Physical Education GCSE
Load and effort relationship
What Load and effort relationship means in Physical Education GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Load and effort relationship
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A value greater than 1 means a smaller effort moves a larger load, a value of 1 means load and effort are equal, and a value below 1 means more effort than load is needed.
Topics that use Load and effort relationship
- 1.1.c. Movement analysis - Lever systems (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Application to body levers
- Classes of lever
- Effort arm and load arm distances
- Body examples: neck, ankle, elbow
- Lever use in physical activity and sport
- Mechanical advantage
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