66148 - BIOMECHANICS OF MOTOR FUNCTION M

Learning outcomes

Students will acquire a basic preparation that allows them to design experiments, design measures and discuss the results of the analysis of human motor function, with particular attention to orthopaedic pathologies and treatments. They will acquire fundamental elements of a series of methods for measuring the global function and specific performance of individual reconstructive implants of anatomical structures, as well as techniques for designing these implants. The analyses concern intra- and post-operative evaluations.

Course contents

Starting this year, the course "Biomechanics of Motor Function" resumes, focusing on all aspects of biomechanics of human movement. The contents of the course this year will be:

- Fundamentals of movement physiology

- Motor control

- Methods for measuring movement

- Wearable sensors in clinical trials

- Modelling of motor function

- Modelling of suboptimal control

- Credibility of movement dynamics models

- Clinical applications of movement dynamics models

Readings/Bibliography

Latash, M. L. Fundamentals of Motor Control. Academic Press, ISBN: 978-0124159563.

Teaching methods

The course is organised in two components: live lectures for frontal teaching and a hands-on computer modelling laboratory with state-of-the-art software (OpenSIM).

Assessment methods

Oral examination.

To guarantee a practical understanding of the modelling techniques covered by the course, the exercises must all be delivered before taking the exam and recording the grade. They can contribute in a small part to the final grade.

Given the advanced nature of the course, the contents of which change every year according to the evolution of research in the sector, attendance at lectures and tutorials is strongly recommended.

Teaching tools

OpenSim for modeling the dynamics of human movement

Links to further information

https://youtu.be/nWITHOJR87k

Office hours

See the website of Marco Viceconti

See the website of Giorgio Davico