Syllabus: CS 795 Masurement of Human Movement

Fall 2008

Tuesday 4:30pm - 7:10pm in IN 134

Dr. Zoran Duric
Office: S&T II, Rm. 427
Phone: 993-1717
email: zduric@cs.gmu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00-4:00pm or by appointment

Current information about this course will be kept on a CS 795 web page:
http://cs.gmu.edu/~zduric/cs795.html

Course Content

Study of techniques for measurement of human movement. Topics include:

Biomechanics as an interdiscipline
Kinematics
Anthropometry
Kinetics: Forces and Moments of Force
Mechanical Work, Energy, and Power
Synthesis of Human Movement-Forward Solutions
Three-Dimensional Kinematics and Kinetics
Muscle Mechanics
Kinesiological Electromyography
Example: Gait Analysis (Winter, Perry)

Many practical techniques will be considered. Class work will include reading and presenting technical papers on human movement. The class will ocassionally meet at the Robotics Laboratory for practical work. A programming project is required.

References

David A. Winter. Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement, Wiley, 2005. (recommended)
J. Perry. Gait Analysis: Normal and Pathological Function , 1992.
M. Nordin and V.H. Frankel. Basic Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System, 2001.
V.M. Zatsiorsky. Kinematics of Human Motion, 1997.
V.M. Zatsiorsky, Kinetics of Human Motion , 2002.
R.M. Murray, Z. Li, and S.S. Sastry. A Mathematical Introduction to Robotic Manipulation , 1994.
O. Bottema and B. Roth. Theoretical Kinematics, Dover, 1990.

 Grading
The course grade will be determined approximately as follows:

  Class participation and presentations: 50%
  Project:   	50%

Zoran Duric (zduric@cs.gmu.edu)