Understand and apply the Human Neuromotorcontrol and learning; Utilise Mathematical modelling of the musculoskeletal body appropriately; Model of human neuromotor control which entails understanding the principles governing the coordination of muscular action with the central nervous system; model the mechanism that links the proprioceptive input from the periphery, with the input from the central nervous system and involves timing of muscle recruitment as well as muscle contraction; apply these model to understand alterations of the neuromusculoskletal system associated to specific pathology (i.e. Muscle-actuated simulations of pathological gait have the capacity to identify muscle impairments and compensatory strategies).The course is design to provide a comprehensive and rigorous understanding of the principles of the neuromotorcontrol of human movement from the perspective of both adaptation of the neural motorcontrol system and adaptation of mechanical properties of the human body, incorporating approaches from physiology, engineering and computational neuroscience. Basic Musculoskeletal Modelling principles will be provided, from a biomechanics point of view. Specifically: utilise mathematical modelling appropriately; model of human neuromotor control and musculoskeletal systems in general; derive the functional properties of the musculoskeletal system from the fundamental laws of mechanics; reflect critically on recent research in the area of musculoskeletal biomechanics; specific models for specific applications: pathological subjects gait analysis, EMG-driven neuromuscular modelling; prosthesis implant; surgical planning; injury prevention in sport.
- Docente: Zimi Sawacha