| CODE | OCT2043 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Kinesiology: Application to Human Movement in the Context of Activity | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Occupational Therapy | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Kinesiology provides the student with a study of movement from the perspective of physical sciences: musculo-skeletal anatomy, neuromuscular physiology and biomechanics. The study-unit provides a vital frame of reference to help analyse human activity in normal function and pathological conditions. Study-Unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is to provide an integrated approach to human movement with application to occupational therapy performance. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Appreciate the intricacies of anatomical structures involved in the movement of the limbs, head and torso; - Understand the influence of external forces on movement; - Integrate knowledge of anatomy, neuromuscular function and biomechanics in order to understand and analyse activity and its component movements; and - Identify and analyse ranges of variance in normal and pathological conditions. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe biomechanical and kinesiological principles including lever systems, torque, and excursion requirements of joint movement; - Describe basic principles of neuromuscular physiology such as muscle force capability related to transient muscle length and describe neuromuscular function in relation to the force of gravity including the use of concentric muscle contractions to move against and eccentric contractions when moving with and controlling the effect of gravity; - Identify agonist, synergist, and antagonist muscles active in specific motions; and - Describe and differentiate normal and abnormal human anatomical structures and movements involving vertebral alignment, balance of function at the wrist, synergistic function of the scapula and humerus, wrist and fingers, and across the metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints considering extrinsic and intrinsic muscle function. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Greene, D. P., & Roberts, S. L. (2016). Kinesiology: Movement in the Context of Activity(3rd ed.). St. Louis: Mosby. |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE ANA1505 In THE SAME YEAR AS TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE ANA1508 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Theresien Mizzi |
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