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MECH 494  Kinematics Of Human Motion  Units: 3.50  
In this course students will explore the application of classical mechanics to the analysis of human motion related to athletics, orthopaedics, and rehabilitation. The course covers the structure of human joints, including experimental and analytical techniques in the study of human joint kinematics; applications to the design of artificial joints and to clinical diagnosis and treatments. Students are introduced to the motion capabilities of the human body and how to develop and study kinematic models of the individual joints of the human body. Experimental methods used to collect kinematic data will be studied through interactive labs. Topics include defining body position and displacement, three dimensional representation of human motion, basic functional anatomy of individual joints, rigid body kinematics (homogeneous transformations, Euler angles, helical axis), intrajoint kinematics, joint modelling, articular surface motion. Three-dimensional kinematics of individual joints is emphasized from the perspective of total joint replacement design.
(Lec: 2, Lab: 1, Tut: 0.5)
Requirements: Prerequisites: MECH 393 and MECH 394, or permission of instructor Corequisites: Exclusions:   
Offering Term: W  
CEAB Units:    
Mathematics 0  
Natural Sciences 0  
Complementary Studies 0  
Engineering Science 12  
Engineering Design 30  
Offering Faculty: Smith Engineering  

Course Learning Outcomes:

  1. Understand the anatomical and mechanical analysis of human movement.
  2. Appreciate the complexity of living species with regard to the motion they produce.
  3. Evaluate the design of total joint replacements with respect to their kinematics.
  4. Perform an analysis of three dimensional, six degree of freedom rigid body motion, expressing the results in terms of Euler angles, homogeneous matrices, or helical axis parameters.
  5. Quantify the motion of articulating joints in terms of the centres and axes of rotation, and the behaviour of the contact kinematics.
  6. Carry out a motion capture experiment, and convert marker coordinate data into meaningful measurements of body position and orientation.
  7. Describe the function of a human joint in terms of the articulating bones, major ligaments and muscles.