The BMClab has state-of-the-art equipment and infrastructure for the investigation of human movement.

Instalações

The Laboratory of Biomechanics and Motor Control occupies a space with 180 m2 at UFABC where we have a 120 m2 room for data collection with our motion capture system, force plates, etc. and three other rooms: one for data analysis with several computers (30 m2), another for subject preparation and evaluation (15 m2), and the third room for a small machine and electronics assembly shop (15 m2).

Vista da sala para análise do movimento no BMClab.

Equipamentos

Captura do movimento

• System with 12 cameras with 4 Mb of resolution at 200 Hz, software and accessories  (Raptor-4, Motion Analysis)
• Two video cameras (scA640-120gc, Basler)
• Four off-the-shelf standard video cameras

Medição de força

• Instrumented dual-belt treadmill (FIT, Bertec)
• Three six-component force plates (Optima400600, AMTI) and two six-component force plates (9281EA, Kistler)
• Two pressure distribution systems (FDM, Zebris)
• Four tri-axial accelerometers (8763B, Kistler)
• Two wheelchair six-component sensors (SmartWheel, Out-Front)
• Six-component torque transducer (9105-TIF-DELTA, ATI)

• Dynamometer (Manual muscle testing system, Lafayette)
• Isokinetic dynamometer (System 4 Pro, Biodex)

Medição de atividade muscular (eletromiografia)

• Wireless EMG system with 10 sensors, software and accessories (Trigno Lab, Delsys)
• Portable mobile system with data logging and different sensors, software and accessories (EMG, EEG, acceleration, foot switch) (Trigno Mobile, Delsys)

Outros instrumentos

• Ultrasound system (Logiq F8, GE)
• Data acquisition A/D cards (PCI-6031E, USB-6218, and others, National Instruments)
• Oscilloscope (Tektronix), multimeter (Fluke), Function generator (CFG253, Tektronix)

Software

• Python ecosystem for scientific programming (Python). See our software repository in GitHub.
• R for statistical computing (R project)
• OpenSim for musculoskeletal modeling and dynamic simulation (OpenSim)
• Visual3D for biomechanical analysis (C-Motion)
• Matlab for scientific programming (Mathworks)
• Labview for measurement and instrument control (National Instruments)

Software, manuals and related stuff for the BMClab equipment

Apoio financeiro

The construction of the laboratory and purchase of its equipment was made possible by the financial support from the Federal University of ABC and from Brazilian research agencies, CNPq and FAPESP.