BIOMECHANICS

General Foundation

General Foundation

The course is also offered to exchange programme students.

Upon completion of the course each student should be able to: 1. Describe and apply selected mechanical and anatomical principles that govern the execution of basic movement patterns and athletic skills. 2. Analyze specific movement patterns from both anatomical and mechanical perspectives. 3. Apply basic anatomical and mechanical principles to the teaching and training of motor skills.

It is a theoretical core course and is conducted weekly with two (2) two-hour lectures (6 ECTS) during the fall semester. TEACHERS: - Stergios Nikolaos, Professor (nickstergiou@phed.auth.gr) - Niko Nikolos S. Panouchakopoulos, Professor (bpanouts@phed.auth.gr). - Prof. Thomas Nikodelis, Associate Professor (nikmak@phed.auth.gr) MODE OF CONDUCT: 26 two-hour theoretical lectures Note: In selected lectures there will be a short written knowledge test in the form of multiple choice questions. Eight (8) 90-minute laboratory sessions (optional) are also conducted. Students' performance in these will be counted as a bonus in addition to their grade at a rate of 20%. VENUE DAY AND TIME: Tuesdays 3:00-4:30 p.m. and Wednesdays 11:00 -12:30a.m. Laboratory courses: Laboratory courses start in the 4th week of the course and are held in the Biomechanics Laboratory, located in the Hostel Building, New Facilities S.E.F.A.A.-A.P.T.H., Thermi. PURPOSE OF THE COURSE: Theoretical lectures: Upon completion of the course, each student should be able to: 1. Describe and apply selected mechanical and anatomical principles governing the performance of basic movement patterns and athletic skills. 2. Analyze specific movement patterns from both anatomical and mechanical perspectives. 3. Apply basic anatomical and mechanical principles to the teaching and training of motor skills. LAB: The laboratory courses have the following objectives: - To familiarize the student with the instruments and methods used in recording and evaluating body and movement parameters - to understand their practical usefulness in the daily work as a teacher of physical education and kinesiology. - to further understand the concepts of theory through examples of recording and analysis of everyday and sports movements of the human body LABORATORY EXERCISE MATERIAL: 1. 1. anthropometry 2. 1. Body mass centre finding 4. Lipometry with the method of skin folds 3. Measurement of limb length and joint kinetic width using a mobile phone 4. Measurement and assessment of isometric strength 5. Measurement and assessment of vertical jump 6. Balance assessment 7. Gait analysis METHOD AND CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION: - Final examination: 80%. - Progress test: 20%. - Laboratory exercises: +20% (reward) BIBLIOGRAPHY: Stergiou, N. (2023). Biomechanics and Footing Analysis. Athens, N.20: Athens, Greece. Keywords for internet search: biomechanics, neuromechanics, mechanics of human movement, kinematic analysis, sports biomechanics, muscle mechanics, variability, kinetic analysis, nonlinear dynamics. Information: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=8810 https://qa.auth.gr/el/class/1/600221562/M1   PROGRAMME OF THEORETICAL LECTURES 1 Introduction to the course. Definitions and History 2 Areas of biomechanical research: examples of diverse and unique questions in biomechanics. A quick look at the future of biomechanics 3 Analysis of motion. Basic terminology for motion analysis 4 Basic Biomechanics Terms/Concepts 5 Basic Mechanical Terms / Concepts 6 Basic Bone Biomechanics 7 Basic Biomechanics of Muscles I 8 Basic Biomechanics of Muscles II 9 Basic Biomechanics of Joints 10 Linear kinematics 11 Angular kinematics 12 Linear kinematics I 13 Linear kinetics II 14 Angular kinematics I 15 Angular kinematics II 16 A special case of linear kinematics: Shots 17 Mechanisms of motion. Motion capture workshops. Determinants of gait. Inverted pendulum walking. Movement in reduced gravity 18 Elastic energy storage. Running costs. Uphill and downhill. Running with weights 19 Fundamentals of gait analysis I 20 Basic principles of gait analysis II 21 Power spectrum and data smoothing (filtering) 22 Advanced Biomechanics 23 Special cases I 24 Special cases II 25 Special cases III 26 Summary

biomechanics, neuromechanics, mechanics of human movement, kinematic analysis, sports biomechanics, muscle mechanics, variability, kinetic analysis, nonlinear dynamics.

06-12-2023