Physics and Statistics

- Fundamental and derived physical quantities, scalar and vector quantities, physical laws and dimensional analysis.
- Point kinematics: position, velocity, acceleration. Tangential and centripetal acceleration. Uniform straight motion, uniformly accelerated motion.
- 2D kinematics: circular motion, motion of a projectile, range. Application: long jump.
- Principles of Newton dynamics. Normal force, static and dynamic friction, gravitational force.
- Conservation of momentum, impulse theorem. Applications: air-bag, boxing glove.
- Work-kinetic energy theorem, conservative and non-conservative forces, potential energy, conservation of mechanical energy. Centre of mass. Applications: high jump and Fosbury flop.
- Elastic forces, mass-spring, oscillating systems, simple and physical pendulum. Elastic potential energy. Application: simple model of human locomotion based on physical pendulum.
- Stress and strain (normal, shear, torsion, bending), Hooke's laws and elastic moduli. Mechanical properties of bone and tendons. Application: bone fracture under compression.
- Rigid body mechanics: torque, roto-translational equilibrium, levers. Applications: levers in the human body, equilibrium of joints.
- Ideal and non-ideal gases. Equation of state for a perfect gas. Dalton's law. Henry's law. Ideal fluid statics: Pascal's law, Stevin's law, Archimedes' principle. Application: diving.
- Fluid dynamics: continuity, Bernoulli's law. Viscosity, Poiseuille's law, hydrodynamic resistance. Turbulence, Reynolds' number. Application: measuring blood pressure with a sphygmomanometer.
- Electric charge, field and potential. Electric current and propagation of electric signals in the human body. Muscles and electro-stimulation.

Observational Studies.

Measures in Epidemiology.

Basic statistical methods.

Statistical inference and significance.

Measures of association and risk.

Variability of estimates and measure errors.

Error, bias and inference.