Biomechanics of human movement and disability

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

NA

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge:
- The relationship between lifestyle habits and health;
- The etiology and pathophysiology of chronic diseases of cardiovascular (hypertension, dyslipidemia), cellular (cancer) or metabolic (diabetes) origin, as well as the acute and chronic responses to exercise of patients affected by these diseases, and the modalities for prescribing physical activity;
- General principles of behavior change coaching.

Understanding
- Understand and summarize a consensus position, identify its practical implications;
- Understand and present a scientific article to the rest of the class.

Application
- Select and reinvest knowledge and skills useful in developing an individual action plan and solving associated problems. 

Analysis
- Analyze the lifestyle and psycho-sociological profile of a person affected by one or more chronic diseases.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The real-life challenges for handicapped people.
Disability: impairment relative to an environment.
Reminders about the fundamental laws of mechanics and mechanical concepts of human movement.
The human locomotor system.
Biomechanical approach of the different locomotor system functions.
Main dysfunctions of the human locomotor system leading to a handicap.
Mechanical principles of human balance control and regulation.
Human movement analysis in and outside the lab: what tools and how to use them.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Action Plan for High Blood Pressure. Jon divine Editor ? : ? Human Kinetics Publishers (12 octobre 2005 ISBN-10 ? : ? 0736051406

Clinical Exercise Physiology. Jonathan K Ehrman, Paul M. Gordon, Paul S. Visich , Steven J. Keteyian Editor ? : ? Human Kinetics; Fourth édition (5 juillet 2018) ISBN-10 ? : ? 9781492546450