Module Title: Kinesiology and Biomechanics
Module Code: KAB201
Programme Title: Bachelor of Sports and Health Sciences
Credit Value: 12 credits
General Objectives:
This module provides students with the basic concepts of biomechanics and their applications in the field of sports and physical activities. It will further equip students with skills to improve human motion and locomotion by following the law of physics.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of the module, students will be able to
- Define biomechanics and relate biomechanics with physical exercise.
- Explain the importance historic events in the development of biomechanics.
- Differentiate and describe the concepts of kinematics and kinetics and their application in exercise and sports.
- Distinguish clinical biomechanics from sport biomechanics.
- Apply the knowledge of biomechanics on athletic training and techniques for improving sport performance.
- Identify some of the important topics of study and research in the field of biomechanics.
- Describe various ways to analyze the movements in exercise and sports
- Explain the movement analysis helps affects athletic learning and performance enhancement.
- Apply the basic principles of fluid biomechanics in sports.
Assessment Approach
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Assessment mode
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Quantity
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Weighting
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Assignments
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1
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10%
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Class Tests
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1
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5%
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Lab sessions portfolio
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1
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20%
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Class participation
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5%
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Midterm Examination
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1
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10%
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Total Continuous Assessment (CA)
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50%
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Summative Assessment (2.5 Hours written examination)
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1
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50%
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Subject Matter
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Session (Hours)
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Topics
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Teaching & Learning Strategies
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Mode of Assessment
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1(15 Hrs)
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1. Unit I. Physics and basic body movements
1.1. Definitions and Terminologies used in biomechanics
1.2. Types of motion
1.2.1. Linear motion
1.2.2. Angular motion
1.2.3. General motion
1.3. Various movements of the body
1.4. 1.4. Spatial reference system
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Lecture
Video Demonstration
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Assignment
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2(20 Hrs)
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2. Unit II. Kinetics and the effect of loading on tissues
2.1. Definitions related to kinetics
2.2. Mechanical loads on human body
2.2.1. Compression
2.2.2. Tension
2.2.3. Shear
2.2.4. Acute versus repetitive loads
2.3. Effects of loading
2.3.1. Acceleration
2.3.2. Deformation
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Lecture
Video Demonstration
Lab session
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Class test
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3(10 Hrs)
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3. Unit III. Analysis of movements in sports
3.1. Qualitative analysis of motion
3.1.1. Video analysis
3.1.2. Other measurement/analysis techniques (mention some of the techniques)
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Lecture, Video Demonstration
Practical
Class discussion
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4(15 Hrs)
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4. Unit IV. Applied biomechanics
4.1. Biomechanical characteristics of walking
4.2. Biomechanical characteristics of running
4.3. Biomechanical characteristics of jumping
4.4. Biomechanical characteristics of throwing
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Lecture
Video
Field Demonstration
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Midterm examinations
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5(20 Hrs)
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5. Unit V. Sport biomechanics
5.1. Factors increasing the risk of injury and pain
5.2. Ways to improve performance
5.2.1. Technique improvements
5.2.2. Equipment improvement
5.2.3. Training improvements
5.2.4. Injury prevention
5.3. Projectiles
5.4. Kinetic Link Principle
5.5. Ergonomics in sport
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Lecture
presentation
Video
Demonstration
Lab
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Presentation
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6(10 Hrs)
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6. Unit VI. Fluid biomechanics
6.1. Propulsion through a fluid
6.2. Buoyancy
6.3. Drag
6.4. Swimming and fluid dynamics
6.5. The Bernoulli and Magnus effect
6.6. Aerodynamics in various sports
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Lecture,
Video demonstration
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Assignment
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7(45 Hrs)
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7. Laboratory/field demonstrations (for relevant topics in all units above)
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Demonstrations of different movements and measurements
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Portfolio
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Reading List
Mandatory Reading:
Potteiger, J. A. (2011). ACSM’s Introduction to Exercise Science
Sewell, D., Watkins, P., & Griffin, M. (2014). Sports and exercise science: an introduction
Supplementary Reading:
Grimshaw, P., & Burden, A. (2007). Sport and Exercise Biomechanics
Payton, C. J., & Bartlett, R. M. (2008). Biomechanical Evaluation of Movements in Sport and Exercise
Watkins, J. (2018). Laboratory and Field Exercise in Sports and Exercise Biomechanics.