AME 60673 (598Q): KINEMATICS OF HUMAN MOTION

CATALOG DATA:
An introduction to the kinematic geometry of human motion and the kinematics of individual human joints.

TEXTBOOK:
Zatskiorsky, V.M., Kinematics of Human Motion, Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL.

GOALS:
To teach students the motion capabilities of the human body and to develop and study kinematic models of the individual joints in the human body. Both simple rotational models and more advanced three dimensional models will be developed for the individual joints.

PREREQUISITES:
none

Topics:

• Defining body position and displacement. Three dimensional representation of human motion
• Defining body posture, joint angles, open and closed kinematic chains
• Differential kinematics, velocities and accelerations
• Intrajoint kinematics and the representations of rotations
• Kinematics of the joints of the foot
• Kinematics of the ankle joint complex
• Kinematics of the knee joint
• Kinematics of the hip joint and pelvic girdle
• Kinematics of the spine
• Kinematics of the shoulder complex
• Kinematics of the elbow complex
• Kinematics of the wrist
• Kinematics of the joints of the hand
• Kinematics of the temporomandibular joint

ABET category content as estimated by faculty member who prepared the course description:
Engineering Science: 3.0 credits or 100%
Engineering Design: 0.0 credits or 0%

Prepared by: Professor Michael M. Stanisic
Last Update: May 20, 2004

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