COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MUSCLE-JOINT BIOMECHANICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BES 6018 MUSCLE-JOINT BIOMECHANICS ELECTIVE 2 2 0 9

Offered By

Physical Education and Sport Doctoral

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Physical Education and Sport Doctoral

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to understand and analyze the human movement system with the basis of mechanical principles. This course also aims analysis of advanced and complex dynamics systems of human body parts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to use classical mechanical knowledge in human movement.
2   To be able to calculate the mass centers, inertia moments and general mass centers of human body parts.
3   To be able to calculate the center of rotation of joints.
4   To be able to make inverse dynamic and dynamic calculations used in biomechanical modeling.
5   To be able to analyze multi-body mechanical systems.
6   To be able to make soft tissue biomechanics and mechanical modeling.
7   To be able to perform biomechanical analysis of human motion with motion analysis and superficial electromyography.
8   To be able to understand the bases of fluid mechanics and make simple calculations.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course, What is biomechanics
2 Modelling in biomechanics.
3 Laws of Motion: A historical perspective. Addition and subtraction of vectors , time derivatives of vectors, position, velocity, and acceleration , Design a Gravity Game in MATLAB.
4 Free Fall of an Object: An Experiment by Galileo, modelling in Simulink, how to animate the simulations.
5 Particles in motion, centre of mass, how to calculate the centre of mass : Dempster, Clauser regression models for centre of mass. Moment of a force, moment of momentum about a stationary point, solving the differential equation in Matlab and Simuli
6 Inverse dynamics and the link segment model, Inverse dynamics modelling with Simmechanics
7 Capturing, recording and processing a sample of movement for kinematical analysis.
8 Mid-Term
9 Calculating joint reaction force and moments of the example movement by using inverse dynamics approach.
10 Calculating joint reaction force and moments of the example movement by using inverse dynamics approach.
11 Instantaneous Centre of Rotation (ICR), How do we determine the position of the ICR for joints
12 What is electromyography (EMG) The relationship between EMG signal and the force applied by muscle.
13 Viscoelastic materials, spring and damper mechanical elements for viscoelastic modelling, how to create a model with Simulink.
14 Linear Momentum and Impulse, Elastic and Inelastic Collision, Two-Body Linear Collisions, Friction, Collision Animation in Matlab. Understanding the Free-Kick in soccer.
15 Introduction to fluid mechanics, soccer balls, mathematical model of a soccer ball in air, modelling 3 dimensional projectile motion.
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Nigg, B.M., Herzog, W., Biomechanics of the Musculo-Skeletal System, 3rd Edition, (Editors), John Wiley & Son. 2007. ISBN: 978-0470017678 Tözeren, A., Human Body Dynamics: Classical Mechanics and Human Movement, Springer. 2000. ISBN: 978-0387988016

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face-to-Face Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Observation Drill and Practice Project Design/Management

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.25 + ASG* 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + ASG* 0.25 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.25 + ASG* 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + ASG* 0.25 + RST* 0.50

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri ve Teknolojisi Yüksekokulu,
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sağlık Yerleşkesi 35340 Inciraltı/IZMIR

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 28 5 140
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparation for quiz etc. 5 3 15
Preparing assignments 1 2 2
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 233

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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