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KNR 282 Biomechanics of Human Movement
Dr. David Q. Thomas
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Kudos Credit goes to Dr. McCaw for his contributions to these slides.
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Why study biomechanics?
Traditional teaching and coaching methods tell you what techniques to teach or coach
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Why study biomechanics?
Biomechanics tells you why those techniques are best to teach or coach It can also tell you why some teaching and coaching techniques don’t work and need to be discontinued
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Why study biomechanics?
AT, OT, and PT students will benefit from learning biomechanics because it will help in: determining the cause of injury, aid in preventing future injury, and guide in determining best methods for rehabilitation.
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Why study biomechanics?
Exercise science students will learn the best techniques for improving fitness and enhancing exercise performance
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Why study biomechanics?
PETE students will learn how to make instructional decisions based on the science of human movement
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Learning Biomechanics
I will provide you with Concept Examples You need to come up with Application How does this concept apply to: Physical Education Teacher Education? Exercise Science? Athletic Training?
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Kinesiology Kines: Latin ==> “motion” logos: “study of”
Kinesiology = Study of Motion
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Kinesiology Includes: Anatomy & Physiology Psychology
Motor Development Pedagogy Biomechanics Exercise Physiology Athletic Training
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Biomechanics Bio = life Mechanics - study of machines
Biomechanics - study of living machines
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science concerned with
effects of forces acting on a system (body)
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Why study biomechanics?
We study biomechanics to understand how people move This information may be used to enhance performance by improving technique It may also be used to lower the risk for injury
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Why study biomechanics?
Enhance skill performance Technique improvement Improve current technique (shooting a foul shot) Develop new technique (Fosbury Flop, swim hand recovery, skating in X-country skiing, ski jumping) Equipment improvement Shoes and apparel Implements Protection devices Training improvement
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Why study biomechanics?
Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation Techniques to reduce injury Equipment designs to reduce injury
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Why study Biomechanics?
To understand how living bodies can move. Edward Muybridge
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Why study Biomechanics?
To understand how people can move. Edward Muybridge
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Why study Biomechanics?
To understand how people can move. To enhance skill performance elite athletes USOC, WNBA, MLB, etc Biomechanics in the Olympics GCUxzg&feature=related
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Enhancing Skill Performance
An example using anthropometrics
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Study of the body’s size and form
Anthropometrics Study of the body’s size and form
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Anthropometrics This would include measurements of: Height Weight
Circumferences Skinfolds Girths/diameters Etc
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Ball comparison, NBA vs WNBA
7.78/0.288 = inches
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Why study biomechanics?
To allow for comparisons
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Strength Males Versus Females
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Why study biomechanics?
Destroy myths
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Why study Biomechanics?
Can a cow really jump over the moon?
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Why study Biomechanics?
To understand how people can move. To enhance skill performance physical challenges ACL deficit CP gait Wheelchair Age-related disease
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Why study Biomechanics?
To understand how people can move. To enhance skill performance physical challenges ACL deficit CP gait Wheelchair Age-related disease
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Why study Biomechanics?
To understand how people can move. To enhance skill performance Physical development
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Why study Biomechanics?
To understand how people can move. To enhance skill performance Improve equipment
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Biomechanics and Safety
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Why study Biomechanics?
To understand how people can move. To enhance skill performance Not limited to humans
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Why study Biomechanics?
To understand how people can move. To enhance skill performance To lower the risk for injury Exercise equipment & technique shoes & surfaces braces & orthotics Equine biomechanics
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Why study Biomechanics?
To understand how people can move. To enhance skill performance To lower the risk for injury Automobiles collisions
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Why study Biomechanics?
To understand how people can move. To enhance skill performance To lower the risk for injury Automobiles collisions
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Why study Biomechanics?
To understand how people can move. Vsevolod Meyerhold’s Biomechanical Theatre 1920’s
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Why study Biomechanics?
To understand how people can move. Borelli
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Borelli http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Alfonso_Borelli
Borelli’s major scientific achievements are focused around his investigation into biomechanics. This work originated with his studies of animals. His publications, De Motu Animalium I and De Motu Animalium II, relate animals to machines and utilize mathematics to prove his theories. The anatomists of the 17th century were the first to suggest the contractile movement of muscles. Borelli, however, first suggested that ‘muscles do not exercise vital movement otherwise than by contracting.’ He was also the first to deny corpuscular influence on the movements of muscles. This was proven through his scientific experiments demonstrating that living muscle did not release corpuscles into water when cut. Borelli also recognized that forward motion entailed movement of a body’s center of gravity forward, which was then followed by the swinging of its limbs in order to maintain balance. His studies also extended beyond muscle and locomotion. In particular he likened the action of the heart to that of a piston. For this to work properly he derived the idea that the arteries have be elastic. For these discoveries, Borelli is labeled as the father of modern biomechanics.
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Why study Biomechanics?
To understand how people can move. To enhance skill performance To lower the risk for injury
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Why study Biomechanics?
To understand how people can move. To enhance skill performance To lower the risk for injury
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Why study Biomechanics?
To understand how people can move. To enhance skill performance To lower the risk for injury
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Why do we need biomechanics?
We treat symptoms of an injury, with less emphasis on etiology (cause) of an injury placebo effect vs true treatment effects high rate of reoccurrence Some of us are not doing a good job Coach: focus on strategy Teaching skills: “farm system” vs fitness: CV & strength Cater to the converted. Serve the skilled. Safety & Performance Trade-Off
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Need for biomechanics in children’s sports
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Problem-solving approach:
Quantitative analysis - mainly a clinical research perspective. Qualitative analysis - most teachers/coaches need this ability.
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Mechanics Science concerned with the effects of forces acting on objects (body) body: focus of the analysis human body individual body segment specific tissue / anatomical site balls, pucks implement: bat, stick, club
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Mechanics Science concerned with the effects of forces acting on objects (body) Rigid-body mechanics Deformable body mechanics Fluid mechanics Relativistic mechanics Quantum mechanics
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Rigid Body Mechanics Acceptable for analyzing gross movements
Assumptions body does not deform by bending, stretching or compressing segments are rigid links joined by frictionless hinges at joints
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Rigid Body Mechanics
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Basic Dimensions of Biomechanics
Length - of what size? Time - of what duration? Mass - how much matter? Inertia - what resistance to movement?
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Basic dimensions in mechanics
Describe someone out for a run
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Basic dimensions in mechanics
Describe someone out for a run Kinematics How far did she run? How long to run that far? How fast was she? How big is she? Kinetics What friction under her feet? What forces on her joints? What tension in her muscles?
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Length Measure to describe Feet, inches, miles
location at a particular point in her run how far she ran Feet, inches, miles Systeme Internationale d’Unites (SI) meter 1 m = 3.28 feet = 39 inches
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Time Measure to describe how long it takes her
seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years Systeme Internationale d’Unites (SI) second (s)
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Length & time = motion Space to move in and time during which to move
speed & velocity==> length per unit of time miles per hour m / s or m . sec-1 acceleration m/s/s or m . sec-1 . sec-1
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Inertia Inertia Who is harder to start or stop moving
resistance to a change in state of motion Who is harder to start or stop moving Olympic weight lifter Olympic gymnast
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Inertia Inertia Who is harder to start or stop moving
resistance to a change in state of motion Who is harder to start or stop moving Olympic weight lifter: has more inertia Olympic gymnast
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Inertia and Mass Inertia Mass
resistance to a change in state of motion Mass the quantity of matter a body possesses quantifies inertia (the measure of inertia) Greater mass, greater inertia resistance to change state of motion units are kilogram (kg) or slug (English) Not the same as weight
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Importance of Inertia & Mass
Provide an example of changing motion in sport exercise workplace
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Importance of Inertia & Mass
Provide an example of changing motion in Sport: size expectations of different positions (i.e. interior defensive linemen) Exercise: alter mass to be moved to increase load on NMS system (i.e. push-up) Workplace: alter mass of components to reduce load (i.e. cement bags, engine blocks)
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3 basic dimensions All that is needed to describe
Length Time Mass Force: defined from the above a push or pull acting on a body All that is needed to describe and explain the motion of objects
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Biomechanics Professional Societies
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Research in Biomechanics: Journals & Magazines
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Biomechanics Textbooks
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Biomechanics Lab at ISU Research Not to know is bad.
Not to wish to know is worse.
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