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.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | outline and integrate an understanding of applied biomechanics and common measurement techniques used to conduct qualitative and quantitative biomechanical analyses | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 2 | outline and integrate an understanding of the kinematics, kinetics and muscle activation patterns of basic human movements, including gait | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 3 | apply biomechanical knowledge to perform ethical qualitative and quantitative analyses of human movement and communicate their findings in a scientific format | Intellectual rigour | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||
| 4 | interpret temporal, kinematic, kinetic and muscle activation data fundamental to healthy walking, running and clinical gait analyses. | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
Prescribed texts
Session 2
- No prescribed texts.
Teaching and assessment
Gold Coast
| Teaching method |
| Lecture online (9 weeks) |
| Tutorial on-site 2 hours (10 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Quiz | 10% |
| Quiz | 10% |
| Podcast presentation due in week 12 or 13 as determined at the start of session. | 40% |
| Practical book assessment. i.e. submission of laboratory manual with interpretations of data collected in laboratory classes during weeks 5 to 10. | 40% |
Lismore
| Teaching method |
| Lecture online (9 weeks) |
| Tutorial on-site 2 hours (10 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Quiz | 10% |
| Quiz | 10% |
| Podcast presentation due in week 12 or 13 as determined at the start of session. | 40% |
| Practical book assessment. i.e. submission of laboratory manual with interpretations of data collected in laboratory classes during weeks 5 to 10. | 40% |
Fee information
Domestic
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Commencing 2017 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 2
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