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CODE 80580
ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ING-INF/06
LANGUAGE Italiano
TEACHING LOCATION
SEMESTER 2° Semester
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

AIMS AND CONTENT

TEACHING METHODS

Combination of lectures, exercises, guided lab activities (App Inventor)

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

•    Introduction (wk 1). Levels of description of movement: kinematic, kinetic, muscle mechanics, physiology. Overview of movement analysis techniques. Reminder of the physiological basis of movement, perception and cognition. Neuroanatomy of the sensorimotor system. Motor control theories.
•    Muscle mechanics and control (wk 2-3). Hill’s model of muscle force generation. The size principle. Muscle fatigue. Electromyography and EMG-related measures of performance.
•    Single-joint neuromechanics (wk 4). Joint kinematics, joint dynamics, agonist and antagonist muscles, the motor servo, neuromuscular viscoelasticity.
•    Multi-joint movements (wk 5-6). Kinematics: trajectories, joint rotations, forward and inverse kinematics, Jacobians. Dynamics: equations of motion of kinematic chains,  mechanical impedance. Examples: arm movements and manipulation; orofacial control.
•    Computational motor control (wk 7-8). Trajectory formation. Dynamics control. Multisensory integration and Sensorimotor integration. Feedforward and feedback control modalities.
•    Motor learning (wk 9-10). Sensorimotor adaptation to kinematic/dynamic disturbances. Computational models of adaptation. Motor skill learning. Computational models of skill learning
•    Movement kinetics (wk 11-12). Case studies in locomotion: gait, running, cycling, swimming. Energy-related performance measurements: metabolic energy consumption.
•    App Design Lab (lab activity). Four guided lab activities plus individual project work

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

VITTORIO SANGUINETI (President)

MAURA CASADIO

MARCO MASSIMO FATO

LESSONS

EXAMS

ASSESSMENT METHODS

•    Written examination (weight 50%)
•    Project work (individuals or couples, weight 50%):  using App Inventor, develop a smartphone/tablet app for monitoring some form of user’s perceptual or motor performance

 

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
12/06/2017 09:30 GENOVA Scritto
21/07/2017 09:30 GENOVA Scritto
11/09/2017 09:30 GENOVA Scritto
29/09/2017 15:30 GENOVA Scritto