Kinesiology 2241A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Statics
24 Oct 2014
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Chapter 1: study and analysis of human movement. 1. 1 kinesiology and biomechanics: areas of study: study human movement from various perspectives, biomechanical, psychological, philosophical, sociological, physiological, kinesiology. Study of human movement from anatomical or mechanical perspective: biomechanics structure and function of human system (i. e. skeletal, articular, neuromuscular systems) Study in which knowledge and methods of mechanics are applied to. Study concerned with measures of body"s physical characteristics: measurement of body size, shape, height, composition, weight, volume. Study of the mechanical aspects of any system 2 categories: statics study of factors associated with non-moving systems, dynamics study of factors associated with systems in motion, kinematics, kinetics. Study of time and space factors of motion of a system. Study of the forces acting on a body influencing its movement. 1. 2 approaches for studyign movement: two approaches for analyzing biological and mechanical aspects of movement, quantitative describing movement of body in numerical terms.
