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 Academic Year:
| 2012/3 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department for Health |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment:
| CW 40%, EX 60% |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
| While taking this unit you must take HL10034. Before taking this unit you must take MA10103 or have A-level Mathematics. |
| Description:
| Aims: To provide students with basic scientific knowledge and understanding of biomechanical aspects of human locomotion and sport performance and to provide experience of carrying out simple biomechanical measurements. Learning Outcomes: At the completion of this unit students should be able to: * Describe the structure and function of the neuromuscular system and analyse co-ordinated human movements. * Demonstrate an understanding of biomechanical concepts relating to general human movement and sport performance. * Use video cameras and simple measurement devices to record and analyse the kinematics of human movements in a directed group situation. * Identify the structure and content of biomechanical scientific reports. * Produce a biomechanical report. Skills: Knowledge and Understanding of the unit content - taught, facilitated and assessed Synthesis and interpretation of information - facilitated and assessed Written Communication - taught, facilitated and assessed Spoken communication - facilitated Information Technology - taught and facilitated Problem Solving - taught, facilitated and assessed Data Acquisition, Handling and Analysis - taught, facilitated and assessed Working Independently - facilitated and assessed Working as part of a group - facilitated. Content: Neuromuscular structure and function of skeletal muscle; structure of muscle fibres and fibre types; nerve supply to and feedback from muscle; sliding filament theory of muscle contraction; factors affecting the force produced by muscle (force-length, force-velocity, force-time relationships, stretch-shortening cycle); co-ordinated movement patterns in walking and running. Linear kinematics; displacement, velocity and acceleration. Fundamentals of projectile motion. Angular kinematics; rotation, angular displacement, velocity and acceleration. Newton's laws of motion; Basic techniques for analysing human movement; operation and use of video equipment, photocells and other techniques for measuring motion and muscle function. |
| Programme availability: |
HL10038 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:Department for Health
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