Biomechanics Book Chapter 1

Kinesiology

Study of Human Movement through a mainly qualitative lens

Biomechanics

Description of Human Movement by applying a quantitative lens to qualitative components

Anatomy

Science of the structure of the body

Functional anatomy

Study of the body components needed to perform a human movement or function

Linear Motion

Movement along a straight or curved pathway, all parts on body or object move same distance in same amount of time

Angular Motion

Motion around some point, so that the different regions on the same body segment do not move through the same distance over the same amount of time. The motion occurs about an axis of rotation

Kinematics

Characteristics of motion without reference to forces (position, velocity, acceleration)

Kinetics

Examines the forces acting on a system like human body or an object, examines the forces causing a movement

Statics

Branch of mechanics examining systems at rest or moving at constant speed

Dynamics

Branch of mechanics that examines systems that are being accelerated