Facility & Equipment

The Biomechanics and Motor Performance Laboratory is located in CHS 215, Cook DeVos Center for Health Sciences of the GVSU Grand Rapids DeVos Campus.

Motion recorded in biomechanics lab
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Equipment

The lab is equipped with:

  • Sixteen Vicon MX-T40 cameras and Nexus motion capture software 
  • Five AMTI Optima digital force platforms and adjustable mounting rail system
  • Portable AMTI force platform and ramp to evaluate static balance and gait
  • AMTI Force-Sensing Tandem Treadmill
  • The Motion Labs Systems MA-300 16-channel EMG system 
  • Biodex Medical Multi-Joint System, with trunk flexion/extension and lift-task capabilities
  • NeuroCom SMART EquiTest and clinical research systems products
  • Standard biplanar videography synchronized with three-dimensional motion capture
  • BTS Bioengineering G-Sensor 2 wireless accelerometer (gait temporo-spatial parameters) and G-Studio analysis software
  • Xsens MVN-AWINDA (full body wireless Mocap system) and MVN-AL-L-D analysis software

We use the following software for data analysis, modeling, and simulation:

  • MATLAB
  • Nexus motion capture software
  • C-Motion Visual3D
  • OpenSim


Page last modified April 19, 2024