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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Biomechanics of Human Movement
Module Code	MM228
School	School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
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Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Garrett McGuinness Semester 2: Garrett McGuinness Autumn: Garrett McGuinness
Module Teacher	Garrett McGuinness
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

To introduce the students to the techniques of human movement and load analysis applicable to gait analysis.To introduce the students to a range of prosthetic and orthotic devices in contemporary use.Application of the biomechanics technique in the design, patient fitting and evaluation of orthopaedic prostheses and orthoses will be illustrated.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify, describe and explain the primary instrumentation techniques for biomechanical measurement, including anthropometrical measurement techniques
2. State the assumptions underpinning inverse dynamics and forward dynamics mechanical analysis applied to the study of human motion.
3. Analyse human gait mechanics using the inverse dynamics method, based on motion data, forceplate data and anthropometric data. Calculate link segment kinematic quantities, joint reaction forces, moments, energies and power flows. Relate these quantities to prosthesis or orthosis performance.
4. Describe, explain and mathematically represent the relationship between force and velocity for muscle behaviour. Describe and explain the Hill model for muscle behaviour. Develop an equation based on the model to represent muscle function.
5. Explain the principles of operation of mechanical prostheses and orthoses. Describe standard orthotic and prosthetic design features. Explain the principles used to control gait via alignment of prostheses.
6. Conduct a full mechanical analysis from published gait and force plate data, and, working in a group, generate a well organised report presenting and interpreting the results.

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Lecture	24	2 hours per week for 12 weeks
Tutorial	12	1 hour per week
Independent learning	58	Study, problem solving.
Assignment	25	Project to calculate dynamics, power and energy flows in gait
Lab	6	Computer tutorial session
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Introduction.
Human Gait Analysis, Gait deviations.

Prosthetics and Orthotics.
Clinical diagnosis, amputation levels, causes and statistics.

Upper and Lower limb prosthetics; Upper and Lower limb Orthoses.
Indications, principles and biomechanics; mechanisms; performance for stance and swing phase control; alignment; body and externally powered devices; Orthosis Indications, basic types, force systems;.

Instrumentation and Experimental Methods.
Anthropometry, Kinematic systems, Force plates, Electromyography (EMG)..

Impulse – Momentum Methods.
Linear and angular theorems.

Link Segment Modelling.
Inverse Solution, Power, Energy, Work, Forward Solution.

Applications of inverse dynamics.
Prosthetic gait, hemiparetic gait, pathological gait.

Muscle Mechanics.
Force-velocity relationships, muscular power.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	30%	Examination Weight	70%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Group assignment	n/a	30%	Week 12

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

D.A. Winter: 2005, Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement, 3rd, John Wiley and Sons, 0-471-44989-X
Nihat Özkaya, Margareta Nordin; project editor, Dawn L. Leger; with forewords by Victor H. Frankel and Richard Skalak: 1999, Fundamentals of biomechanics, Springer, New York, 0-387-98283-3

Other Resources

None

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