Biomechanics
Advanced biomechanics course focusing on human movement and skill through the lenses of kinematics and kinetics.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.40 GPA, 60.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.25 GPA, 46.2% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Fall 2024: 2.79 GPA, 47.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Identify, quantify and describe mechanical aspects of human activities.
Determine forces within and eternal to the human body that are necessary to achieve desired behaviors.
Determine movements and forces that result from muscle activity and external forces.
Use mechanical principles to simulate standing.
Use mechanical simulation of standing to investigate neural control of balance.
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course mapDeclared in Kinesiology,KINES 318 and (KINES 328, 337 or ANAT&PHY 337) or graduate/professional standing
- Declared in Kinesiology
- KINES 318
- KINES 328
- 337
- ANAT&PHY 337
- graduate/professional standing
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- Declared in Kinesiology
- KINES 318
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- 337
- ANAT&PHY 337
- graduate/professional standing
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.40 GPA, 60.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.25 GPA, 46.2% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Fall 2024: 2.79 GPA, 47.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).
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Topics
- Kinematics and kinetics
- Neural control of balance
- Muscle activity and external forces
Skills
- Quantifying and describing mechanical aspects of human activities
- Using mechanical principles to simulate standing
- Investigating neural control of balance using mechanical simulation
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