Biomechanics and Obesity? : Are We Getting the Right Results? / presented by Raymond C. Browning and Sarah Schultz.

The current epidemic of obesity is consistent with a myriad of health-related conditions, including those affecting the musculoskeletal system. As a result, biomechanics research has begun to investigate the relationship between these orthopedic complications and an obese individual's ability t...

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Other Authors: Browning, Raymond C. (Speaker), Schultz, Sarah (Ph.D., ATC) (Speaker)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Monterey, CA : Healthy Learning, 2011.
Series:Sports medicine and exercise science in video
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Why biomechanics data?
  • Are we getting the right results ...
  • Why do we use marker sets?
  • Challenges
  • Marker placement
  • Functional joint center
  • Skin movement artifact
  • Pelvic marker accuracy
  • The scaling argument
  • Electromyography
  • Recommendations
  • Questions and answers.