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PTY-30102 - Module Specification
School of Allied Health Professions
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2023/24 Last Updated: 13 February 2024

PTY-30102 - Biomechanical techniques in sport, exercise and rehabilitation
Coordinator: Sam Jones Room: MAC1.05 Tel: +44 1782 7 34565
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office:

Programme/Approved Electives for 2023/24

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2023/24


Aims
To assist students in understanding the relevance and importance of mechanical principles and their applications to sports performance and human movement.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Critically evaluate the role of biomechanics in the field of movement performance, injury prevention and rehabilitation: 1
Develop laboratory skills of biomechanical assessment techniques in healthy and clinical populations: 1
Integrate and apply knowledge of functional anatomy and physiology with biomechanical concepts: 1
Extract and critically evaluate results from biomechanical assessments: 1
Comprehension of biomechanical assessments results into clinical practice: 1

Study hours

Scheduled teaching hours:
15 hours of practical
15 hours lectures/tutorials/ small group working/ formative assessment
120 hours independent learning comprising:
~15 hours directed study
~ 80 hours self directed study
~ 20 hours completion of lab report
~ 5 hours analysing data from workshops

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Report weighted 100%
2000 word lab report
Collection of data in healthy and/or clinical participants and critically apply to enhancing human movement performance and/or clinical rehabilitation. Data will be collected within the gait lab on campus by the students on themselves or other cohorts and as such no ethical approvals are required - indeed these data are part of the normal teaching for this module. The data may involve any equipment within the Keele lab. Any data that cannot be collected will provided by teaching staff as example data.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 13 February 2024