Development of Human Motion Analysis Laboratory

该项目的目的是在福尔曼大学校园内完成一个实验室设施的开发，该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、运动发育和物理学。目前的课程不允许学生在此时集成其中的任何两个领域，主要是因为缺乏硬件能力。这一设施的发展允许学生将所有这些领域整合到一个连贯的框架中，从这个框架中他们可以建立这些领域之间的相互依赖。他们会发现运动效率的重要性，不仅是为了改善运动结果，也是为了节省身体的能量。学生将同时操纵环境和表演者，以确定哪些方面对学习和表演最重要。正在设计实验练习，以便学生通过提案中描述的几种方法自己发现力、功、性能和能源成本之间的关系。拥有这样的经历不仅有助于学生理解人体运动的整体方面，而且还将使他们获得洞察力，使他们能够开始提出关于人体运动的新问题。为了确保学生从这一经历中获得最大的收获，物理、健康和运动科学系的教职员工正在开发一门跨学科研究课程，IDS54生物力学，该课程将利用课程中与人体运动有关的所有领域的知识。学生将负责一个项目，该项目要求他们整合设施的所有模块，并将他们的结果提交给物理系、健康系和运动科学系。这些实验室经验将增加我们的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.