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PHE 229 : Introduction To Kinesiology

NCE2 levelMedical & Health Sciences22 topics

PHE 229 covers 22 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. OBJECTIVES 1Credit Compulsory
  2. Define the term kinesiology
  3. Identify the values of kinesiology to Physical Educator s Sport
  4. Professionals
  5. Understand some terminologies e.g. Agonist, Antagonist, Neutralizes,
  6. Stabilizes,
  7. Synergist etc
  8. Identify special muscles groups, uses and roles in motion
  9. Understand Newton’s laws of motion as they relate to sporting activities
  10. Describe projectiles, trajectory of projectile and factors influencing the
  11. Definition of Kinesiology
  12. Important of Kinesiology to the PHE
  13. Special muscles, uses and role e.g. Agonist (mover) muscle Antagonist, Neutralizer,
  14. Stabilizer, Synergist.
  15. Muscular Analysis of movement at joints
  16. Equilibrium/definition types: i.e. stable, unstable, neutral
  17. Motion/Newton’s Laws of Motion as they relate to sporting activities
  18. Types of Motion: Linear, angular, general, curvilinear
  19. Projectile: definition
  20. Trajectory of Projectile
  21. Factors influencing the flight of projectile, e.g. gravity, air resistance, angle of release.
  22. NCE YEAR 3 - FIRST SEMESTER

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OBJECTIVES 1Credit Compulsory

This topic focuses on the objectives of Introduction to Kinesiology as a 1-credit compulsory course: understanding human movement, the scientific bases used to study movement, and the practical value of movement knowledge in health, exercise, and daily life.

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