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Biomechanics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:12.08.2024 10:57:37
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_277 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.67 | ECTS: | 4.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Mechanics; Biomechanics | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Guna Semjonova | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, Anninmuizas boulevard 26a, rk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Human anatomy. Knowledge of physics and mathematics. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To promote knowledge of key issues in medical biomechanics. To promote understanding of the role of biomechanical laws in the diagnostic principles of human movement and in the diagnosis of abnormal movement patterns. To learn the types of biomechanical problems covered in the course and how to solve them using the knowledge acquired. To learn the types of biomechanics problems covered in the course and the methodology for solving them. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Biomechanics. Directional and rotational movement. Human skeleton. Levers and connections. Equilibrium conditions of the human body. | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Lectures | 1.00 | other | ||||||
| 3 | Theory of elasticity. Deformation. Viscose elastic structures, their types and properties. Mechanical fluctuations. Basics of Human tissue biomechanics. Biomechanics of movement in the spine and extremities. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Motion research methods. Analysis of human progress. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Motion research methods. Analysis of human progress. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Role of biomechanics in prosthetic manufacturing field. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Changes in gait due to lower limb prosthetics. Prosthetics component biomechanics. Biomechanics principles of upper limb orthoses. Problems in prosthetic manufacturing. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Practical work: Analysis of gait for one case. Execution of the algorithm in the branching scenario, interactive lecture and 3 interactive video exercises. Preparation for the mid-term test and the final exam. Preparation for the oral questions at the beginning of the lectures on the topics covered in the previous lectures. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Cumulative grade in the first semester (50%): 1) attendance of all lectures (10%); 2) independent practical work: analysis of one case study (20%); 3) completion of the algorithm for the analysis of an observation in a branching scenario, the interactive lecture and the 3 interactive video assignments, obtaining the maximum score (10%); 4) midterm: multiple-choice test (10%). Second semester exam (50%): 40 multiple-choice questions on all topics covered in the course. Where half of the questions are related to the assessment of biomechanical parameters during the course. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon successful completion of the course, students identify the main biomechanical properties of soft and hard biological tissues; define the behaviour of biological tissues when subjected to loading. Calculate the main mechanical parameters of biological tissues; distinguish between passive and active structures of the human musculoskeletal system. Analyse the biomechanics of physiologically normal movement; distinguish between the physiology and pathology of gait. Identifies biomechanical problems in prosthetics and orthotics. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Successful completion of the course will result in students being able to locate scientific research in the field of biomechanics. They can calculate the main parameters of biomechanics: maximum stress, deformation and elastic modulus of biomaterials, forces and support reaction forces in different joints. Be able to analyse the movement of one or more segments of the human body and their interaction during physiologically normal and abnormal gait. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | As a result of successful completion of the course, students analyse and justify normal and abnormal variations in biomechanical parameters during gait. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | J. Hamill, K.M. Knutzen. Biomechanical Basis of Human Movement. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2022, 491 p. | ||||||||
| 2 | Nihat Ozkaya, Margareta Nordin. Fundamentals of Biomechanics. Equilibrium, Motion, and Deformation. Springer-Verlag, 2012, 393 p. | ||||||||
| 3 | Duane Knudson. Fundamental of Biomechanics. Springer, 2021, 298 p. | ||||||||
| 4 | Pitkin, Mark R. Biomechanics of Lower Limb Prosthetics. 2010, Springer. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 5 | Lower-limb prosthetics and orthotics : clinical concepts / Joan E. Edelstein, Alex Moroz, SLACK Incorporated, 2011. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 6 | Atlas of Orthoses and Assistive Devices, 5th ed. Joseph B. Webster, Douglas P. Murphy, 2019, Elsevier | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Foot and ankle motion analysis : clinical treatment and technology / edited by Gerald F. Harris, Peter A Smith, Richard M. Marks, CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. | ||||||||
| 2 | Rossmann J.S., Dym C.L. Introduction to Engineering Mechanics. CRC Press, 2009, 472 p. | ||||||||
| 3 | Biomaterial Science. An Introduction to Material in Medicine. Ed. by B.D. Ratner and A.S. Hoffman, Academic Press, 2012, 484 p. | ||||||||
| 4 | Biomechanics. Principles and Applications. Ed. by D.J. Schneck and J.D. Bronzino, CRC Press, NY, 2008, 393 p. | ||||||||
| 5 | Routledge Handbook of Biomechanics and Human Movement Science. Edited by Youlian Hong and Roger Bartlett. Taylor and Francis Group, 2010. | ||||||||
| 6 | Biomechanics of the musculo-skeletal system, 3rd ed. / ed. by Benno M. Nigg, Walter Herzog, John Wiley & Sons, 2007. | ||||||||
