The course aims at providing the knowledge for carrying out quantitative measurements of the kinematics and dynamics of the athletic gesture, their experimental acquisition and quantitative software analysis. Use of simple biomechanical models for the interpretation and the prediction of the performance.
Teaching Methods
Explanatory classes with slides and practical data acquisition and analysis scenarios in Excel.
Assessment Methods
Written exam and implementation of a project, both graded on base 30. The final grade for the activity will be the average of the two grades.
Texts
Anthony Blazevich, Biomeccanica dello Sport. Calzetti Mariucci Editore.
Contents
Recapitulation summaries on mathematics and vector calculations • Transducers, measurement and calibration chains. • Noise, estimate and regression • Signals of interest - acquisition: sampling and quantization. • Time and frequency representation • Kinematics of a point and of a rigid body. • Articular kinematics • Ergometry • Accelerometry and inertial sensors • Stereophotogrammetry for motion analysis
Course Language
Italian
More information
The written exam may be faced only after a positive evaluation (grade of at least 18/30) of the experimental project.
