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Explore the fundamental principles of biomechanics through this comprehensive course that examines forces, equilibrium, and their applications to human body movement. Master the mechanics of joints, muscles, and tendons using free body diagrams and static equilibrium equations to analyze complex biological systems. Delve into anatomical planes and movements across sagittal, coronal, and transverse planes while understanding muscle structure, fiber organization, and pennation angles. Study the sliding filament theory, force-length relationships, and excitation-contraction coupling mechanisms that govern muscle function. Analyze specific body regions including shoulder, elbow, wrist, finger, spine, hip, knee, and ankle joints through detailed anatomical study and practical problem-solving exercises. Investigate kinematic chains, degrees of freedom, and forward/inverse kinematics using D-H parameters and Jacobian matrices for movement analysis. Examine the mechanical properties of biological tissues including bones, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons through stress-strain relationships and viscoelastic modeling using Maxwell, Voigt, and Kelvin models. Understand complex phenomena such as tendon wrapping, friction forces, enslaving effects, and finger interdependence in multi-finger tasks. Learn advanced measurement techniques for human movement including 3D orientation measurement devices, rotation matrices, quaternions, and IMU-based hand kinematics measurement systems. Conclude with gait analysis and running biomechanics to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world movement patterns and locomotion studies.
