Motion Analysis System for Study of Human Movement Dysfunction

描述（由申请人提供）：在本提案中，美国国立卫生研究院资助的特拉华大学物理治疗系的六名教员正在申请资金，以扩展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。物理治疗系MAL多年来一直为美国国立卫生研究院资助的研究人员，研究科学家，初级教师，博士后研究员，物理治疗系和生物力学和运动科学项目的研究生和本科生提供资源。在过去的7年里，联邦政府资助的研究在该部门呈指数级增长，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，以满足多年来主要研究人员和部门其他成员以及特拉华大学运动科学界的需求。我们操作的限速阶段现在是我们运动分析实验室的全部时间表。这仅限于正在进行的研究以及为新项目收集试点数据和培训年轻研究人员。本提案中要求的具体仪器是一个VICON MX系统，具有8个MX40摄像机，具有400万像素分辨率，实时能力和必要的硬件和软件。8个摄像头的MX系统是研究复杂手臂运动和双侧步态活动的理想选择，因为它提供了灰度计算，提高了对标记的检测，从而消除了可能降低数据准确性的合并标记。本提案中要求的具体仪器是一个VICON MX系统，具有8个MX40摄像机，具有400万像素分辨率，实时能力和必要的硬件和软件。为了容纳扩展的仪器，大学已承诺提供额外的空间，该部门已承诺翻新一个500平方英尺的实验室。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，以便所有主要用户和其他有关的调查人员也能随时使用。新仪器将极大地提高主要研究人员的研究效率，并有助于为特拉华大学下一代运动科学家提供最好的培训。

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.