Sport and Exercise Science

Facilities

Biomechanics

 

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The biomechanics laboratory opens into a sports hall allowing sufficient space to collect data on a wide range of sporting activities.

Equipment in the biomechanics laboratory includes:

  • An eight camera (500 Hz, full resolution) Oqus automated tracking system incorporating 2 high speed (1000 Hz, full resolution) cameras (Qualysis, Sweden)
  • Two Kistler 9281C force plates that can be mounted in different configurations in the laboratory, with additional floor mountings in the sports hall and dance studio also available
  • Tekscan - portable pressure plate and software
  • An eight channel online or eight channel wireless EMG system (Biometrics Ltd, UK) for measuring muscle activity
  • Timing gates
  • 50 Hz camcorders
  • Goniometers
  • Force transducers and accelerometers (1000 Hz)
  • Visual 3D software is used to analyse motion, force and EMG data to estimate joint moments and create musculoskeletal models.

Find out more about the Sports Biomechanics Research at University of Portsmouth.