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Biomeccanica del Movimento
MOVEMENT BIOMECHANICS
Sandro Fioretti

Seat Ingegneria
A.A. 2015/2016
Credits 9
Hours 72
Period I
Language ENG

Prerequisites
Characterizing courses of first and second year

Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide the student with: - the fundamentals of mathematical and phisical modelling of the cardiovascular system, - the main techniques for the ECG device signal analysis.

Program
Mathematical modelling of human motor system: geometric and temporal characterization of motor tasks, kinematic characterization of segmental movements, stereophotogrammetry, epipolar geometry. Techniques and instrumentation for acquisition and processing of kinematic variables. Consolidated clinical applications: gait analysis and posture. Dynamical models of human movement. Techniques and instrumentation for acquisition and processing of dynamic variables. Signal and data processing: linear and non-linear estimation methods, digital filters. Models for the study and interpretation of motor control.

Development of the examination
LEARNING EVALUATION METHODS
The assessment of student learning consists of two parts: - A written test, consisting in the solution of two or three exercises on topics covered in the course, to be completed in 90 or 120 minutes, depending on the type of exercise; - An oral, consisting in the discussion on one or more topics covered in the course. The written test is in preparation for the oral exam, access to which the student must have obtained at least a pass in the written test. The oral examination must be supported in the same appeal of the written test. In case of failure of the oral exam, the student must also repeat the written test.

LEARNING EVALUATION CRITERIA
To successfully pass the examination, the student must demonstrate, through the tests described, to have fully understood the concepts presented in the course and must demonstrate that he/she has very clear notions of mathematics and physics applied to experimental data typical of human movement

LEARNING MEASUREMENT CRITERIA
For each of the tests specified before it is assigned a score between zero and thirty. The overall grade, is the average of the scores obtained in the two tests, with rounding to the entire excess.

FINAL MARK ALLOCATION CRITERIA
Because the overall outcome of the evaluation is positive, the student must achieve at least the sufficiency, equal to 18/30, in each of the tests described above. The highest rating is achieved by demonstrating a thorough understanding of the course content in the tests. Laudem is given to students who, having done all the tests so correctly, have demonstrated a particular brilliance in the exposition and in the preparation of written test.

Recommended reading
Cappello A., Cappozzo A., di Prampero P.E.: Bioingegneria della Postura e del Movimento, Pàtron editore, 2003. Allard P., Cappozzo A., Lundberg A., Vaughan C.L. : Three-dimensional Analysis of Human Locomotion, Wiley, Chichester, England, 1997. Fioretti S

Courses

• Ingegneria Biomedica (Corso di Laurea Triennale (DM 270/04))