bp4823 Biomechanics

Faculty of Sports Studies
spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miriam Kalichová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Martin Zvonař, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Miriam Kalichová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Miriam Kalichová, Ph.D.
Department of Physical Activities and Health Sciences – Faculty of Sports Studies
Supplier department: Department of Physical Activities and Health Sciences – Faculty of Sports Studies
Prerequisites
BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud) && BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud_fsps)
bp1830
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the subject is to explain the mechanical structure and mechanical behavior of the human musculosceletal system, especially in sport movement, and in this approach the research methods, based on which the human body can be analyzed.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students should be able:
- to explain the fundamental mechanics laws and principles;
- to synthesize these knowledges with biologicals systems knowledges earlier acquired;
- to apply the bases of this synergetic discipline to human motion system and to sports movement.
Syllabus
  • 01. Definition of the discipline, meaning.
  • 02. Kinematics of human body movement - linear, rotational (spatio-temporal structure of movement).
  • 03. Kinetics of human body motion - linear, rotational.
  • 04. The laws of conservation: energy and momentum of human body motion.
  • 05. Biological basis of biomechanics: geometry of the human body (anatomical planes and directions, body segments, kinematic chain, mass and centre of gravity of segments, centre of gravity of body, moment of inertia of segments).
  • 06. Mechanical properties of biomaterials (viscoelasticity, stiffness, strength, relaxation and creep, material fatigue). Deformation and stress.
  • 07. Rheology (rheological models).
  • 08. Mechanical properties of bone tissue (bone stress and strain, plastic and elastic deformation, bone remodelling).
  • 09. Mechanical properties of tendons and ligaments ( hysteresis of elastic fibres, stress-strain relationship).
  • 10. Mechanical properties of skeletal muscle (mechanical properties, gradation of muscle tension, Hill's three-element model, dependence of muscle force on muscle contraction parameters).
  • 11. Biomechanics of segmental motion (mechanical triad, muscle force decomposition, moment action of muscle force, lever principle of motion in joints, types of levers in the human body, model examples).
  • 12. Biomechanics of musculoskeletal injuries.
  • 13. Methods of measurement in biomechanics.
Literature
    required literature
  • KALICHOVÁ, Miriam, Josef BALÁŽ, Petr BEDŘICH and Martin ZVONAŘ. Základy biomechaniky tělesných cvičení (Basic biomechanics of physical excercises). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 193 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5551-3. info
  • JANURA, Miroslav. Úvod do biomechaniky pohybového systému člověka. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2003, 84 s. ISBN 8024406446. info
    recommended literature
  • Peterson, D.R., Bronzino, J.D. (2017). Biomechanics: Principles and Practices. CRC Press, 408 pp, ISBN-10 : ‎ 9781138748040.
  • Zernicke, R. F., Broglio, S.P., Whiting, W.C. (2023). Biomechanics of Injury. Human Kinetics. 360 pp., ISBN-10: ‎ 1718201591
  • McLester, J., Pierre, P. (2019). Applied Biomechanics: Concepts and Connections: Concepts and Connections. 506 pp., ISBN-10: ‎ 1284170047
  • MCGINNIS, Peter Merton. Biomechanics of sport and exercise. 3rd ed. Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 2013, xii, 443. ISBN 9780736079662. info
  • BALÁŽ, Jozef. Vybrané kapitoly z biomechaniky. 2. vyd. Bratislava: Peter Mačura - PEEM, 2005, 82 s. ISBN 8089917256. info
  • Přehled středoškolské fyziky. Edited by Emanuel Svoboda. 3. vyd. Praha: Prometheus, 1998, 497 s., ob. ISBN 80-7196-116-7. info
  • VAVERKA, František. Základy biomechaniky pohybového systému člověka. 2. vyd. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci, 1997, 40 s. ISBN 8070677279. info
  • KOVAŘÍK, Vladimír and František LANGER. Biomechanika tělesných cvičení. Vyd. 2. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1994, 79 s. ISBN 8021008385. info
  • KARAS, Vladimír, Stanislav OTÁHAL and Petr SUŠANKA. Biomechanika tělesných cvičení. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 180 s. ISBN 8004205542. info
Teaching methods
Lectures: theoretical presentations.
Practical course: applications on exercises, project activities.
Assessment methods
Lectures: paper presenatation, oral exam.
Exercise: written test passed min. to 70%.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024, spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2026, recent)
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