What the facility does
Clinical biomechanics, the development of tools for the quantitative analysis of human motion data, investigation of the pathomechanical factors of osteoarthritis.
Areas of expertise
The Human Mobility Research Laboratory (HMRL) fosters interdisciplinary collaborations among engineering, orthopaedics, and rehabilitation that are essential to the focus and innovation of research and translation of knowledge into clinically important applications. The sophisticated equipment of the HMRL allows researchers to analyze joint angles, joint loading and muscle activation during everyday activities.
Research services
- Motion capture
- Cardiopulmonary analysis
- Joint angle and loading analysis
- Muscle force analysis
Sectors of application
- Healthcare and social services
- Life sciences, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment
Specialized labs and equipment
| Equipment | Function |
|---|---|
| Qualisys motion capture cameras | Real-time calculation and capture of anatomy during gait and high-demand activities. |
| AMTI force platforms | Output centre of contact pressure under the foot as well as magnitude and direction of the ground reaction force throughout foot contact. |
| Delsys Trigno Wireless EMG | Surface-mounted muscle activation measurement with built-in tri-axial accelerometers. |
| AMTI Instrumented Tandem Treadmill | Captures force data continuously over many cycles and during high-demand incline or decline conditions. |
| AMTI stairway | Consecutive stair ambulation force capture. Mountable in the main motion capture volume on the AMTI force plates. |
| C-motion Visual 3D Professional (Software) | Processes and analyzes biomechanical metrics from force, motion and emg data. |
Private and public sector research partners
- Human Mobility Research Centre
- Kingston General Hospital
- Hôtel Dieu Hospital
- HAS-motion
Additional information
| Title | URL |
|---|---|
| Why don't most runners get knee osteoarthritis? A case for per-unit-distance loads. | http://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Abstract/publishahead/Why_Don_t_Most_Runners_Get_Knee_Osteoarthritis__A.98248.aspx |
| Why don’t more runners get knee arthritis? Study suggests short ground contact, long stride as explanation. | http://www.runnersworld.com/injury-prevention-recovery/why-dont-more-runners-get-knee-arthritis |
| Why runners don’t get knee arthritis. | http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/why-runners-dont-get-knee-arthritis/?_r=0 |