Sport Biomechanics MSc

5.0
6 reviews
  • Campus is good with facilities and is one amongst the largest universities in Europe. It is expanded in a very wide area so one must require a vehicle. Unions, clubs are friendly, great and encourage participation. Career opportunities comes at your doorstep. Wifi seems unreliable sometimes.
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  • Enjoyed my time at Loughborough. The facilities are great right from the halls to the food to the student union.
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  • Being a non sports student can't say much about the sports facilities.
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Master

In Loughborough

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Loughborough

Overview
Our well-established Sport Biomechanics programme provides the opportunity for students to gain an in-depth understanding of all major aspects of sport biomechanics.
Our Sports Biomechanics MSc enables you to specialise in the "physics of sports" - the area of science concerned with the analysis of human movement. Through movement, simulation and measurement, it seeks to gain a greater understanding of human performance in athletic and sporting activities, and to use this understanding to improve performance and reduce injury risk.
The content of this cutting edge programme ranges from experimental techniques and equipment requirements and use, through to the latest theoretical considerations and research problems.
Study runs from October to September and is split into three terms, during the Autumn and Spring terms you will attend taught modules during which you will learn a range of hands-on laboratory and field techniques, and experience theoretical modelling and computer simulation of human movement. The Sport Biomechanics programme culminates in a substantial independent research project which runs from the beginning of the summer term until the end of the programme, during this time you will get the opportunity to apply the techniques learned during the taught course.
Our Sport Biomechanics programme provides an opportunity to join the largest sport biomechanics and motor control research team in the UK, with many staff who are members of the Sport Biomechanics and Motor Control Research Group. This diverse and friendly community will offer many extra-curricular opportunities for you to participate in research activities and to learn from biomechanists with a huge amount of experience and expertise..
You will be taught in a brand new state-of-art sports biomechanics teaching laboratory, opened in January 2017 at a cost of £360k

Facilities

Location

Start date

Loughborough (Leicestershire)
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Loughborough University, LE11 3TU

Start date

On request

About this course

Your personal and professional development
Our School of Sports, Exercise and Health Sciences is committed to helping you develop the skills and attributes you need to progress successfully in your chosen career.
Future career prospects
During the year you will also be encouraged to develop your employability and industry-specific skills through career talks, and opportunities for employment and volunteering in applied sports science settings.
Graduate destinations
Graduates from Sport Biomechanics have gone on to biomechanics teaching in higher education, athlete support within the English Institute of Sport, and PhD research.
Recent graduate destinations include:
England & Wales Cricket Board, Performance Analyst
England Netball, Young Officials Development Officer
Hachette, Digital Commercial Executive
Makerere University, Assistant Lecturer
Oxford Brooks University, Laboratory Technician
Loughborough College, Lecturer
Tunku Abdul Rahman College – Malaysia, Lecturer
Smart Odds, Football Analyst
Your personal development
The Sport Biomechanics programme will develop your biomechanics-specific and transferable skills for employment, such as scientific writing, presentation skills, and critical analysis and discussion which will be beneficial for a wide range of potential careers.

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Reviews

5.0
excellent
  • Campus is good with facilities and is one amongst the largest universities in Europe. It is expanded in a very wide area so one must require a vehicle. Unions, clubs are friendly, great and encourage participation. Career opportunities comes at your doorstep. Wifi seems unreliable sometimes.
    |
  • Enjoyed my time at Loughborough. The facilities are great right from the halls to the food to the student union.
    |
  • Being a non sports student can't say much about the sports facilities.
    |
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4.9
excellent

Course rating

Recommended

Centre rating

Annonymous

5.0
17/11/2018
What I would highlight: Campus is good with facilities and is one amongst the largest universities in Europe. It is expanded in a very wide area so one must require a vehicle. Unions, clubs are friendly, great and encourage participation. Career opportunities comes at your doorstep. Wifi seems unreliable sometimes.
What could be improved: -
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Student

5.0
27/09/2018
What I would highlight: Enjoyed my time at Loughborough. The facilities are great right from the halls to the food to the student union.
What could be improved: -
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Annonymous

5.0
09/05/2018
What I would highlight: Being a non sports student can't say much about the sports facilities.
What could be improved: -
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Student

5.0
06/02/2018
What I would highlight: The wifi connectivity covers almost all of the campus.The facilities like that of sports are commendable.Myrid clubs,societies and student unions take care of all the students and their overall development.
What could be improved: -
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Student

5.0
25/01/2018
What I would highlight: It is one of the best sports universties in the country due to its ambience and sports facilities.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

student

5.0
07/01/2018
What I would highlight: If you are looking for a supportive environment , fun times and safe campus this is the university for you
What could be improved: -
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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Subjects

  • Ms Word
  • Orthopaedic
  • Project
  • University
  • Simulation
  • Word
  • IT

Course programme

What you'll study

Our Sport Biomechanics MSc has been designed to help you develop an understanding of the theoretical basis of sports biomechanics analysis and to understand the range of traditional areas from which methods and data are recruited for an integrated solution to analysing human motion.

Modules

Sport Biomechanics covers a wide range of topics; to give you a taster we have expanded on some of the core modules affiliated with this programme and the specific assessment methods associated with each module.

Theoretical Biomechanics (15 credits)

Theoretical Biomechanics (15 credits)

During this module an understanding of the theoretical basis of sports biomechanics analysis is developed together with examples of computer simulation of sports movements.

Assessment

This module is assessed by 25% coursework (in-class test) and 75% exam, but the university reserves the right to alter this.

Neuromuscular Function (15 credits)

Neuromuscular Function (15 credits)

An understanding of neuromuscular function from the micro to applied whole human body level is developed together with practical skills in investigating neuromuscular function at the whole body level.

Assessment

This module is assessed by 35% coursework (1500-word lab report) and 65% examination, but the university reserves the right to alter this.

Orthopaedic Biomechanics (15 credits)

Orthopaedic Biomechanics (15 credits)

The aim of this module is for students to develop knowledge and understanding of orthopaedic sport biomechanics. Module content ranges from epidemiology and anatomy, to common injuries and their diagnostic methods, treatment, rehabilitation, and evaluation and implementation of clinical outcomes and prevention.

Assessment

This module is assessed by 40% coursework (1500-2000 word essay) and 60% examination, but the university reserves the right to alter this.

Current Research in Sports Biomechanics (30 credits)

Current Research in Sports Biomechanics (30 credits)

In this module students will critically evaluate research articles in sports biomechanics and will develop an understanding of the ways in which sports biomechanics research is conducted and how it should be presented. Students will present their own research proposal for a sports biomechanics research project.

Assessment

This module is assessed by 100% coursework (two presentations, contribution to discussions, and a detailed research review), but the university reserves the right to alter this.

Developing Computer Models for Sports Biomechanics (15 credits)

Developing Computer Models for Sports Biomechanics (15 credits)

In this module students will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to construct, evaluate, and optimise computer models of human movement. This process gives a unique insight into the construction and control of the human body in relation to sporting and other movements that cannot be obtained by experimental work.

Assessment

This module is assessed by 100% coursework (3000-word report and computer model), but the university reserves the right to alter this.

Motion Analysis of Human Movement (15 credits)

Motion Analysis of Human Movement (15 credits)

This module teaches the fundamental practical skills necessary to analyse human movement. It is largely laboratory-based, covering the use of key biomechanics equipment, data collection and processing techniques including capture of 2D and 3D whole-body kinematics and ground reaction forces, and the subsequent data processing and inverse dynamics analysis.

Assessment

This module is assessed by 100% coursework (two lab reports worth 50% each), but the university reserves the right to alter this.

Quantitative Research (15 credits)

Quantitative Research (15 credits)

In this module students will gain a critical understanding and appreciation of statistical theory and its application in exercise, sport and health sciences. They will be taught how to critically review and to communicate how statistics inform theory and vice versa. They will also gain a working knowledge of common statistical procedures in exercise, sport and health science research which will be essential for the analysis of data during their projects and any subsequent research activities.

Assessment

This module is assessed by 100% coursework (two in-class tests worth 50% each), but the university reserves the right to alter this.

Research Project (60 credits)

Research Project (60 credits)

Students will plan and carry out an original research study utilising knowledge gained from other modules on the MSc in Sports Biomechanics programme. Students can either choose from a list of topics proposed by academics, or propose a topic of their own.

Assessment

The research project is assessed by a journal article-style report of up to 5000 words, but the university reserves the right to alter this.

Sport Biomechanics MSc

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