Biomechanics Laboratory
Course Objectives
- Development of critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Application of Newton’s Law to human movement
- Improvement of oral, written, and electronic information and communication skills
- Hands on experience analyzing motion, quantifying, and interpreting bio-mechanical information
Lab 2
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Images of Segment Endpoint Points to Digitize:
Digitizing Trials for Lab 2:
Biomechanics Textbooks
Supplementary biomechanics textbooks which may be purchased and/or used as reference:
- Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement. by DavidA. Winter (1990)
- The Biomechanics of Sport Techniques. by James H. Hay (1993)
- Neuromechanical Bais of Kinesiology. by Roger M. Enoka (1994)
- Biomechanical Basis of Human Movement. by Joseph Hammill &Kathleen M. Knutzen (1995)
- Kinematics of Human Motion. by Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky(1997)
- Biomechanics of Muskuloskeletal Injury. by William C. Whiting & Ronald F. Zernicke (1998)
- Biomechanics of Sport. by Christopher Vaughn (ed) (1998)
- Biomechanics of the Musculo-Skeletal System, 2nd Edition. by Benno M. Nigg (ed) & Walter Herzog (ed) 1999
- Biomechanics and Biology of Movement. by Benno Nigg (ed),Brian R. MacIntosh (ed), and J. Mester (ed) 2000
Contact
Jill L. McNitt-Gray Ph.D
Gabilan Distinguished Professor in Science and Engineering
Dept. of Biological Sciences- HEB
3616 Trousdale Pky AHF 252, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0372