MRI: Acquisition of Real Time Motion Analysis System

这笔重大研究仪器(MRI)拨款支持购买实时运动分析系统，以加强加州州立大学北岭分校(CSUN)运动学、机械工程和物理治疗系的教职员工和学生的研究和研究培训能力。这一新的最先进的实时系统将允许以高保真的方式捕获数据并立即进行分析和处理，从而推动生物力学、人体运动的神经肌肉控制和生物医学工程方面的研究和教育。来自运动分析系统的数据将通过生物力学模型进行分析，以更好地了解人类运动以及设备和环境设计如何影响神经肌肉控制。运动分析系统可与其他仪器，如肌电图仪或测力板集成，以三维分析复杂的运动，并更好地了解人类在不同条件下如何与环境互动。运动分析系统将促进教师之间的合作研究和学生在三个学科的交叉训练。这项研究使改进的控制策略的制定和广泛活动的设计成为可能。对人类运动的了解可以改善日常生活的设计，防止受伤并促进最佳性能，并创造新的适应设备，从轮椅到改进的矫形器和假肢。新开发的运动分析实验室将促进对CSUN学生进行工程和康复方面的研究培训，并将吸引代表性不足的学生进入STEM研究领域。

This Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant supports the acquisition of a real-time motion analysis system to strengthen the research and research training capabilities for faculty and students in the Departments of Kinesiology, Mechanical Engineering, and Physical Therapy at California State University Northridge (CSUN). The new state-of-the-art real-time system will allow data to be captured with high fidelity and to be immediately analyzed and processed, advancing research and education on biomechanics, neuromuscular control of human movements, and biomedical engineering. Data from the motion analysis system will be analyzed with biomechanical models to better understand human movement and how equipment and environmental design affects neuromuscular control. The motion analysis system can be integrated with other instrumentation, such as the electromyograph or force plates, to analyze complex movements in three dimensions and to better understand how humans interact with their environments under different conditions.The motion analysis system will promote collaborative research among the faculty and the cross-training of students in the three disciplines. This research enables the development of enhanced control strategies and design for a broad range of activities. Understanding of human movement can lead to improved designs for daily living that prevent injuries and promote peak performance and to the creation of new adaptive devices, ranging from wheelchairs to improved orthotics and prosthetics. The newly developed motion analysis laboratory will promote research training in engineering and rehabilitation for CSUN students and will attract underrepresented students to STEM research areas.