479087-HS2024-0-Movement Biomechanics





Root number 479087
Semester HS2024
Type of course Lecture
Allocation to subject Biomedical Engineering
Type of exam not defined
Title Movement Biomechanics
Description Modules: Recommended Elective Courses / Major Module "Biomechanical Systems"

Course type: Lectures, seminars, and exercises

Course registration:
Selection criteria: 1. Students with MM Biomechanics 2. Other BME students. 3. GCB students. 4. Other students.

For questions on course and exam registration contact bme.artorg@unibe.ch.

Teaching assistants:
Philippe Bähler (philippe.baehler@bfh.ch)
Aglaja Busch (aglaja.busch@bfh.ch)

Attendance rules:
• Attendance is mandatory for the presentation seminars and both exercises must be returned

Course materials are regularly posted on Ilias (www.ilias.unibe.ch).

Prerequisites:
• Skill(s): Tensor algebra and analysis
• Course(s): Solid Mechanics

Recommended Courses/Skills:
• Course(s): Engineering Mechanics
• Skill(s): Basic knowledge of functional anatomy, basic programming skills (preferably MATLAB)

Required Material or Equipment:
• Laptop with MATLAB and OpenSim (4.1 or later) (https://simtk.org/frs/?group_id=91) installed.

Textbook(s) and other Reading Material:
• Biomechanics of Movement: The Science of Sports, Robotics, and Rehabilitation. T. K. Uchida and S. L. Delp. 2021. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA. ISBN: 978-0-262-04420-2

Assignments:
• 1 multiple choice exam (theory)
• 1 presentation seminar (in groups of 2-3 students)
• 2 exercises (inverse kinematics, inverse dynamics)

Course Policies and Classroom Rules of Conduct:
• Academic dishonesty, plagiarism, and any other kind of fraud will lead to the exclusion from the course and/or a fail grade (grade 1) in the assessment.
• Punctuality
• No radios, audio/cd player, earphones
• No food and beverages in the classroom or the laboratories
ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course) Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible). ILIAS
Link to another web site Further information for this course
Lecturers PD Dr. Stefan SchmidMasters in Biomedical Engineering 
PD Dr. Ameet Krishnan AiyangarTeaching Staff, Faculty of Medicine 
Prof. Dr. Heiner BaurInstitute of Sport Science (ISPW) 
Patric EichelbergerMasters in Biomedical Engineering 
ECTS 3
Recognition as optional course possible Yes
Grading 1 to 6
 
Dates Wednesday 10:15-12:00 Weekly
 
Rooms
External rooms Bern Movement Lab, Berner Fachhochschule, Stadtbachstrasse 64, 3012 Bern
Seminarraum A263, Institut für Anatomie, Bühlstrasse 26
 
Students please consult the detailed view for complete information on dates, rooms and planned podcasts.