Prerequisites, Basic Kinesiology or equivalent, either Psychology or Sociology or equivalent and permission of instructor. Provides the student with knowledge of biomechanics, neurophysiology, behavioral and environmental influences necessary for understanding the basis of motor skill development and control. Four lecture hours a week, fall. Prerequisites, PHYT 200 or equivalent and permission of instructor. Essential elements of instrumentation and analysis of EMG for the study of human movement.
Emphasis is on the integrated study of electrical and dynamic properties of muscle action.
Prerequisite, permission of instructor. Exploration of traditional and current theories of therapeutic exercise for neuromuscular disorders with an emphasis on critical analysis. Prerequisite, permission of instructor. Three lecture hours per week, spring. Prerequisites, HMSC 280 or equivalent and permission of instructor.