Kinesiology 2241A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Anthropometry, Facial Skeleton, Blood Vessel

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2241A/B
• Professor: Paul Jenkins

Document Summary

Biomechanics is an application of physics to the understanding of the motion and deformation of body segments, organs, structures, tissues, cells due to forces, pressures, torques, shears etc: newtonian physics. Someone walking you look at the way they move, the leg, the hamstring. Have to assume the body parts are rigid. Looking at how it deforms the body after contact with it (with a hammer) Deformation of the facial skeleton after getting one in the kisser. Deformation of the wall of a blood vessel and the flow of blood within the vessel. Measuring the forces with which cells interact with their surroundings. The mathematical method used is the same for humans and for robots. Assumptions: body segments are rigid, segments connect at joints, joints have a well-defined number of degrees of freedom, shoulder has 3, wrist has 2, elbow has 1. Applications: used in coaching, rehab, ergonomics, clothing, animation, movies.