Base Knowledge
Although not essential, students are recommended to use skills acquired in the following curricular units: Drawing and 3D Modeling Techniques, Continuum Mechanics, and Biomedical Modeling and Simulation.
Teaching Methodologies
The teaching methodology allows students to acquire knowledge and contact and manipulate equipment that is relevant in the context of biomedical engineering and, in particular, in the field of biomechanics. This contact, where students are expected to manipulate and understand the principles of use and analysis of the data acquired, will enable them to develop technical skills in group work, critical analysis, report writing, and public presentation.
The teaching of the Curricular Unit involves the use of equipment from the Applied Biomechanics Laboratory of IPC-ISEC. Part of the contents of the UC will be taught using the expository method and viewing of multimedia content. Experimental demonstration and discussion promotion will also be a method to be used.
Laboratory Work
As a methodology, students are divided into work groups. In the initial phase of the Curricular Unit, several laboratory tests are carried out in rotation, involving gait analysis, study of plantar pressure distribution, evaluation of heat maps, study of forces, and analysis of vibrations induced in the human body, among others. Each group will critically analyze these projects, resulting in a report on the experimental work. The results will be discussed.
Experimental Research Project
After the initial phase, during the Curricular Unit, each group will carry out an experimental project that aims to deepen and consolidate their skills in the field of biomechanics research regarding the equipment and methodologies used. Each group should propose the topic of the project based on their research and motivation for the topic. The acceptance and adjustment of the project topic will be the responsibility of the UC professors. Students must plan and instruct the entire process associated with the project, including the application for authorization by the IPC Ethics Committee if the study involves this need.
During the course, students will familiarize themselves with 3D printing techniques and be given access to the laboratory printers to carry out experimental work, if necessary.
If the calendar allows for additional classes, these will be filled with study visits, seminars or additional activities to be developed in the laboratories.
Learning Results
Contact with equipment and assessment systems in biomechanics is important in acquiring skills for future biomedical engineers. In this sense, the aim is for students to come into contact with equipment and methodologies for experimental approaches in biomechanics. As this is an exclusively laboratory-based course unit, students perform a set of experimental procedures within various domains of applied biomechanics, deepening and implementing a study in one of the domains.
In addition, the aim is for students to come into contact with and use tools for materializing functional components, especially in the field of computer-aided manufacturing and in particular additive manufacturing.
The course unit also aims to develop skills in scientific research, writing scientific texts, group work, and communication.
Program
Biomechanics and its various domains. Relevance of applied biomechanics and current context.
Assessment tools and systems in applied biomechanics. Definition of methodologies and study protocols in applied biomechanics. The importance of using volunteers in biomechanical studies. Ethical procedures to be followed and authorizations to be obtained. Data processing and protection.
Design of structural components to support the implementation of studies in applied biomechanics. Examples. Additive manufacturing technologies to support the materialization of structural support components.
Visualization and execution of laboratory work involving experimental evaluation and analysis equipment, among others: a) Distribution of plantar pressure maps; b) Experimental analysis of stresses; c) Applied thermography; d) Analysis of vibrations induced in the human body; e) Others.
Execution of experimental research work in applied biomechanics.
Curricular Unit Teachers
Luís Manuel Ferreira RoseiroInternship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Books
1. Bartel, Donald L.; Davy, Dwight T.; Keaveny, Tony M. – Orthopaedic biomechanics: mechanics and design in musculoskeletal systems. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson / Prentice-Hall, cop. 2006. 370 p.. ISBN 0-13-008909-5 (disponível na Biblioteca do ISEC: 11-1-4 (ISEC) – 14648)
2. Okuno, Emico; Fratin, Luciano – Desvendando a física do corpo humano: biomecânica. São Paulo: Manole, 2003. 202 p.. ISBN 85-204-1623-3 (disponível na Biblioteca do ISEC: 11-1-1 (ISEC) – 14153)
3. Nigg, Benno M.; Herzog, Walter, 1955- – Biomechanics of the musculo-skeletal system. 3rd ed. Chichester: Wiley, cop. 2007. 672 p.. ISBN 978-0-470-01767-8 (disponível na Biblioteca do ISEC: 11-1-15 (ISEC) – 15542)
4. Richards, Jim – Biomechanics in clinic and research: an interactive teaching and learning course. Edinburgh [etc.]: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, cop. 2008. 207 p.. ISBN 978-0-443-10170-0 (disponível na Biblioteca do ISEC: 11-1-6 (ISEC) – 14856)
5. Oomens, Cees; Brekelmans, Marcel; Baaijens, Frank – Biomechanics: concepts and computation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 332 p.. ISBN 978-0-521-87558-5 (disponível na Biblioteca do ISEC: 11-1-7 (ISEC) – 15193)
6. Lepers, Romuald, 1968- ; Martin, Alain, 1966- – Biomécanique. Paris: Ellipses, cop. 2007. 205 p.. ISBN 978-2-7298-2379-5 (disponível na Biblioteca do ISEC: 11-1-2 (ISEC) – 14178)
7. Delamarche, Paul; Dufour, Michel, 1945- ; Multon, Franck; Perlemuter, Léon, 1936 – Anatomie, physiologie, biomécanique en STAPS. Paris: Masson, cop. 2002. 287 p.. ISBN 2-294-00699-2 (disponível na Biblioteca do ISEC: 11-1-3 (ISEC) – 14179)
8. Huston, Ronald L., 1937- – Principles of biomechanics. Boca Raton [etc.]: CRC Press, cop. 2009. 430 p.. ISBN 978-0-8493-3494-8 (disponível na Biblioteca do ISEC: 11-1-9 (ISEC) – 15280; 11-1-10 (ISEC) – 15355. – Ex. repetido)
9. Özkaya, Nihat, 1956-1998; Nordin, Margareta; Leger, Dawn L. – Fundamentals of biomechanics: equilibrium, motion, and deformation. 2nd ed. New York: Springer, cop. 1999. 392 p.. ISBN 978-0-387-98283-0 (disponível na Biblioteca do ISEC: 11-1-12 (ISEC) – 15469; 11-1-13 (ISEC) – 15470. – Ex. repetido; 11-1-14 (ISEC) – 15471. – Ex. repetido)
10. Peterson, Donald R.; Bronzino, Joseph D., 1937- – Biomechanics: principles and applications. Boca Raton [etc.]: CRC Press, cop. 2008. 1 vol. (pag. múltipla). ISBN 978-0-8493-8534-6 (disponível na Biblioteca do ISEC: 11-1-11 (ISEC) – 15354)
11. Lima, J. J. Pedroso de – Biofísica médica. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade, 2005. 855 p.. ISBN 972-8704-56-9 (disponível na Biblioteca do ISEC: 12-1-20 (ISEC) – 15962)
12. Winter, David A., 1930 – Biomechanics and motor control of human movement. 4th ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, cop. 2009. 370 p.. ISBN 978-0-470-39818-0 (disponível na Biblioteca do ISEC: 11-1-17 (ISEC) – 16064)
13. Ghista, Dhanjoo N. – Applied biomedical engineering mechanics. Boca Raton [etc.]: CRC Press, cop. 2009. 528 p.. ISBN 978-0-8247-5831-8 (disponível na Biblioteca do ISEC: 11-1-8 (ISEC) – 15278)
14. Nordin, Margareta; Frankel, Victor H., 1925- – Basic biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system. 3rd ed. Philadelphia [etc.]: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, cop. 2003. 467 p.. ISBN 978-0-683-30247-9 (disponível na Biblioteca do ISEC: 11-1-5 (ISEC) – 14660)
Master Thesis
1. Ana Renata Gomes Dionísio; orient. Prof. Doutor Luís Manuel Ferreira Roseiro, A termografia como base de avaliação biomecânica em contexto de investigação e observação clínica, Coimbra: IPC. Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, 2017, ISBN 978-989-8331-16-8
2. Patrick Gomes Marques; orient. Luís Manuel Ferreira Roseiro, Luís Miguel Moura Neves de Castro, Tailor made cervical collar instrumented with sensors, Coimbra: IPC. Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, 2022.
3. Daniela Bregas da Fonseca; orient. Prof. Doutor Luís Manuel Ferreira Roseiro, Registo e análise da distribuição plantar na identificação de parâmetros associados à biomecânica do pé, Coimbra: IPC. Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, 2017.