Biophysics

Mathematics (12th year); Physics and Chemistry (11th year)

3 hours of theoretical classes per week, where the professor exposes the discipline contents, while applying the physical concepts in relevant exemples.

1 theoretic-practical class of 1 hour per week, where students proceed to the discussed resolution of exercises of practical application formulated with the aim of clarifying and relate the subjects discussed in the theoretical component, with application to the specificity of Occupational Therapy.

Knowledge:
•Understanding of the theoretical principles of Biokinetics and Biomechanics and their application to human movement:
Knowledge:
• Understanding of theoretical principles of Fluid Mechanics and its application in biological systems
• Understanding of the characteristics of different forms of energy and types of radiation

Skills:
• Use of advanced knowledge of biophysics in understanding the underlying mechanisms and technology
Competences:
• Make individual decisions and in multidisciplinary environment in matters involving technical and scientific knowledge based on biophysics
• Develop the ability to deepen and expand knowledge in biophysics.

1. Units and Measurement Systems

2. Kinematics and the Laws of Dynamics Applied to Human Movement

3. Mechanical Properties of Tissues: Elasticity, Stress, and Strain

4. Energy, Power, and Metabolic Rate

5. Impulse and Momentum

6. Torque and Equilibrium

7. Rotational Motion

8. Fluid Mechanics

9. Fundamentals of Electricity and the Interaction of Electric Fields with Biological Tissues

10. Electromagnetic Radiation and Its Interaction with Biological Tissues, Heat, and Thermodynamics

11. Physics of Ultrasound and Its Interaction with Biological Tissues

The continuous evaluation is optional and consists of:

1) periodic exercises/questions (EP) to be solved at each class (theoretical and theoretical-practical matrix).

2) two written evaluation tests (PE1 + PE2) to be scheduled in the first week of classes (theoretical and theoretical-practical matrix).

The final score is given by the average of the classifications obtained at all evaluation moments, i.e.:
Final Grade = (EP + PE1 + PE2)/3, where PE represents the average of the classifications of the various exercises solved in the classes, and PE1 and PE2 represents the evaluation obtained in the written evaluation tests. In both EP and written tests (PE1 and PE2), the theoretical and theoretical-practical matrix components will have equal weighting.
Either the mean of the components of the theoretical matrix evaluation, or the mean of the components of the theoretical-practical matrix evaluation, must be equal or greater than 9.5 values.

The evaluation by Exam includes two components: a theoretical-practical component and a theoretical component, with an equal weight in the final grade. The classification of each of the theoretical and theoretical-practical components must be equal to or greater than 9.5 values.

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