The BMClab has state-of-the-art equipment and infrastructure for the investigation of human movement.
Laboratory Facilities
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).
View of the BMClab room for movement analysis.
Equipment
Motion capture
- System with 12 cameras with 4 Mb of resolution at 200 Hz, software and accessories (Raptor-4, Motion Analysis). Cortex manual.
- Two video cameras (scA640-120gc, Basler). Manual.
- Four video cameras (GR-DVL9800, JVC). Manual.
Force measurement
- 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)
Muscle activity measurement (electromyography)
- Wireless EMG system with 10 sensors, software and accessories (Trigno Lab, Delsys). Manual.
- Portable mobile system with data logging and different transducers, software and accessories (EMG, EEG, acceleration, foot switch, load cell) (Trigno Mobile, Delsys). Manual.
Other instruments
- 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
Financial support
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.
