Biomechanics

Code:

319

Acronym:

B

Instance: 2009/2010 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Sports Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCD	207	Plano de Estudos a partir de 2008	3	-	8	-
		Licenciatura em Ciências do Desporto	3	-	8	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Purposes:
To study the mechanical laws that rule human movement and their importance in teaching, training, and evaluation of physical activity in sports, ergonomics and rehabilitation.

Competencies and learning outcomes:
The students should be able to identify and to apply the mechanical laws that rule human movement and their importance in teaching, training, and evaluation of physical activity in sports, ergonomics and rehabilitation.
Furthermore, they should be able to recognise a properly performed movement, and when it is not they should suggest changes that allow it to become correct from the biomechanical point of view.
The students should understand the force transmission along body segment which they may use to infer the cause of pain or injuries, whether it is located near or far from the injury.
They should be proficient in the utilization of the instruments available in a biomechanics laboratory, as well as in the interpretation of the respective results.

Program

1. Introduction to the study of biomechanics: definition and concepts.
2. Principles of mechanics:
2.1. Linear kinetics;
2.2. Angular kinetics.
3. Forces and torques:
3.1. Rotations with origin in the ground and in aerial trajectories;
3.2. Work, power, energy, centrifugal force, centripetal force, inertia, and friction;
3.3. Ai rand water drag: fluid mechanics.
4. Biomechanical evaluation
4.1. Kinematics;
4.2. Dynamometry;
4.3. Electromyography;
4.4. Biomechanical anthropometry.

Mandatory literature

Winter David A.; Biomechanics and motor control of human movement. ISBN: 0-471-50908-6
Robertson D. Gordon E. 070; Research methods in biomechanics. ISBN: 0-7360-3966-X
Bartlett Roger; Introduction to sports biomechanics. ISBN: 0-419-20840-2
Enoka Roger M.; Neuromechanics of human movement. ISBN: 0-7360-0251-0
Enoka Roger M.; Neuromechanical basis of kinesiology. ISBN: 0-87322-179-6

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical/expositive teaching with resolution of practical exercises. Laboratorial based teaching for the application of the theoretical concepts, and interpretation of the observed results.
Practical work conducted by the students under supervision of the teachers.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	0,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Students are admitted to the next text if they obtained a minimum of 7.5 poins is a 0 to 20 scale.
A minimum of 7.5 is required in all tests and in the Laboratorial Project
Attendance to classes according to law is also required.

Calculation formula of final grade

(CT1 + CT2 + CT3 + PL)/4, onde
CT1 é a classificação do primeiro teste
CT2 é a classificação do segundo teste
CT3 é a classificação do terceiro teste
PL é a classificação do projecto laboratorial

Examinations or Special Assignments

Laboratorial Project to be conducted during the last classes of the semester

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Final exam, in or out of the evaluation periods in accordance with law.

Classification improvement

Final exam