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Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

7

Level of learning

Intermediate

Former School/College

Former School of Health and Human Sciences

Pre-requisites

BIO10001 - Functional Anatomy of the Lower Limbs and Foot and Ankle

Unit aim

Focuses on basic biomechanics and an understanding of gait and mobility and provide a basis for the understanding of neural processes involved in the control of movement. Students will also learn how capture and interpret data recorded by biomechanical equipment, and how to apply this knowledge to the human locomotion system.

Unit content

Kinematic and Kinetic concepts - Locomotion, clinical gait analysis and analysis of dynamic movements - Tissue properties and their relationship to gait - Electromyography and muscle activation - Kinesiological Analysis- Hip, Knee, Foot & Ankle - The structural considerations of posture and core Stability - Visual and perceptual contribution to movement - Open and closed loop control models - 2D and 3D analysis of gait and mobility

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.

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to: GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 Demonstrate knowledge of the kinematic and kinetic concepts
2 Critically analyse the gait pattern of human locomotion, and be able to identify normal and gait function;
3 Apply the techniques necessary for biomechanical observation and analysis of gait
4 Conduct and interpret assessments of posture, balance and gait
5 Appreciate methods to estimate subject anthropometric data and its use in movement data collection and analysis.
6 Describe the neural processes involved in the control of movement

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate knowledge of the kinematic and kinetic concepts
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  2. Critically analyse the gait pattern of human locomotion, and be able to identify normal and gait function;
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. Apply the techniques necessary for biomechanical observation and analysis of gait
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
  4. Conduct and interpret assessments of posture, balance and gait
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  5. Appreciate methods to estimate subject anthropometric data and its use in movement data collection and analysis.
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  6. Describe the neural processes involved in the control of movement
    • GA2:
    • GA4:

Prescribed texts

  • Whittle, MW, 2007, Gait analysis - an introduction, 4th edn, Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier. ISBN: 9780750688833.
Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.