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PT 6231 - Clinical Biomechanics
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies: 00598
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Principles of biomechanics. Forces/structures internal/external to body responsible for normal human movement. Muscle, joint, and tissue mechanics. Joint-specific normal function, whole body posture, gait mechanics. Focuses on normal mechanics as foundation for abnormal mechanics and pathology. Lecture, laboratory. prereq: Intro calculus, physics, registered PT student