Biomechanics Test 1
Biomechanical knowledge is useful for solving what kinds of problems? - Answer-human movement
problems, specifically related to injury prevention and improving fitness and human movement.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a qualitative biomechanics analysis? - Answer-+ Ease of
use and flexibility. No cost of technical skills, calibration, computational and processing time, and
dangers of increasing errors with additional computations added.
- not as accurate, consistent, or precise
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a quantitative biomechanics analysis? - Answer-+
greater accuracy, consistency, and precision
- cost of technical skills, calibration, computational and processing time, and dangers of increased errors
with additional computations
Why should biomechanical knowledge be integrated with other sport and exercise sciences in solving
human movement problems? - Answer-because people are not robots that move without regard to
environmental factors. Psychological, physiological, and perpetual issues are all examples of factors that
might be more important than biomechanics factors in some situations.
, Who is the father of kinesiology? - Answer-Aristotle
Who is the father of sports medicine? - Answer-Herodicus
Who made the Vitruvian man? - Answer-Leonardo da Vinci
What is the Vitruvian man? - Answer-the "golden ratio" of the human body
who was the first to teach and write about mechanical principles of human performance? - Answer-
Aristotle
biomechanics - Answer-study of the movement of living things using the science of mechanics
qualitative - Answer-systematic observation and introspective judgement of the quality of human
movement for the purpose of providing the most appropriate intervention to improve performance
quantitative - Answer-involves the measurement of biomechanics variables and usually requires a
computer to do the voluminous numerical calculations performed.
What are major branches of mechanics, and which are most commonly used in performing
biomechanics analyses of human movement?
FIX???? - Answer-Rigid-Body & Fluid Mechanics
the majority of early biomechanical studies focused on the kinematics of movement, but there are still
many studies on the causes (kinetics) of movement.
Biomechanical knowledge is useful for solving what kinds of problems? - Answer-human movement
problems, specifically related to injury prevention and improving fitness and human movement.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a qualitative biomechanics analysis? - Answer-+ Ease of
use and flexibility. No cost of technical skills, calibration, computational and processing time, and
dangers of increasing errors with additional computations added.
- not as accurate, consistent, or precise
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a quantitative biomechanics analysis? - Answer-+
greater accuracy, consistency, and precision
- cost of technical skills, calibration, computational and processing time, and dangers of increased errors
with additional computations
Why should biomechanical knowledge be integrated with other sport and exercise sciences in solving
human movement problems? - Answer-because people are not robots that move without regard to
environmental factors. Psychological, physiological, and perpetual issues are all examples of factors that
might be more important than biomechanics factors in some situations.
, Who is the father of kinesiology? - Answer-Aristotle
Who is the father of sports medicine? - Answer-Herodicus
Who made the Vitruvian man? - Answer-Leonardo da Vinci
What is the Vitruvian man? - Answer-the "golden ratio" of the human body
who was the first to teach and write about mechanical principles of human performance? - Answer-
Aristotle
biomechanics - Answer-study of the movement of living things using the science of mechanics
qualitative - Answer-systematic observation and introspective judgement of the quality of human
movement for the purpose of providing the most appropriate intervention to improve performance
quantitative - Answer-involves the measurement of biomechanics variables and usually requires a
computer to do the voluminous numerical calculations performed.
What are major branches of mechanics, and which are most commonly used in performing
biomechanics analyses of human movement?
FIX???? - Answer-Rigid-Body & Fluid Mechanics
the majority of early biomechanical studies focused on the kinematics of movement, but there are still
many studies on the causes (kinetics) of movement.
