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INDEPENDENT STUDY CONTRACT
Name: Joshua Winters
Course #: BMSC 866
Title of Project:
SemesterlYear: Spring/20 10
Credits: 4 Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Rudolph
Evaluation of Muscle Characteristics
(note: University "Special Problem/Independent Study" Titling Form must be filled out)
Narrative Description of the Supervised Study:
This course will involve formal lecture and laboratory components covering basic neurophysiology of
skeletal muscle and how it responds to electrical stimulation and independent literature review and
laboratory activities relating to force development in health individuals and possibly in people with
kneeOA.
Student will examine the effects of fatigue on submaximal voluntary and stimulated rates of knee
extension force production. The student will develop and implement an adequate testing protocol that
will accurately measure and assess these variables.
Objectives of the Study (be specific):
-compare and contrast the manner in which motor neurons are activated volitionally and
electrically
-develop protocols for testing the quickness of force production and the relative
composition of different motor units in the muscles of older adults compared to young
adults.
-Analyze and assess all the data collected
-Modify any specific components of this protocol for use in an osteoarthritis population.
Student Timetable for Project Listed by Week:
Weeks 1-4 - Electrophysiology of skeletal muscle: readings and laboratory activities
Weeks 5-8 - protocol development
Weeks 8-end of semester - data analysis
Faculty Sponsor's Obligations (completed by sponsor):
provide guidance through formal lectures, meetings and directed readings
Evaluation Methodology (including weightings by %):
written exam (30%); data analysis and interpretation (70%)
Certification:
Student is Eligible to Take Independent Study this Semester: Yes X
No
Independent Study Credits Taken Previously - Semester: Summer/2009 Credits: 3
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