What is the definition and application of Biomechanics?
Biomechanics in its broadest sense is the study of the mechanics and other physical aspects of living organisms and their parts. Some simple examples of biomechanics include the investigation of the forces that act on limbs, the aerodynamics of bird and insect flight, the hydrodynamics of swimming in fish and locomotion in general across all forms of life, from individual cells to whole organisms. Of course, the focus here is biomechanics as related to the human organism. Closely related to Biomechanics is Kinesiology which has been traditionally defined as the study of human movement from the point of view of physical sciences (Luttgens & Hamilton, 1997). It has two main areas: anatomical kinesiology and mechanical kinesiology. The former deals with the mechanical aspects of the human body, while the latter deals with the mechanical aspects of the human motion. In essence, kinesiology is very similar to biomechanics as long as the main area of application is the human. So both terms c
