1st Bachelor in Occupational Therapy
Biometrics
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ECTS Credits | 2 |
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Number of Hours (h/year) | 15 |
Teaching staff | EVRARD, Frédéric |
Course Unit | Compulsory |
Term | Quad. 1 and 2 |
Code | PARA-D_ERGO0034/1 |
Prerequisite | None |
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Aims and Objectives | To establish the means of measuring the various parameters of the principal functions of the organism |
Description | Anthropometric measurements · Current biometric measurements: height and growth, weight, perimeters, circumferences, surface, lengths · Relationship between these various measurements Vertebral measurements (Rachimetry and pelvimetry)
Angular measurements of the articulations Measurement of the muscular force Cardiovascular measurements
Blood pressure
Respiratory measurements
Neurological measurements
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Bibliography | Dimeglio A., Croissance en orthopédie Sauramps, Montpellier, 1991. Vandervael F., Biométrie humaine, Desoers, Liège, 1980. Thiebauld C.M., Sprumont P., L’enfant et le sport, De Boeck, Bruxelles, 1998. Dale R., Wagner and Vivian H. Heyward, Techniques of Body Composition Assessment : A Review of Laboratory and Field Methods, Resarch Quartely for Exercice and Sport, Vol 70, N°2, pp 135-149, 1999. Dupuis S.M., Médecine du sport de l’enfant et de l’adolescent, Ellipses, 2001. |
Teaching and Learning Methods | Lectures |
Assessment Methods | Written examinations |
Notes | Yes |
Language | French |
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