HSCS 2221 Kinesiology and Biomechanics

This course applies the physical laws of motion to human performance. Students will learn how the muscles and joints function to produce movement through changes in external and internal forces, how to calculate projectile and body kinematics, and how to evaluate sports skills to improve performance.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

BIOL 2100 and BLAB 2100 or instructor permission.

Typically Offered

Demorest Campus: fall

Student Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes:

Students will describe the principles of osteokinematics and arthrokinematics and their influence on body movement and assess a patient's function for pathomechanical motion.

Students will analyze sport skills/movements in the context of the body’s mechanical system (body segments) and resulting functional performance.

Demonstrate knowledge of the normal anatomical structures of the human body systems and their biomechanical function.

Students will use directional terms and cardinal planes used to describe the body and the relationship of its parts.

Students will define and apply the principles and concepts of body movement including functional classification of joints, joint biomechanics, normal ranges of motion, joint action terminology, muscular structures responsible for joint movements, skeletal muscle contraction, and kinesthesia/proprioception.

Students will apply the laws of motion to sports skills/movements and use those laws to enhance learning or performance.

Students will calculate projectile and body kinematic data.