Category Archives: Biomechanics

Blog section for Spring 2012 ITP class DIY Biomechanics with Dustyn Roberts

Biomechanics Midterm Idea

For our midterm in Biomechanics, Michael Colombo and I would like to implement two separate data collections of the human gait: extension and flexion of the knee joint, and recording the moment of footfall within the gait. The knee data … Continue reading

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Mapping a plane of motion

For the second Biomechanics assignment, I had to pick a joint in the human body and map one plane of motion towards both limits of rotation. I decided early on to go with the flexion / extension of the wrist … Continue reading

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Work in the field of Biomechanics

Erin Hanlon and Cynthia Bir published their research on validating the HITS (head impact telemetry system) in collecting data for soccer playing. The HITS system is normally associated with sports like Football and Boxing since both already have a helmet for … Continue reading

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