Gait Cycle: Understand The Biomechanics Of Walking & Running
What you'll learn
- Learn how the gait cycle forms the foundation for all athletic movements
- Get to know each individual phase of the human gait cycle
- Understand how the biomechanics change during the respective phase
- Become familiar with the basics about biomechanics
- Learn how the running gait cycle differs from the walking gait cycle
- Optimize your own walking and running technique
Requirements
- Interest in understanding how we move
Description
IMPROVE YOUR WALKING & RUNNING TECHNIQUE BY UNDERSTANDING THE BIOMECHANICS!
Even if you are not a runner, understanding the gait cycle and the typical patterns of your specific gait is fundamental for biomechanical analysis. Analyzing gait is the main tool of diagnostics for biomechanists - similar to what a MRI scan means for a doctor.
This course aims to help you to optimize your own walking or running technique. For that, we first need to understand the biomechanics of the lower extremity joints and the main principles of gait in general. Then, we can separate the gait cycle into different phases and analyze the biomechanics of each of them individually. Moreover, we will look into the keys of energy conservation and look at certain movement patterns that make walking and running more efficient. Ultimately, you will be able to perform a full gait analysis on yourself and determine how you can address certain issues and conduct possible improvements.
Understanding The Gait Cycle Is Fundamental For Pursuing A Successful Career In Biomechanics.
As a studied biomechanist myself, I study the science of human locomotion and find ways to analyze and optimize movements. This course contains lots of valuable scientifically proven knowledge that I have gained over the years studying and working in the field of biomechanics, put together into 25+ lectures and over 1.5 hours of content. Let me share it with you!
After finishing this course, you will be able to:
Understand how the gait cycle forms the foundation of all movements in sports
Know the details of each individual phase of the walking and the running gait cycle
Understand the anatomy and the function of the joints of the lower body
Understand the biomechanical differences between walking and running
Optimize your own walking and running technique
The following questions will be answered in this course:
Introduction
How is the course structured?
Why is the gait cycle so important to understand for biomechanical analysis?
Which terms to describe movements and locations are used in the field of biomechanics?
Biomechanics Of The Joints
How are the joints of the human body built?
Which types of joints are there?
How exactly do the joints of the lower extremities function?
The Walking Gait Cycle
What are stance and swing phase and which subphases belong to them?
How are the biomechanics changing during each phase of the gait cycle?
How do the kinematics and kinetics of walking allow us to move more efficiently?
The Running Gait Cycle
How are the biomechanics changing during the phases of the running gait cycle?
What are the biomechanical differences between walking and running?
Which elastic mechanisms help us to minimize the energy expenditure while running?
Gait Analysis
How can we analyze our own gait?
What needs to be considered when performing a gait analysis?
What are some atypical movement patterns that are very common among many people?
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Who this course is for:
- Anybody who is interested in the human biomechanics
Instructor
- 4.6 Instructor Rating
- 181 Reviews
- 9,356 Students
- 6 Courses
Hey,
as a trained biomechanist, I study human movement and find ways to bridge the gap between mechanical engineering and human locomotion.
For the last four years, I have been working with wearable sensor systems that are attached to the body and help to describe human motion. The sensor data needs to be understood and evaluated, which requires the knowledge of soft- and hardware, as well as the mechanics of the human body.
Currently, I am working on my Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering in Basel, Switzerland.
My mission is to optimize movement in order to maximize physical performance and to minimize the risk of injury - combining my passion and my craft.
On Udemy, I want to share my knowledge with you and hopefully get you excited about my passions as well! I would love for you to join the learning community today.