Biomechanics (KTV/E-BIO)

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  • 6 credits
  • Lecturer: prof. Mgr. Daniel Jandačka, Ph.D.
  • Lessons (Lectures + Exercises + Seminars): 1 + 1 + 0 [hours/week]
  • Semester: Summer
  • Credit test preceding examination: none
  • Requirements: Participation in the lectures
  • Teaching method: Lectures, Exercise in biomechanics laboratory, reflection tasks
  • Registration for examination: Written application
  • Requirements for examination: Active participation in seminars
  • Examination method: Teaching practice portfolio assessed
  • Status of the course in study program: The course is a part of the study program Physical Education and sport.

Annotation:

The course provides a theoretical basis for the study of sports biomechanics. The course includes applications of experimental biomechanics methods in sport and physical education.

Aims and objectives:

The course aims to introduce students to the fundamental way: how we can use biomechanics in physical education and sport.

Topics of lectures:

  1. Biomechanics of sport and physical exercise; external biomechanics - external forces and their effect on the body and its movement
  2. Strength - maintaining balance, changes in motor state
  3. Kinematics - the description of bodies in motion
  4. Dynamics - explanation of the causes of movement
  5. Work, Power and Energy - explanation of causes of motion without Newton's laws Moment of strength - maintaining balance and change in rotational state
  6. Angular kinematics and dynamics - a description of the rotational body movements and explanation of their causes
  7. Mechanics of fluids - effect of water and air on motion of bodies; biomechanics of internal motion of bodies (inner strength) and their effect on the body and its movements
  8. Mechanics of biological material - pressure and tension in the body section
  9. Skeletal system - rigid box body
  10. Muscular system - the engine of the body, muscle power transmission to the external environment
  11. Nervous system - management and control of the musculoskeletal system
  12. Application of biomechanical principles

Literature:

  • HALL, J. S. Basic Biomechanics. (4th ed.). Newark: University of Delaware, 2003.
  • HAMILL, J AND KNUTZEN, K M. 2009. Biomechanical Basis of Human Movement. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2009. ISBN 0-7817-9128-6.
  • ZATSIORSKY, V., KRAEMER, J. W. Science and practice of strength training. (2nd ed.). Champaign: Human Kinetics, 2006.
  • JANDAČKA, D. Biomechanical Basis of Physical Exercises. Brno: PaedDr. Dagmar Hanousková, Luleč 2012, 2012. ISBN 978-80-905054-2-1.

Updated: 03. 10. 2022