PHTY20020 Applied Physics and Biomechanics

Academic Year 2020/2021

This module applies the principles of physics, in particular mechanics and properties of materials, as specialised to structures of the human body and its motion. Examples of static analysis of postures of the human body are studied at an intermediate level. Examples of common car accidents and their physical consequences are studied. Specialist equipment and techniques used in human motion analysis are studied, as are the kinematics and kinetics of human gait.

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Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: 1. Apply the principles of mechanics to a number of situations specialised to the human body; 2. Discuss, at an intermediate level, knowledge of viscoelasticity and the physical properties of bone and muscle; 3. Discuss, at an intermediate level, common car accidents and their physical consequences; 4. Discuss, at an intermediate level, a knowledge of human motion analysis equipment, and 5. Discuss, at an intermediate level, the kinematic and kinetic characteristics of normal human gaits.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

6
Autonomous Student Learning

90
Online Learning

24
Total

120
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Online lectures with supplementary information online in the VLE. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Students must have one of the prerequisite modules indicated


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Pre-requisite:
PHTY10080 - Applied Physics Principles, PHYC10120 - Physics in Medicine, PHYC10150 - Physics for Engineers I

Additional Information:
Students must have any one or other of the above listed prerequisites.


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Examination: Online submission equivalent to end of trimester exam. Unspecified Yes Graded No

70
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: In course assessment: MCQ/timed online MCQ Week 12 n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

30

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

The provisional (indicative) grade of the Brightspace ICA MCQ quiz will be automatically indicated by Brightspace on submission of the quiz by the student. The anonymous grade profile histogram of the provisional quiz results for all students will be posted in Brightspace as soon as possible thereafter, in order that students may see their standing relative to other students in the class, if possible, the histogram is intended to be posted in Brightspace prior to the deadline of the students online written assignment submission.

Essential
Nordin M, and Frankel VH (2012) Basic biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system. 4th Ed. / [edited by] Margareta Nordin, Victor H. Frankel. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, London. ISBN 978-1451117097

Whittle’s Gait analysis, 5 th Ed. (2012) Churchill Livingstone, ISBN-13: 9780702042652

Norkin C, and White J (2016) Measurement of joint motion : a guide to goniometry. 5th Ed. Davis. Philadelphia ISBN-0803658478


Suggested
Hamill J, Knutzen K, & Derrick TR (2014) Biomechanical Basis of Human Movement 4 th Ed. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins ISBN-13: 9781451194043

Winter, DA (2009) Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement, 4 th Ed., John Wiley & Sons ISBN-13: 978- 0470398180

Low J, Reed A (1996) Basic biomechanics explained. Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford. ISBN 978-0750621038