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Methodologies to musculoskeletal fatigue estimation.<\/p>\n<p>\u039culti-link model of the human body; degrees of freedom and constraints. \u0392ody segment anthropometric and inertial parameters; biomechanical characteristics of human joints: mobility and stability characterizing function; body centre of mass; centre of pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Kinematics in biomechanics: linear and angular kinematics; reference frames for the kinematic analysis of body segments; human joint kinematics. \u039ainetic equations of motion; work &amp; energy methods; momentum methods; Human motion analysis: basic notions of instrumentation for the quantification of human motion (stereophotogrammetry, inertial sensors, wearable sensors, etc); instrumentation for load measurement (force platforms, pressure platforms and insoles); experimental protocols for gait analysis. Statics and dynamics in biomechanics: 2-D and 3-D models of the musculoskeletal system.<\/p>\n<p>Biomechanics of blood circulation: Anatomy and physiology. The heart as a pump. Circulation fluid dynamics. Systemic circulation in arteries, veins, bifurcations. Blood-Vessel interaction. Modeling of circulation for steady flow in vessels of constant diameter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords:<\/strong>\u00a0Neuromuscular system; Musculoskeletal system; Mechanical behavior; Modeling, Structure-function of biological systems; Blood circulation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEARNING OUTCOMES\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The aims of the course for the student are to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understand and quantify biochemical and electrical phenomena which are responsible to produce musculoskeletal work.<\/li>\n<li>Understand the phenomena that create the stimulus for the muscle contraction.<\/li>\n<li>Understand the forces and stresses that are applied or developed on parts of the human body, and the outcomes of these loads in a 3-dimensional frame.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gain an understanding of the mechanical and anatomical principles that govern human motion and develop the ability to link the structure of the human body with its function from a mechanical perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11551,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"msc_category":[],"courses_cat":[1677],"class_list":["post-35461","courses","type-courses","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","courses_cat-division-of-applied-mechanics-technology-of-materials-and-biomechanics-8th-semester-optional"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Biomechanics \u0399\u0399 - MEAD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mead.upatras.gr\/en\/courses\/biomechanics-ii\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Biomechanics \u0399\u0399 - MEAD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"COURSE CONTENT\u00a0 \u00a0 Introduction in the relationship between the neuromuscular [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mead.upatras.gr\/en\/courses\/biomechanics-ii\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MEAD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mead.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/courses.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1374\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"776\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mead.upatras.gr\\\/en\\\/courses\\\/biomechanics-ii\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mead.upatras.gr\\\/en\\\/courses\\\/biomechanics-ii\\\/\",\"name\":\"Biomechanics \u0399\u0399 - MEAD\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mead.upatras.gr\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mead.upatras.gr\\\/en\\\/courses\\\/biomechanics-ii\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mead.upatras.gr\\\/en\\\/courses\\\/biomechanics-ii\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mead.upatras.gr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/courses.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-12T15:16:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mead.upatras.gr\\\/en\\\/courses\\\/biomechanics-ii\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mead.upatras.gr\\\/en\\\/courses\\\/biomechanics-ii\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mead.upatras.gr\\\/en\\\/courses\\\/biomechanics-ii\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mead.upatras.gr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/courses.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mead.upatras.gr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/courses.jpg\",\"width\":1374,\"height\":776},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mead.upatras.gr\\\/en\\\/courses\\\/biomechanics-ii\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mead.upatras.gr\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Division of Applied Mechanics, Technology of Materials and Biomechanics 8th Semester Optional\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mead.upatras.gr\\\/en\\\/courses_cat\\\/division-of-applied-mechanics-technology-of-materials-and-biomechanics-8th-semester-optional\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Biomechanics \u0399\u0399\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mead.upatras.gr\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mead.upatras.gr\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"MEAD\",\"description\":\"\u03a4\u03bc\u03ae\u03bc\u03b1 \u039c\u03b7\u03c7\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd &amp; 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