Motor Behavior Labs/Equipment
Biomechanics/Neuromuscular Control Laboratory (Room B2 Gym Armory):
The Biomechanics and Neuromuscular Control lab is a 48ft x 80ft (3840 sq ft) room with tall ceilings. The posterior 1/5 of the room contains a motor control physiology lab space. The anterior 1/5 of the space contains four workstations for graduate students. The middle 3/5 is used for data collection of gait, functional performance (strength, balance, proprioception), nerve conduction, and body movements.
- A research area equipped with 8 camera ( up to 250 samples per second) Vicon system, 2 AMTI force platforms and 10 channel Motion Lab EMG, all internally synchronized with One MotionAnalysis 60 Hz camera, one AMTI force platform and 16 channel Run Technologies EMG system
- Visual 3D and Vicon software
- 2 AMTI ACUSWAY mobile force platform systems
- BioPac EMG system
- Biodex Dynamometer
- Biodex Balance System SD
- ATM2 3D trunk exercise system
- 3 sets of different Body weight support systems
- 2 Treadmills
- 2 PCs computers for data analyses
- TV monitor, digital VCRs, CD writer, storage oscilloscope, etc. A computerized KT-2000 knee joint Anthrometer.
- 2 x 4-channel amplifiers (QP511) to acquire EMG (8 total channels; Grass Technologies)
- 2 PCs for data acquisition and analysis
- Piano keyboard with MIDI interface
Sensorimotor/Motor Control Laboratory (Room 137 Long Field House):
The Sensorimotor/Motor Control Lab is a 17.5ft x 44ft (770 sq ft) room with tall ceilings. The posterior 1/3 of the room contains three workstations for graduate students. The anterior 2/3 of the space is used for data collection of eye and body movements.
- 4 Camera Qualysis (3 at 240 Hz; 1 up to 1000 Hz) 3D digital camera PCRflex kinematic data collection system.
- An Applied Science Laboratories Binocular Eye tracking system with head-eye integration (60 Hz, model 501)
- A/D board to synchronize eye and body movement data
- 3 computers for data reduction and analyses
- PLATO visual occlusion spectacles
- Gans Sensory Organization Performance Package
- Dell DLP 3300MP Projector, recording device
- North Coast Medical Touch-Test Sensory hairs
Binocular Eye Tracker
Passive Motion Capture System
Fine Motor Control and Learning Laboratory (Room 74 & 71 Long Field House):
The Fine Motor Control and Learning Laboratory is located in two areas setup for data collection and analysis of upper-body movements.
The 8ft x 14ft (112 sq ft) space (Room 74 Long Field House)
- 24” Widescreen Flat panel LCD monitor
- 20” Widescreen Flat panel LCD monitors
- Wacom Intuos3 9x12 Digitizer Tablet
- Several Wacom Digitizer Ink and non-inking pens, including a modified pen to measure ranges of force exceeding the normal ranges of axial pen force.
- Latitude D830 laptop for “mobile” data collection and presentation
- Several PCs including one high power PCs for extreme performance demands for display, collection, and analysis of data.
- Specialized software for the collection and processing of fine motor movements (MovAlyzeR and OASIS).
- Several other software packages for collection, processing, analysis, reporting, and presentation of data.
The 22ft x 18ft (396 Sq ft) space (Room 71 Long Field House)
- Two 22” Widescreen Flat panel LCD monitors
- Wacom Intuos3 12x19 Digitizer Tablet
- Wacom Intuos 12x18 Digitizer Tablet in portable frame for “mobile” data collection
- Oasis digitizer collection box
- Several PCs including one high power PCs for extreme performance demands for display, collection, and analysis of data.
- Specialized software for the collection and processing of fine motor movements (MovAlyzeR and OASIS).
- Several other software packages for collection, processing, analysis, reporting, and
presentation of data.