The course is conducted in Chinese but uses English textbook。

Human posture and movement are a result of highly coordinated mechanical interactions between bones, joints, ligaments and muscles under the control of the nervous system. Understanding the synthesis and control of human movement requires a complete knowledge of the biomechanical interactions within the neuromusculoskeletal system. The objectives of this course are to provide the mechanical basis underlying body posture and movement and to equip the students with the knowledge and techniques necessary for the analysis of human movement for clinical applications and research. Upon completion of this course, the students will have the ability to measure human movement using instruments such as stereophotogrammetry, electromyography (EMG) force plates, and inertial measurement units (IMUs), and the ability to implement the techniques in computer languages for the analysis of human posture and movement.

The students will (1) have an understanding of the mechanics of human posture and movement, (2) learn to perform human motion experiments using equipment such as motion capture systems, EMG, wearable sensors and force plates; and (3) learn the theories and numerical techniques in human motion analysis.

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1. Rose, J. and Gamble, J.G., Human Walking, Williams & Wilkins, 1994. 2. Zatsiorsky, V.M., Kinematics of Human Motion, Human Kinetics, Leeds, 1998. 3. Craik, R.L. and Oatis, C.A., Gait Analysis: Theory and Application, Mosby, 1995. 4. Paul Allard, Aurelio Cappozzo and Arne Lundberg (Editors), Three-Dimensional Analysis of Human Locomotion (International Society Biomechanics Series), John Wiley & Son Ltd, 1998. 5. Winter, D.A., Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1990. 6. Relevant journal papers