rigid body mechanics • To know the fundamentals of human movement biomechanics • To know the main protocols used in movement analysis • To know some technological solutions available for motor training and rehabilitation Practical area • To calculate the forces in a system in static equilibrium • To identify the capabilities and the limits of the foremost instruments for kinematic and dynamic measures
Course contents
Theory
Introduction to biomechanics: improving performance and injury prevention.
Bases of physics and mathematics (review).
Kinematics. Linear and angular. Human body kinematics.
Statics and dynamics: Newton's laws, free body diagram, center of mass, center of pressure, anthropometric tables, torques, moments of inertia. Angular interpretation of Newton's laws.
Biomechanics exercises: shoulder, elbow, hip and knee.
Instrumentation
Stereophotogrammetry: calibration, acquisition, and reconstruction. Errors: instrumental, anatomical landmarks mislocation, and soft tissue artifact. Experimental protocols: saflo, cast, pig.
Electromyography: physiology of the signal, recording and acquiring, analyzing and interpreting.
Force Platform: force transducers, processing force platform signals, center of pressure, combining force platform data.
Inertial Sensors: accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, calibration, IMU.
Experimental activity in a movement analysis lab.
Readings/Bibliography
Peter M. McGinnis, "Biomechanics of Exercise and Sport", 2nd Edition, Human Kinetics, 2004
D.Gordon, Robertson, Graham, Caldewll, Hamill, Kamem, Whittlesey, "Research Methods in Biomechanics", Human Kinetics, 2004
Teaching methods
Classes and experimental activities in the movement analysis laboratory
Assessment methods
Written Examination (Oral optional)
There are three parts:
- multiple-choice test on basic theory (5 points)
- exercise (12 points)
- open question on instrumentation (13 points).
Teaching tools
Blackboard, videoprojector, laboratory.
Office hours
See the website of Silvia Fantozzi