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EXSC 3500K, Biomechanics


Safety LESSON 1 - OVERVIEW

Introductions

Course admin/overview
• Expectations
• Syllabus/D2L
• Book

Lab Tour

Biomechanics – Introduce, Define, Examples

Assignments
• Student Info Sheet (due by tomorrow @11:59pm)
• Lab #1 – Finding Biomechanics Sources (due by Wed. @11:59pm)
• Quiz #1 - Chapters 1, 2 and 3 (due by 1/16, Tuesday @11:59pm)
Assembly Area
Introductions


You
• Name?
• Where from?
• Graduation date?
• Career path?
Introductions


Me…
• Background
• 6 years @GGC; former - military, coach, HPL, PE
inst, researcher, Ph.D. in EXSC-Biomechanics
• Classroom/teaching Philosophy
• Safety
• Respect for all
• Learning Opportunity
• Flexibility & Responsive Support
My Expectations of You


Respect for all

Work hard to understand the material and
fit it to your career interests

Come to class prepared & turn in materials
on time

Communicate in a timely manner
• Absences, problems, help needed

Have academic integrity
Your Expectations of the
Professor?

1–

2–

3–
Location, Syllabus & Book

Book: Basic Biomechanics (8th or 9th ed.),
Susan J. Hall

Location – D2L, Classroom (H1242), Lab (H1218)

Syllabus (D2L)
• Integrated Lab Course
• 75% Lecture
• 3 exams (46%)
• 1 group project (paper/presentation) (18%)
• 15 quizzes (9%)
• 1 problem set (2%)
• 25% Lab
• 15 Labs (25%)
Course Content Flow

Intro, Mechanical Concepts, Joint biomechanics &
Qualitative Analysis (Ch 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9), Exam #1
• ~ 6 quizzes
• 6 Labs – Sources, ROM, Movement/Qualitative Analysis
• Qualitative Analysis Project

Tissue and Neuromuscular biomechanics (Ch 4, 6), Exam
#2
• ~ 4 quizzes
• 5 Labs – DEXA, SSC, EMG, Balance, Biodex

Quantitative Biomechanics (Ch 10-15), Exam #3
• ~ 5 quizzes
• 4 Labs: Projectile Motion, Kinematics/Kinetics, Work/Power, COG
• 1 Problem Set: Kinematics
Graded Work Rhythm
Usually……

Class time used for hourish lecture, lab
work for remainder of time.

Quizzes usually open in D2L after lecture
and due by 11:59pm on day prior to next
class.(open book, individual effort, 1 time, 10-20 questions, 20 minutes)

Labs usually due one week after started
in class.
• Beginning with Lab #2, one lab submission in
D2L per small group (2-3)

Exams in class, ~60-70 mc, 10-15 SA.
Lab Tour
What is biomechanics?


What do you think?
What is biomechanics?

bio mechanics

• Application of mechanical principles in


the study of living organisms
• Investigation of the effects of internal and
external forces on human bodies in motion
and at rest.
History of Biomechanics

Deeply rooted scientific origins - Mathematics,
Mechanics, Anatomy, Physiology
• "The science of mechanics is the noblest and above all others the
most useful, seeing that by means of it all animated bodies which
have movements perform all their action.“
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)


Relatively new as a profession - 1967 - First
International Seminar on Biomechanics - identified
biomechanics as a new branch of science

Growing with technology
Why Study Biomechanics?


By understanding mechanical principles
and how they apply to human
movement………..

• then we can apply those principles to


improve…
Goals of Biomechanics are
to improve……..

Performance and/or Function
• Effectiveness: maximization of the output

• Efficiency: economy of energy expenditure



Safety and/or Health
• Protection from acute and chronic injury or disease
(prevention/diagnosis/rehabilitation)

………through better: Technique, Training/rehab methods,


Equipment, Rule changes
Types of Biomechanics


Sports and Exercise

Clinical

Occupational

Comparative
Sports/Exercise Biomechanics:
Improve Performance & Reduce Injury Risk through…………
technique, training, equipment, rules
Clinical Biomechanics
Rehabilitation methods, Diagnosis of injury/disease, Prosthetics/replacements,
Braces
Occupational Biomechanics:
Ergonomics, Safety, Extreme Environments
Comparative Biomechanics:
Improve Performance & Reduce Injury through… study of
non-human biomechanics
Questions or thoughts on
Biomechanics

??
Today’s Assignments


Submit Student Info Sheet to D2L by
11:59pm tomorrow night

Lab #1 – Finding Biomechanics Sources
(D2L by 11:59 PM Wednesday)
• Complete and be prepared to orally present and
discuss answers to questions in next class.
Lab #1 Discussion
in class next lesson

Each student orally presents their answers to
Lab#1 with a focus on questions:
• #1 - Describe a human movement topic in which
you have a biomechanical interest
• #4 - List 2 biomechanical citations relevant to your
interests (Journal title, Article title, date).
• #5 - Briefly describe the results one of your cited
studies and list at least one of the dependent
variables measured in the study and one type of
biomechanical technology used in the study.
LESSON 1 SUMMARY

Introductions

Course admin/overview
• Expectations
• Syllabus/D2L
• Book

Lab Tour

Biomechanics – Introduce, Define, Examples

Assignments
• Student Info Sheet (due by tomorrow @11:59pm)
• Lab #1 – Finding Biomechanics Sources (due by Wed. @11:59pm)
• Quiz #1 - Chapters 1, 2 and 3 (due by 1/16, Tuesday @11:59pm)


Next Class: Lab #1 Discussion, Chapters 2/3 Lecture

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