Course Number: KIN 308
Course Title: Experiments and Models in Physiology
Credit Hours: 3 Vector: 1-0-3 (lecture-tutorial-lab)
Course Description
In this course students will receive advanced information on some of the physiological systems covered in Kin 208. This information will be directed towards laboratory measurements and/or computer models. The course will consist of six 2-week modules. Each module will have a two hour lecture and 6 hours of laboratory work. Good working knowledge of MATLAB and some of its tools (Signal Analysis) is a prerequisite for this course.
Prerequisite: Kin 208, MATLAB experience gained from a Matlab workshop to be offered by Engineering Science at least annually, but without a course identifier.
Recommended: None.
Corequisite: None.
Special Instructions: None.
Course(s) to be dropped if this course is approved:
None.
This course will be one of two new courses (Kin 208, Kin 308) offered by Kinesiology in support of the new Biomedical Engineering program.
Will this be a required or elective course in the curriculum; probable enrolment when offered?
These will both be required courses in the Biomedical Engineering program.
The expected registration would be 30 students per offering.
Indicate Semester and Year this course would be first offered and planned frequency of offering thereafter.
First offering Fall 2007, annually in the Fall semester thereafter.
Which of your present CFL faculty have the expertise to offer this course? Will the course be taught by sessional or limited term faculty?
Dr. Max Donelan, Dr. Ted Milner, Dr. Parveen Bawa
Are there any proposed student fees associated with this course other than tuition fees?
No.
Is this course considered a `duplicate' of any current or prior course under the University's duplicate course policy? Specify, as appropriate.
No.
Note: Senate has approved (S.93-11) that no new course should be approved by Senate until funding has been committed for necessary library materials. Each new course proposal must be accompanied by a library report and, if appropriate, confirmation that funding arrangements have been addressed.
Provide details on how existing instructional resources will be redistributed to accommodate this new course. For instance, will another course be eliminated or will the frequency of offering of other courses be reduced; are there changes in pedagogical style or class sizes that allow for this additional course offering.
Dr. Donelan is
a newly hired Kinesiology faculty member in the area of Biomedical Engineering
commencing January 2005. The
Does the course require specialized space or equipment not readily available in the department or university, and if so, how will these resources be provided?
Existing space and equipment is adequate for this course offering, however, some laboratory PC computer updating with associated data acquisition and analysis systems will be required.
Does this course require computing resources (e.g. hardware, software, network wiring, use of computer laboratory space) and if so, describe how they will be provided.
No
The objective of this course is to provide Engineering students with knowledge about and hands-on experience in modeling physiological systems.
Modules 1 and 2: Mechanics and Electrophysiology of peripheral neuromuscular system.
Muscle, motor unit, axonal conduction velocity, muscle fibre conduction velocity:
a) Muscle stimulation lab, obtain data, fit curves, and make a model.
b) stimulate muscle afferents, record reflex activity; model a length and force feedback control system.
c) Obtain single motor unit data. Construct auto correlations and cross correlations.
d) Record surface-single unit and population. Time domain and frequency domain analysis of EMG at different levels, and fatigue conditions. Construct EMG activity based on motor unit activity.
e) Record EMG and associated force together. Compare their power spectra.
Module 3: Thermoregulation
Modeling thermoregulation in response to changes in clothing and environments.
Module 4: Locomotion
Analysis and modeling of #D locomotion data
Module 5: Cardiovascular System
ECG measurement and analysis; blood pressure measurements under different conditions. Computer models of the heart, and the circulatory system.
Module 6: Respiration
Gas measurement and analysis. Hardware and/or computer models.
Grading
6 Lab Reports
Midterm
Final