MRI: Acquisition of Real Time Motion Analysis System

这项主要研究仪器（MRI）补助金支持收购实时运动分析系统，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教师和学生的研究和研究培训能力。新的最先进的实时系统将允许以高保真度捕获数据，并立即进行分析和处理，推进生物力学，人体运动的神经肌肉控制和生物医学工程的研究和教育。来自运动分析系统的数据将通过生物力学模型进行分析，以更好地了解人体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，整合在一起，以分析三维的复杂运动，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培训。这项研究能够为广泛的活动制定增强的控制策略和设计。了解人体运动可以改进日常生活设计，防止受伤，促进最佳表现，并创造新的适应性设备，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CSUN学生的工程和康复研究培训，并将吸引代表性不足的学生到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.