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2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PT 6130 - Clinical Kinesiology

(3.5)

This course is designed to address foundational concepts related to the study of human movement and function which focuses on the biomechanical and structural kinesiological principles underlying individual joint movement and human gross motor activity. Course content includes: 1) the basic principles of mechanics, engineering and physics, and conceptual basis of function of the musculoskeletal system and muscle mechanics; 2) the structural and functional features of major joints of the human body; 3) the qualitative and quantitative methods used to evaluate human motion in clinical and health promotion endeavors; 4) muscle contraction type; 5) muscle flexibility; 6) exercise science, including prescription and specificity of training exercise programs; and 7) the ways in which these tissues respond positively and negatively to activity and inactivity.

Corequisite: PT 6131 .