Departments of Bioengineering & Mechanical Engineering
BIOEN 520 | ME 527 [Winter Quarter 2016]
Musculoskeletal (Orthopedic) Biomechanics
   

Meeting Times and Location:

TuTh:  08:30 - 10:20 am, MEB 248

Course Materials:

Reading Assignments/Handouts: (...please review before each class session)

Slides:

Session 1A (01/05/16): Course Admin, History, & Current Topics

Session 1B (01/05/16): Basic Anatomy (Mini-Lab 1)

Session 2A (01/07/16): Basic Mechanics & Viscoelasticity

Session 2B (01/07/16): Experimental Design

Session 3A (01/12/16): Tools of the Trade 1 (Force/Disp/DAQ)

Session 3B (01/12/16): Tools of the Trade 2 (Mocap/Force & Pressure Plates/RGS)

Session 4A (01/14/16): Kinematic & Kinetics

Session 4B (01/14/16): Grant Writing & Final Proj (Mini-Lab 2)

Session 5A (01/19/16): Imaging in Biomechanics

Session 5B (01/19/16): Histology/Biochemistry

Session 6B (01/21/16): ABL Tour & Chewing Kinematics (Lab-I)

Session 7A (01/26/16): Computational Modeling

Session 7B (01/26/16): Literature Reviews (Mini-Lab 3)

Session 8A (01/28/16): Intro to Cell Mechanics

Session 9A (02/02/16): Structure-Function-Properties of Bone

Session 9B (02/02/16): Structure-Function-Properties of Ligaments/Tendon/Cartilage

Session 10A (02/04/16): Structure-Function-Properties of Muscle

Session 10B (02/04/16): Meeting Presentations (Mini-Lab 4)

Session 11A/B (02/09/16): Exam #1

Session 12A (02/11/16): Biomechanics of Joint Systems

Session 12B (02/11/16): Biomechanics of the Spine

Session 13 (02/16/16): VA Lab Tour & Lab-II

Session 14A (02/18/16): Biomechanics of the Hip & Knee

Session 14B (02/18/16): Journal Club (Mini-Lab 5)

Session 15A (02/23/16): Biomechanics of the Shoulder

Session 15B (02/23/16): Biomechanics of the Upper Extremity (Elbow/Wrist)

Session 16A (02/25/16): Biomechanics of the Foot/Ankle

Session 16B (02/25/16): Intro to Biostatistics

Session 17A (03/01/16): Interpretation/Limitations/Test Conditions

Session 17B (02/18/16): Manuscript Writing (Mini-Lab 6)

Supplemental Slides:

Session 3B (01/12/16): Robotic Gait Simulator Summary

Session 4A (01/14/16): Gait Analysis Theory

Session 5A (01/19/16): Biplane Development

Session 16A (02/25/16): Finite Element Modeling of the Foot