UK College of Education

Biodynamics Laboratory

ftbthrowAbout the Lab

The Biodynamics Laboratory is a research and education facility that is shared by the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, College of Health Sciences and Center for Biomedical Engineering. The lab contains state of the art equipment for the purpose of conducting biomechanical analyses. The mission of the lab is to further our understanding of the relationship between biomechanics and human health and performance, and to disseminate this new information to UK students, the local community, and scientific community worldwide.

MDS Building

Location & Contact

161 Multidisciplinary Science Building
725 Rose Street
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0082
(859) 257-4664

 

 

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Lab Equipment

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Motion Capture System
Motion Analysis Corporation

  • 16 Eagle/Eagle 4 Motion Analysis Cameras
  • 4 Raptor Motion Analysis Cameras
  • Cortex
  • EVaRT
  • 3 Separate Data Capture Setups (1 Portable)

Force Plates
Kistler Instrument Corporation

  • 2 Piezoelectric Force Platforms
  • 2 Portable Piezoelectric Force Platforms

Bertec

  • 2 Large Bertec Force Platforms

Electromyography
Noraxon USA, Inc.
MyoSystem 1400

  • 12 Channel EMG
  • 4 Channel Electrogoniometer

Delsys Corporation

  • 16 Channel Delsys Bagnoli System

Treadmills

Research Bikes

  • RacerMate
    1 Velotron Elite Cycle Electromagnetic Ergometer
    2 Custom 2D Pedal DynamometersSoftware
    Velotron Coaching Software
    Velotron 3D Software

*Video, Force Plates, Force Pedals and EMG data have synchronized collection.

Video
SONY

  • 2 Digital Camcorders

Analysis Software

Others