What equipments do you suggest for the motor behavior or human performance LAB? (for psychological, motor control and learning and biomechanical factors).
Is there any other equipment(s) more valid than the Vienna test systems?
Would you separate your suggestion with each group?
A movement analysis system (e.g., Vicon system) is a basis for gross motor skills (locomotion, throwing...). To associate movement analysis with recording of muscular and brain activity, add an EMG wireless system and an EEG system.
A force platform and a GaitRite system may be useful for studying postural control and gait parameters.
Different others systems can be used depending on the type of task you want to study (aiming, grip....). Currently, these systems are customized by the engineers of the lab.
Dr. Mahdi,
If you do have a huge grant to finance your laboratory facilities, you may want to consider a dynamometer (Biodex.or Cybex). Although the equipment is expensive, it will allow an objective assessment of neuromuscular parameters.
Eye-tracking system would be a nice toy to connect the relationship between those aimed targets and human movement.
Balance control system like Equitest would be an expensive option.
I suggest an EEG equipment to analyse the neuronal activities during the human motor control and learning process.
Dear Mahdi, miometer would be useful for studying of biomechanical characteristics of muscles. This device based on contact indentation and allows us to estimate the viscoelastic parameters very quickly and unexpensive. The detailed information you may find on Research Gate, for example, in papers Shil’ko S.V., Chernous D.A., Bondarenko K.K. Method of Determination of Skeletal Muscules Viscoelastic Characteristics in vivo // Russian Journal of Biomechanics.– 2007.– Vol. 11, № 1.– P. 9–16; Bondarenko K.K., Chernous D.A., Shil’ko S.V. Biomechanical Interpretation of Skeletal Muscles Miometry for Sportsmen // Russian Journal of Biomechanics. – 2009. – Vol. 13, No. 1. – P. 6–16.
Good luck!
Hi dear Johnny and other scientists
Thanks for your nice suggestions.
Would you explain more about the NIRS?
I guess it is the "near infra-red system" for detecting hmgb changes (oxygenated and non-oxygenated)
Hi S. V. Shil’ko
Thanks for the nice comment.
What does variables assessed by miometer? Would you provide more details about the miometry?
Thanks
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