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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Advanced
Former School/College
Pre-requisites
BIO00207 - Mechanics for Movement and BIO00209 - Biomechanics and Kinesiology
Unit aim
In this unit there is a strong emphasis on learning practical skills for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of human movement, including ethical aspects of research with humans. Students will apply the principles of biomechanics, with other areas of kinesiology, in the analyses and reporting of selected human movements.
Unit content
This unit will cover: Quantitative data sampling and processing techniques; temporal, kinematics and kinetic profiles fundamental to healthy and clinical gait analysis; ethical issues related to biomechanical research and movement analyses; qualitative and quantitative kinematic analysis including development of a research question, preparation of an informed consent form, data collection, analysis and report including a comparison of the results with the literature; methods related to assessing muscle activation patterns and understanding muscle activation patterns for healthy and pathological gait.
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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| 1 | outline and integrate an understanding of applied biomechanics and common measurement techniques used to conduct qualitative and quantitative biomechanical analyses | |||||||
| 2 | outline and integrate an understanding of the kinematics, kinetics and muscle activation patterns of basic human movements, including gait | |||||||
| 3 | apply biomechanical knowledge to perform ethical qualitative and quantitative analyses of human movement and communicate their findings in a scientific format | |||||||
| 4 | interpret temporal, kinematic, kinetic and muscle activation data fundamental to healthy walking, running and clinical gait analyses. | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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outline and integrate an understanding of applied biomechanics and common measurement techniques used to conduct qualitative and quantitative biomechanical analyses
- GA1:
- GA4:
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outline and integrate an understanding of the kinematics, kinetics and muscle activation patterns of basic human movements, including gait
- GA1:
- GA4:
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apply biomechanical knowledge to perform ethical qualitative and quantitative analyses of human movement and communicate their findings in a scientific format
- GA1:
- GA3:
- GA4:
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interpret temporal, kinematic, kinetic and muscle activation data fundamental to healthy walking, running and clinical gait analyses.
- GA1:
- GA4:
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.