Mechanics of Human Movement

By Prof. Sujatha Srinivasan | IIT Madras

Learners enrolled: 686

This course deals with applying principles of mechanics to movements of the human body. Understanding the biomechanics of human movement is necessary for the prevention and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries and design of aids for rehabilitation. This course will introduce the necessary anatomy, modeling and analysis techniques, and discuss some applications to the design of assistive devices.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Students from Engineering, Physiotherapy, Prosthetics & Orthotics can attend this course.

PREREQUISITES : Engineering Mechanics

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Mechanical Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	18 Jan 2021
End Date :	09 Apr 2021
Enrollment Ends :	01 Feb 2021
Exam Date :	25 Apr 2021 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1 : Introduction to the musculoskeletal system, joints, movements, terminology

Week 2 : Skeletal muscles – structure, function, characteristics

Week 3 : Principles of statics applied to the human body

Week 4 : Principles of statics applied to the human body - continued

Week 5 : Principles of statics applied to the human body - continued

Week 6 : Principles of kinetics applied to the human body

Week 7 : Principles of kinetics applied to the human body - continued

Week 8 : Principles of kinetics applied to the human body - continued

Week 9 : Inverse dynamics analysis, balance

Week 10 : Introduction to human walking

Week 11 : Characteristics of normal and pathological gait

Week 12 : Applications to the design of assistive devices

Books and references

• Fundamentals of Biomechanics: Equilibrium, Motion, and Deformation, Nihat Ozkaya and Margareta Nordin

• Basic Biomechanics, Susan J. Hall

• Biomechanical Basis of Human Movement, Joseph Hamill and Kathleen Knutzen

• Human Factors Engineering, Chandler Allen Philips

• Human Body Dynamics, Aydin Tozeren

• Biomechanical Analysis of Fundamental Human Movements, Arthur Chapman

• Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement, David Winter

• Gait Analysis – Normal and Pathological Funtion, Jacquelin Perry and Judith Burnfield

• Gait Analysis, Michael Whittle

• Journal articles

Instructor bio

Prof. Sujatha Srinivasan

IIT Madras

Dr. Sujatha Srinivasan graduated with her B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras in 1992, her MSME from the University of Toledo, USA in 1994, and after a long stint in the prosthetics industry, her Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in 2007. Currently, she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and heads the TTK Center for Rehabilitation Research and Device Development (R2D2) at IIT Madras. Her research is in the areas of mechanisms, movement biomechanics and assistive devices.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 25 April 2021 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team

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