KNES 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Movement Of Animals, Structural Biology, Upper Paleolithic
25 Jan 2017
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Etymology: biology + mechanics: biology: study of living things, mechanics: forces and motion. Common definition: study of the human body in motion very vague. Asb definition (hatze, 1974) american society of biomechanics the methods of mechanics: study of the structure and function of biological systems by means of. Physiology: human physiology, exercise physiology, applied physiology. Statics - absence of motion in respect to time. Dynamics position will change in respect time. Kinematics (description of the motion: relativistic (einstein, quantum (planck) Atistotle: 384-322 bc, de motu animalium, runners run faster when they swing their arms. Gelen: ad 129-216, father of modern anatomy, muscle: agonists and antagonists. Borelli: father of biomechanics: first biomechanist, first to study the motion and function of animal body as if it were a machine, contractile theory of motion, load affects the forces that muscles need to carry external forces. 1900s: the gait century: technological advances.
