- Docente: Claudio Belvedere
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ING-IND/34
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Cesena
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Biomedical Engineering (cod. 8198)
Also valid for Campus of Bologna
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Mechanical Engineering (cod. 0938)
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students will obtain a thorough preparation on methodologies useful to conduct experiments and measurements, to plan research activities, and to analyze and discuss relevant findings related to the human motor function, with particular attention to motor disorders and orthopaedic treatments. They will acquire fundamental elements of a number of techniques aimed at assessing global and subject specific motor performance in normal, impaired and treated subjects. In this context, relevant analysis of pre-, intra- and post-operative treatments will be discussed.
Course contents
Introduction to the course.
Basics on joint biomechanics and modeling.
Gait Cycle.
Gait Analysis: basic tools and relevant integration.
Gait Analysis: main errors and relevant correction.
Gait Analysis: standard protocols.
Gait Analysis: innovative protocols extended to trunk and total body motion.
Practice in Gait Analysis laboratory: gait cycle tracking.
Practice in Gait Analysis laboratory: trunk, foot and total body motion tracking.
Podobarografia: basics.
Practice in laboratory with podobarografica platform.
Joint mechanics: the human intact knee.
joint mechanics: the human prosthetic knee.
joint mechanics: the human intact ankle.
joint mechanics: the human prosthetic ankle.
Surgical navigation: basics on theory and instrumentation.
Surgical navigation: standard and innovative applications.
Live and simulated surgery during total knee arthroplasty performed using surgical navigation.
3D video-fluoroscopy: basics and standard applications.
3D video-fluoroscopy: hands-on practice on real cases.
3D video-fluoroscopy: innovative applications.
Roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis.
Virtual Simulation Environments.
3D Printing: basics on theory and applications.
Exam Description and conclusions.
Readings/Bibliography
Course presentations provided by the professor; suggested books and scientific articles.
Teaching methods
The course consists of 20 lessons (including oral presentations and practical applications) of 3 hours each. All lessons will be held on Monday (hours: 9.30-12.30) and Thursday (hours: 9.00-12.00), 2017. The timetable may be subject to changes.
Assessment methods
Written examination followed by a brief oral discussion.
Teaching tools
High interaction between teacher and students through practical examples and related discussion; participation in real experimental sessions where students can play an active role in implementing them and become familiar with relevant instrumentation and calculation processes.
Office hours
See the website of Claudio Belvedere