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Common motion along the transverse plane are internal rotation and external rotation, pronation and supination are also common motion along the transverse plane. [9] Humphrey, Jay D. (2003). The Royal Society (ed.). "Continuum biomechanics of soft biological tissues". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A. 459 (2029): 3–46. Bibcode: 2003RSPSA.459....3H. doi: 10.1098/rspa.2002.1060. S2CID 108637580. At first mention of strength training, many people picture a default scenario of performing common exercises like squats or bench presses, or maybe they imagine using weight machines at the gym. But just like before, it’s a completely understandable mistake; flexibility and mobility are both correlated to your range of motion, just in different ways. (They’re also heavily interconnected when it comes to fluid movement, so it’s no surprise they get confused all the time.) All these factors determine the effect of force on an object. [17] There are multiple forces that act on an object and it is possible to resolve these forces into a single 'resultant' force that has the same effect as all other forces acting together. The process of combining these two or more forces into a single resultant force is known as the composition of forces. Having understood what force is, it is essential to look into some of the laws guiding the force application. [17]

Human motion is described as general motion (a complex combination of linear and angular components of motion). [9] Most of the time human motion is analysed as either linear or angular motion as these two types of motion are basically considered “pure” motion. To wheel an endomorph man (someone with a high percentage of body fat) on a wheelchair will require a greater amount of force than to wheel an ectomorph (slender) man. [17]Cowin, Stephen C., ed. (2008). Bone mechanics handbook (2nded.). New York: Informa Healthcare. ISBN 978-0-8493-9117-0.

Vascular tissues are inhomogeneous with a strongly non linear behaviour. Generally this study involves complex geometry with intricate load conditions and material properties. The correct description of these mechanisms is based on the study of physiology and biological interaction. Therefore is necessary to study wall mechanics and hemodynamics with their interaction.

Newton’s second law of motion relates to the impulse of a force. This law states that a net force will act on an object to change its momentum by causing the object to accelerate or decelerate. [16] It is also called the impulse-momentum principle and has an array of applications in sport. Sports performance is concerned with increasing and decreasing the speed of movement of the human body or the sporting equipment. This principle leads to the improvement of sport technique on how the amount of force can be applied for longer for example in shot put. [19] Nadeau S, Betschart M, Bethoux F. Gait analysis for post stroke rehabilitation: the relevance of biomechanical analysis and the impact of gait speed. Phys Med Rehab Clin NA. 2013;24(2):265-276. doi:10.1016/j.pmr.2012.11.007 It is well known that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. [16] Vascular system in the human body is the main component that is supposed to maintain pressure and allow for blood flow and chemical exchanges. Studying the mechanical properties of this complex tissues improves the possibility to better understanding cardiovascular diseases and drastically improve personalized medicine. When a motion reduces joint angle in the sagittal plane it is called flexion and a motion that increases the joint angle extension. [6] Other common direction of motion in the sagittal plane are dorsiflexion and planter-flexion.

The structure of an individual’s hips will change how they should position their bodies in lower extremity exercises like a squat. This is why standard cues like “point your toes straight forward” can be damaging because it could violate an individual’s “structure.” Linear motion (or translatory or translational motion): all parts of the body are moving in the same direction and at the same speed. If this motion occurs along a : straight line it is referred to as linear or rectilinear motion; a curved path it is referred to as curvilinear path. [9] [8] When a movement is performed, look for a smooth continuity of the segment motions, starting from the larger, more proximal segments and flowing outward toward the smaller, more distal segments. This principle applies to both the windup and the shortening phase. The segments should not all move as one unit during either phase. The smooth, sequential timing of the motions from proximal to distal increases the applied impulse by the distal end of the segment. Any pause — evident as a jerkiness or hesitation in the motion — disrupts the smooth proximal-to-distal flow and causes a reduced impulse. The principle of impulse direction We understand that some of the topic could be challenging to be managed, but we believed that this issue could represent a great opportunity to stimulate the readers to approach the Biomechanics World, that is challenging, exciting, and, above all, funny...Enjoy!In 2022, computational mechanics goes far beyond pure mechanics, and involves other physical actions: chemistry, heat and mass transfer, electric and magnetic stimuli and many others. Young, Donald F.; Bruce R. Munson; Theodore H. Okiishi (2004). A brief introduction to fluid mechanics (3rded.). Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-45757-2. Therapeutic exercises: range of motion; active and passive insufficiency; concave-convex rule; Newton's laws of motion. You can sort of infer what it means if you break down the word; in the simplest definition, biomechanics are the mechanics of your body. (The original definition actually refers to biomechanics as the study and analysis of human movement.)

The body is a wildly complex system; more often than not, when you’re dealing with pain in one part of your body, it’s actually caused by an entirely different muscle (or tendon, or joint… or just about any other structure of the body). Plus, there are nearly endless ways our bodies can twist and bend and stretch. That alone is enough to impact how safely we move, and that goes doubly so when there are multiple external forces thrown into the equation. Another way to frame this is to think about risk vs. reward. A suboptimal exercise will not have a desirable risk vs. reward ratio. I try to choose exercises where the reward is always greater than the risk, and I consider an exercise “sub-optimal” (and therefore use them sparingly) if the risk is equal to the reward, or higher than the reward. Dynamic balance: the ability to maintain postural stability and orient reference. Swing Catalyst. Chapter 2: Kinematics and Kinetics Introduction. 2015. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmblj-5A3RM

That’s actually what inspired us to write this blog in the first place; many of our clients have come to us with questions, whether it be specific to physical therapy or about movement in general. Dynamometers provide much more insight into muscle strength compared to a manual muscle test; rather than simply assessing how your muscles hold up against controlled resistance, dynamometers measure the actual force output generated during muscle contraction. (Usually, the force output is measured in newtons, but it’s totally possible to convert it into pounds for us American folk.) Kinetics is a study of the cause of motion, namely forces and torques, e.g. forces between the feet and the ground when jumping. Kinematics is the study of movement regarding the time taken to carry out the activity.