The aim of the curricular unit of Biomechanics and Ergonomics is to convey to the students a set of knowledge and methodologies with which they are allowed to analyse the movement of biomechanical systems, in particular of the human body.
The knowledge and methodologies are based on the theory of Classical Mechanics, in the experimental measurement of the movement kinematics and dynamics and computer simulation as a tool in support of the clinical diagnosis and the detection of wrong postural positions or movements.
It is intended to develop skills of qualitative and quantitative analysis of human movement, anthropometric characteristics, kinematics and dynamics characterization of movement and modelling, simulation and computational analysis of biomechanical systems. It is also intended to develop skills in the study of ergonomics by applying the information obtained by biomechanical analysis and the regulation applied to the action in study.