SP2003 - Functional Kinesiology and Biomechanics
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 4 |
| Administered by: | School of Engineering |
Describing motion; joint classifications and movement characteristics; identification of major muscles, origins, insertions and actions; qualitative and quantitative analysis of movements. Forces and torques; movement responses to applied forces; linear kinematics; projectile trajectory and motion; rectilinear and curvilinear motion; angular kinematic variables; angular and linear displacement/velocity/acceleration; Newtons laws of motion and gravitation; friction; impulse and momentum; mechanical work, power and energy; levers; centre of gravity; balance and stability; fluid dynamics in sport; kinetic link principles.
Learning Outcomes
- to develop an objective and scientific approach to the study of human movement;
- to develop an understanding of the structure and function of the human musculoskeletal system, particularly under movement conditions;
- to develop skills in the kinesiological analysis of motion;
- to understand the fundamental concepts of mechanics applicable to the study of human motion.
| Prerequisites: | SP1001 and (PH1001 or PH1005 or SC1021) |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | PH2023 |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2010 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Shaun Belward. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); practical work (20%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2010 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Shaun Belward. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); practical work (20%). |
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