MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR STUDY OF HUMAN MOVEMENT DYSFUNCTION: PHYSICAL THERAPY

这个子项目是利用由NIH/NCRR资助的共享仪器赠款提供的资源的许多研究子项目之一。子项目和调查员(PI)可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可能会出现在其他CRISE条目中。列出的机构是用于拨款的，而不一定是用于调查人员的机构。描述(由申请者提供)：在这份提案中，特拉华大学物理治疗系的六名NIH资助的教职员工正在申请资金，以扩大和更新该系运动分析实验室(MAL)现有的最先进的运动分析系统。多年来，物理治疗系一直是NIH资助的研究人员、研究科学家、初级教员、博士后研究员、研究生和本科生在物理治疗系和生物力学和运动科学计划中的资源。联邦政府资助的研究在过去7年里在司法部呈指数级增长，而且更多涉及运动分析的研究正在进行中。所要求的资金将用于扩大能力，以满足新闻部和特拉华大学运动科学界多年来的主要调查人员和其他成员的需要。我们操作的限速阶段现在是我们运动分析实验室的全部日程。这仅限于正在进行的研究，以及为新项目收集试点数据，以及培训年轻的调查人员。本提案所要求的具体仪器是VICON MX系统，配有8个MX40摄像头，分辨率为400万像素，具有实时能力和必要的硬件和软件。8摄像头MX系统是研究复杂手臂运动以及双边步态活动的理想之选，因为它提供的灰度级计算可以改进标记的检测，从而消除会降低数据准确性的合并标记。本提案所要求的具体仪器是VICON MX系统，配有8个MX40摄像头，分辨率为400万像素，具有实时能力和必要的硬件和软件。为了容纳扩大的仪器，大学承诺提供更多的空间，该部承诺为一个500平方英尺的实验室提供翻修资金。对该系统的支持将由一名全职技术人员/程序员提供。新设备将扩大该部现有的仪器设备，所有主要用户和其他相关调查人员都可以随时使用。新的仪器将极大地提高首席研究人员的研究效率，并有助于为特拉华大学的下一代运动科学家提供尽可能好的培训。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Shared Instrumentation Grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the grant, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this proposal, six NIH-funded faculty members in the Department of Physical Therapy of the University of Delaware are requesting funding to expand and update the state-of the art motion analysis system existing in the Department's Motion Analysis Laboratory (MAL). The Department of Physical Therapy MAL has served as a resource for NIH funded researchers, research scientists, junior faculty, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students and undergraduate students in the Department of Physical Therapy and the Program in Biomechanics and Movement Science for many years. Federally funded research has expanded exponentially in the Department over the past 7 years and substantially more research involving motion analysis is underway. The requested funding will be used to expand the capabilities to serve the needs of the principal investigators and other members of the Department and the University of Delaware movement science community for many years. The rate-limiting phase of our operations is now the full schedule in our motion analysis laboratory. This is limiting to on-going research as well as to the collection of pilot data for new projects, and the training of young investigators. The specific instrument requested in this proposal is a VICON MX System with 8 MX40 cameras with 4.0 Megapixels resolution, real time capability and necessary hardware and software. An 8 camera MX system is ideal for the study of complex arm movements as well as bilateral gait activities because it provides gray scale calculations that improve detection of markers thus eliminating merging markers that can reduce data accuracy. The specific instrument requested in this proposal is a VICON MX System with 8 MX40 cameras with 4.0 Megapixels resolution, real time capability and necessary hardware and software. To accommodate the expanded instrumentation, the University has committed additional space and the Department has committed renovation funds for a 500 ft2 laboratory. The support for the system will be provided by a full-time technician/programmer. The new equipment will expand existing instrumentation in the Department, where it is readily accessible to all of the primary users and the other associated investigators as well. The new instrumentation will dramatically improve the productivity of principal investigators' research, and contribute to providing the best possible training of the next generation of movement scientists from the University of Delaware.