HESC1501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Muscle Contraction, Skeletal Muscle, Intercalated Disc
30 Jul 2018
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Lecture 6 - 20/03/18 - the mechanical basis of movement 1. Definition of biomechanics: the application of mechanics (physics and mathematics) to the living organism, the study of biological structures, processes and functions by applying the methods and principles of mechanics. Branches of biomechanics: cardiovascular and respiratory biomechanics, dental biomechanics, cellular biomechanics, zoological biomechanics, plant biomechanics, orthopaedic biomechanics, rehabilitation biomechanics, sports biomechanics. Involves a systematic analysis of movement based c biomechanical concepts but without actual measurement. Involves anatomical descriptions of joint rotations: quantitative analysis, requires a numerical evaluation of an individual"s movement, requires precise mathematical measurements of musculoskeletal, both kinematics and kinetics can be analysed using a quantitative or qualitative motions approach. These parameters do not provide any information on the forces that contribute to causing a movement, they only describe the movement that occurs. Is the description of circular/rotational motion around a fixed axis.
