Friday, May 13, 2011

Mechanical Analysis of Human Movement



This summer, I am teaching a new course called "Mechanical Analysis of Human Movement." It is basically a Clinical Biomechanics course designed for our students that plan on pursing a career in a health related profession or a graduate degree in exercise science. The students will learn how to apply biomechanics to evaluate movement, injury, disorders, etc. The class is taught over a three week period, and we just completed our first week. The students are doing very well and I am confident that they will be able to learn about Inverse Dynamics, which is a graduate level skill, by the end of the semester. I will provide an update on the class as well as inverse dynamics at the end of the semester. Also, I would be remiss if I didn't post an updated picture of Cameron. He is seven and a half weeks old and growing fast!! We just wish that he would sleep a little more.