PHYSIOTHERAPY AND REHABILITATION (TURKISH) PROGRAMME COURSE DESCRIPTION
Name of the Course Unit	Code	Year	Semester	In-Class Hours (T+P)	Credit	ECTS Credit
KINESIOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS I	FTR209	2	3	2+0	2.0	3.0

Objectives and Contents
Objectives of the Course Unit	Learning mechanical principles of motion and knowing how to use them in the analysis of human movements.
Contents of the Course Unit	The definition of kinesiology, Matters of kinesiology scope, motion and movement types, general mechanical principles, Development and nutrition of bone tissue, bone cells, physiological properties of bone and bone laws, stress loads on the bone, functional adaptation in pathological conditions of bone, bone diseases, structure-properties of cartilage , mechanics, patokinetig of; mechanical and pathomechanics of muscle function; The mechanical properties of tissue collagen, and pathomechanics, classification of joints, synovial joints and their properties, joint cohesion, the movement formed by the plane of the joints, sliding and swinging motion, leverage, balance, orientation planes and coordinates.
Contribution of the Course Intending to Provide the Professional Education	Provides information about body structures and their mechanics which play a role during the movement, the response to stress and pathological changes of tissues, the relationship between the movement and the mechanical principles.