Module Information
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 22 x 1 hour lectures |
| Practical | 11 x 2 hour practical sessions |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Short Quizees delivered via Blackboard following Practicals | 10% |
| Semester Assessment | 2,000 word essay written in groups of two to three students | 40% |
| Semester Exam | 2 Hours Semester Examination Including multiple choice,short answer and essay style questions. | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Retake failed component Supplementary Exam - 2 hours - 50% Supplementary Assessment: Individual 2,000 word essay - 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Demonstrate knowledge of the kinematics and kinetics of angular movement with applications to sport and exercise.
Interpret biomechanical data associated with complex movements, e.g. kinematic and kinetic gait data.
Demonstrate knowledge of the following techniques: use of a force plate; use of a motion analysis system, computation of body segment inertial data, computation of resultant joint moments, methods of estimating individual joint forces.
Appreciate the nature and significance of error in biomechanical measurement techniques.
Demonstrate knowledge of the role of modelling in biomechanics.
Critically read and interpret biomechanics literature.
Aims
Biomechanics is one of the three disciplines within the Sport & Exercise Science degree programme. This module will extend the concepts and approaches taught in the Level 1 module SS11020 to angular mechanics, and complex whole body movement. The methodology underlying such analyses will also be covered.
Content
Definition and computation of angular kinematic quantities.
Newton's Laws in their angular formulation.
Methodology: motion analysis, force plates, anthropometry.
Interpretation of resultant joint moment profiles in gait analysis.
Muscle-tendon mechanical properties and the use of modeling in biomechanics.
Brief description
This module is concerned with angular mechanics and the biomechanics of complex movements. Laboratory experimentation will provide the opportunity for students to develop practical skills in the use of a range of analysis equipment such as a force plate and computer-based motion analysis. A range of sport and exercise situations will be used to illustrate the mechanical principles considered. These could include kinematic analysis of walking; the kinetics of weight lifting; the computation of resultant joint moments and the use of musculo-skeletal modeling in biomechanics.
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | Calculations associated with practical work. |
| Communication | Group Essay |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Group Essay, practical work. |
| Information Technology | Using computers to collect and process data during practical work. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Student evaluations of essay |
| Problem solving | Group Essay |
| Research skills | Practical laboratory work |
| Subject Specific Skills | |
| Team work | Group Essay. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5