COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MOVEMENT SCIENCE AND ANALYSIS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTR 5073 MOVEMENT SCIENCE AND ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SEHER ÖZYÜREK

Offered to

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

It is aimed to provide the student knowledge and skills on the basic principles of movement, movement analysis and assessment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the basic principles of movement.
2   Understands the basics of movement, gains the ability to reflect this information to the clinic.
3   Knows the evaluation principles of human movement.
4   Defines the methods and tools in common use.
5   Gains the ability to analyze in individual-oriented applications.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to movement analysisi. assessment of conventional knowledge
2 Fundamentals and history of movement analysis
3 Fundamentals and history of movement analysis
4 Laws of movement (Newton)
5 Fundamentals of human movement, it's control and energetics
6 Fundamentals of human movement, it's control and energetics
7 Quadripedalism and Bipedalism
8 Quadripedalism and Bipedalism
9 Tensegrity in human movement system
10 Tensegrity in human movement system
11 Wearable sensors in movement analysis (IMUs, EMG sensors, Smart devices, insole pressure sensors)
12 Gait analysis (marker-based, markerless, wearable sensors)
13 Pedabarographic analysis
14 Electromyographic analysis
15 Thermographic analysis

Recomended or Required Reading

1)Jacquelin Perry and Judith M. Burnfield, gait analysis: Normal and Pathological
Function, 2nd ed. Slack Inc, 2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-15564-2766-4
2) Ellen Kreighbaum, Katharina Barthels, Biomechanics: a Qualitative approach for
studying Human Movement, 4th Ed, Allyn& Bcon Inc. 1996, ISBN:0205186513

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) student presentations
2) inter active
3) practice

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRF PERFORMANCE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRF


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

There are two lecturers in this course. The course will be held on mondays as a three jours course between 10.20-13.45. The lecturers will attend the course according to the outline and their credits. The first lecturer (10 weeks) and second lecturer (5 weeks). The contents are provided in the course outline.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 3 45
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Web Search and Library Research 14 4 56
Preparing presentations 5 3 15
Quiz etc. 1 1 1
Final Assignment 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 169

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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