Dr Praveen Nair

SO Biomechanics
SAI, NSSC, Bangalore
 Forms of Motion
Linear motion:
Rectilinear motion: (along a
straight line)

https://tuitionphysics.com/jun-2020/rectilinear-motion-and-non-
linear-motion-important-concepts/

Curvilinear motion: (along a

curved line)
 Rotation around an axis
 Occurs when all points on a body or object
move around the same fixed central line or
axis in circles

https://www.teachpe.com/biomechanics/angular-motion

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 Position,

 distance, displacement,

 velocity, speed

 acceleration

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https://byjus.com/physics/distance-and-displacement/

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 Speed- Distance covered per unit time. m/s


 Velocity- Displacement per unit time. m/s

https://www.coolkidfacts.com/speed-and-velocity/

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 Acceleration – The rate of change of velocity with
respect to time. m/s2

 Acceleration due to gravity- 9.8 m/s2

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• An imaginary point around which whole weight is
assumed to be concentrated

• OR
• point around which a body’s weight is equally balanced
in all directions

https://30minutesofeverything.com/where-is-your-center-of-gravity/

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 Newtons laws
 Force
 Momentum
 Impulse
 Power
 Pressure

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 Force is a pull or push that can cause an
object to accelerate, stop, or change
direction


 Force=massXacceleration
 =mXa

 Units-
 Newton

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/448671181611385837/

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 The quantity of motion contained in a body is
known as momentum

 Momentum=MassX velocity
 =mXv

 Unit-kgm/sec
 Force is nothing but rate of change of
momentum

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 Change in momentum is impulse
 Or
 It is product of force and the duration of time
during which it acts
 Impulse=mv2-mv1
 =FXt

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 The rate of doing work

 Power=Work/time
 =ForceXvelocity

 Unit- Watts
 1 watt= 1 joules/sec

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 Angular distance and angular displacement
 Angular speed and angular velocity
 Angular acceleration
 Moment of inertia of a body about a given
axis is the sum of the products of the masses
of all the particles composing the body and
the square of their respective distance from
the axis of rotation
 I= ∑ mr2

 The resistance of a body to changes in its angular motion

 The quantity of angular motion possessed by
a body is called angular momentum and it is
equal to the product of its moment of inertia
and its angular velocity
 H=Iω
 Rotatory effect of force is called torque

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/torque-angular-
momentum/torque-tutorial/a/torque

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 non-numerical evaluation

 direct observation of movement

 Multiple views from multiple planes

 Spotlight is on whole body or specific segments

 collection, measurement, and evaluation

 numbers are involved.

 Video source: https://youtu.be/WeOjvbvEM0s
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Video source: https://youtu.be/4T-NAkYydWk

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SAI, NSSC Bangalore
 Image source: https://www.iprsmediquipe.com/products/wireless-
surface-emg/#technical-data

https://www.xsens.com/motion-capture

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Image source: SAI, NSSC Bangalore
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0021929015