运动机能学是研究人体或非人体运动的科学。 运动机能学涉及运动的生理、生物力学和心理动力学原理和机制。 Applications of kinesiology to human health include 生物力学s and 整形外科, strength and conditioning, 运动心理学, methods of rehabilitation, such as physical and occupational therapy, and sport and exercise. Studies of human and animal motion include measures from motion tracking systems, 电生理学 of muscle and brain activity, various methods for monitoring physiological function, and other behavioral and cognitive research techniques.

The word comes from the 希腊 κίνησις 亲属ēsis, "movement" (itself from κινεῖν kinein, "to move"), and -λογία em>箴言集, "study."

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