Kinesiology 2241A/B- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 126 pages long!)

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2241A/B
• Professor: Thomas Richard Jenkyn

Document Summary

Spencer engineering building room 2051 tjenkyn@uwo. ca (won"t respond to e-mail) 4 virtual labs: once per month, reports are about 2 pages of text, plus figures graphs, etc, types and handed in to ta at the beginning of class. 4 assignments: once per month, written, due at start of wednesday lecture. Evaluation: 4 lab reports (5% each, total of 20% of course marks, 4 written assignments (2. 5% each, total of 10% of course mark, midterm exam (20% of course mark) Biomechanics: application of physics to the understanding of the motions and deformations of body segments, organs, structures, tissues, cells due to forces, pressures, torques, shears, etc. Linked rigid body biomechanics: divide body into different segments, assume all segments are rigid, extremely simplified model of movements. The mathematical method used is the same for humans and for robots. Use of x-rays enables viewing structures of interest.