Development of Human Motion Analysis Laboratory

该项目的目的是在弗曼大学校园内完成一个实验室设施的开发，该实验室设施整合了人体运动分析相关领域的教学。这些领域包括解剖学、生物力学、运动生理学、运动发展和物理学。目前的课程不允许学生整合这两个领域，主要是由于缺乏硬件能力。该设施的发展允许学生将所有这些领域纳入一个连贯的框架工作，从中他们可以建立这些领域之间的相互依存关系。他们会发现运动效率的重要性，不仅是为了提高活动的效果，也是为了节省身体的能量。学生将操纵环境和表演者，以确定哪些方面对学习和表演最重要。我们正在设计实验练习，这样学生就可以通过提案中描述的几种方法自己发现力、功、性能和能量成本之间的关系。有了这样的经验，不仅可以帮助学生理解人体运动的整体方面，而且还可以给他们的见解，使他们能够开始提出有关人体运动的新问题。为了确保学生从这次经历中获得最大的收获，物理、健康和运动科学系的教员们正在开发一门跨学科的研究课程，IDS 54生物力学，这门课程将借鉴与人体运动有关的课程的所有领域的知识。学生将负责一个项目，该项目要求他们整合该设施的所有模块，并向物理、健康和运动科学系的教员展示他们的成果。这些实验经验将增加学生对人体运动及其分析的洞察力。他们还将提高他们的数学、物理和计算机技能。

The purpose of this project is to complete the development of a laboratory facility on the campus of Furman University that integrates the teaching of related areas of analysis of human motion. These areas include anatomy, biomechanics, exercise physiology, motor development and physics. The current curriculum does not allow for students to integrate any two of these areas at this time, primarily due to lack of hardware capabilities. The development of this facility permits the students to incorporate all of these areas into a coherent frame work from which they can establish the interdependence among these areas. They will discover the importance of efficiency of movement, not only for improved outcome of activity, but also for the energy savings to the body. Students will manipulate both the environment and the performer to determine what aspects are the most important for learning and performance. laboratory exercises are being designed so the students will discover for themselves the relationships among force, work, performance and energy cost by several methods as described in the proposal. Having this experience will not only aid the students in understanding the overall aspects o~ human motion, but it will also give them insights that will enable them to begin asking new questions concerning human motion. To ensure that students glean the most from this experience, faculty members from the departments of Physics and Health and Exercise Science are developing an interdisciplinary studies course, IDS 54 Biomechanics, that will draw on the knowledge o~ all areas of the curriculum relating to human motion. Students will be responsible for a project that requires them to incorporate all modules of the facility and present their results to the faculty of Physics and Health and Exercise Science departments. These laboratory experiences will increase the insight o our students into the human motion and its analysis. They will als o improve their math, physics and computer skills.