Biomechanics UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. What is Biomechanics? - application of mechanical principles in the study of living organisms
- Biomechanics use the tools of mechanics
2. What is Mechanics? the branch of physics involving analysis of the action of forces, to study
the anatomical and functional aspects of living organisms
3. Why is mechanics impor- -improve technique, to prevent injury
tant?
4. What are the two major statics: study of systems that are in a state of constant motion, that is
sub branches of mechan- either at rest or moving with a constant velocity (not accelerating)
ics? dynamics: the study of systems in which acceleration is present
5. What is kinematics? study of the description of motion
6. What is kinetics? study of the action of forces
7. Why is biomechanics dif- Kinesiology- study of human movement
ferent from Kinesiology? Biomechanics- application of mechanical principles in the study of
human movement, sub discipline of Kinesiology
8. Why study biomechanics? improve performances
9. Give at least three specific
examples to explain the
scope of scientific inquiry
addressed by biomechan-
ics
10. Give specific examples of
the differences between
qualitative and quantita-
, Biomechanics UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers
tive approaches for ana-
lyzing human movement
11. Explain the difference be- General
tween and give examples - Is the movement being performed with adequate (or optimal) force?
of general and specific - Is the movement being performed through an appropriate range of
questions motion?
- Is the sequencing of body movements appropriate (or optimal) for
execution of the skill?
- Why does this elderly woman have a tendency to fall?
- Why is this shot putter not getting more distance?
Specific
- Is there excessive pronation taking place during the stance phase of
gait?
- Is release of the ball taking place at the instant of full elbow exten-
sion?
- Does selective strengthening of the vastus medialis obliquus alleviate
mistracking of the patella for this person
12. List the 3 discrete com- 1.) A set of given information
ponents that characterize 2.) A particular goal, answer, or desired finding
formal problems 3.) A set of operations or processes that can be used to arrive at the
answer from the given information
13. Know the 4 steps involved Description- develop a theoretical model of the most effective tech-
in conducting a qualita- nique and describe what it would look like. Determine what you want
tive biomechanical analy- to see when you observe your student, athlete, or client
sis
Observation- Observe the performance to determine what their tech-
nique actually looks like
Evaluation- compare the ideal technique to the observed perfor-
1. What is Biomechanics? - application of mechanical principles in the study of living organisms
- Biomechanics use the tools of mechanics
2. What is Mechanics? the branch of physics involving analysis of the action of forces, to study
the anatomical and functional aspects of living organisms
3. Why is mechanics impor- -improve technique, to prevent injury
tant?
4. What are the two major statics: study of systems that are in a state of constant motion, that is
sub branches of mechan- either at rest or moving with a constant velocity (not accelerating)
ics? dynamics: the study of systems in which acceleration is present
5. What is kinematics? study of the description of motion
6. What is kinetics? study of the action of forces
7. Why is biomechanics dif- Kinesiology- study of human movement
ferent from Kinesiology? Biomechanics- application of mechanical principles in the study of
human movement, sub discipline of Kinesiology
8. Why study biomechanics? improve performances
9. Give at least three specific
examples to explain the
scope of scientific inquiry
addressed by biomechan-
ics
10. Give specific examples of
the differences between
qualitative and quantita-
, Biomechanics UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers
tive approaches for ana-
lyzing human movement
11. Explain the difference be- General
tween and give examples - Is the movement being performed with adequate (or optimal) force?
of general and specific - Is the movement being performed through an appropriate range of
questions motion?
- Is the sequencing of body movements appropriate (or optimal) for
execution of the skill?
- Why does this elderly woman have a tendency to fall?
- Why is this shot putter not getting more distance?
Specific
- Is there excessive pronation taking place during the stance phase of
gait?
- Is release of the ball taking place at the instant of full elbow exten-
sion?
- Does selective strengthening of the vastus medialis obliquus alleviate
mistracking of the patella for this person
12. List the 3 discrete com- 1.) A set of given information
ponents that characterize 2.) A particular goal, answer, or desired finding
formal problems 3.) A set of operations or processes that can be used to arrive at the
answer from the given information
13. Know the 4 steps involved Description- develop a theoretical model of the most effective tech-
in conducting a qualita- nique and describe what it would look like. Determine what you want
tive biomechanical analy- to see when you observe your student, athlete, or client
sis
Observation- Observe the performance to determine what their tech-
nique actually looks like
Evaluation- compare the ideal technique to the observed perfor-
