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Biomechanics of Impact Injury - SESC9460
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Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 0
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

Impact injury occurs in the workplace, on the sports field, during recreation, and in traffic accidents. The course covers mechanisms of trauma, research methods, human tolerance to impact and methods for reducing injury. It brings together biomechanics, engineering and traumatology.

Note: Short Course mode. May not run every year.

Assumed knowledge: SESC6110

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