Equipment
Promobilia MoveAbility Lab is a physical research infrastructure for analysing human movement and working with state-of-the-art tools for biomechanical and physiological measurement. Our equipment is listed below.
- Motion Capture System (Vicon V16, 16 MP at 120 Hz, 2000 Hz max) and 4 fixed +3 portable force plates (AMTI). A motion capture system records movement. Through such system we get info about joint kinematics and kinetics thanks to the integration of force plates which measure force.
- Inertial Measurement Units, IMU:s (Cometa WaveTrack). These sensors combine accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers. They track the orientation, velocity, and acceleration of body segments. They provide data on joint angles, stride length, cadence, and other movement parameters.
- Electromyography, EMG (Cometa Pico and MiniWave). The sensors measure muscle electrical activity allowing analysis of muscle activation and movement.
- Muovi+ Wireless HD-EMG system, with 2 64-channel grids and 3 auxiliary channels (OTB). The setup is based on a large number (32, 64, or more) of small surface electrodes equally spaced and applied to the same muscle or a muscle group. Using many electrodes permits you to have many observation points on muscle activity and algorithms that allow you to extract physiological information.
- Ultrasound (Mindray M9) with two linear transducers (L14-6Ws & L14-6Ns). This equipment is used to investigate muscle architecture which enable us to gain insights into muscle function.
- Pressure insoles (Pedar and Moticon) measure the distribution and magnitude of pressure on the soles of the feet.
- High-density EMG 400 + 64 channels (OTB).
- Instrumented Tandem treadmill (AMTI). The treadmills can measure the forces of individual limbs during the double support phase of walking gait.
- Simulation software (OpenSIM and AnyBody).
- Algorithms. The lab also makes use of its own algorithms developed by our researchers.