Movement Science

Xsens motion trackers, Xbus Kits and MVN motion capture systems are used for various purposes by researchers and product developers in Movement Science. The combination of high accuracy and ambulatory use are beneficial for use in biomechanics research, sports science, rehabilitation and ergonomics.

 
Customer Cases
Objective Functional Capacity Assessment using Xsens MVN System

New Objective Functional Capacity Assessment using Xsens MVN System

A study to improve the reliability and repeatability of a functional capacity assessment using inertial sensors through objective measurement of a subject’s performance. >

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Analysis of vehicle ingress and egress

New Stair climbing: a comparison with an optical tracking device
The purpose of this study is to compare the anatomical joint angles determined by inertial measurement units (IMUs) during stair climbing, to those joint angles acquired with an optical tracking device. >

Analysis of vehicle ingress and egress

Analysis of vehicle ingress and egress
The University of Coventry used MVN BIOMECH for measuring kinematics and muscle load during ingression and egression of motor vehicles >

Rowing with Xsens MVN

Rowing with Xsens MVN
Using MVN, exact movements, timing and behavior of the rowers can be extracted during actual rowing on the water >

"Outwalk": a novel protocol for clinical gait analysis based on inertial and magnetic sensors
Comparing stereophotogrammetry motion analysis and motion analysis with inertial and magnetic sensors >

Baseball pitchers analysis
Upper limb kinematics of baseball pitchers using Xsens Xbus kit >

Wingsuit flight analysis using the MTi-G
Analysis of Wingsuit flight using Xsens MTi-G >

Stroke patients analysis
Characterising patterns of muscle activation in stroke patients during walking using Xsens xbus kit >

WearIT@Work Project
Omnidirectional Pedestrian Navigation for First Responders using Xsens Xbus kit >

Extreme conditions
Mechanics and energetics of loaded walking on gradients:Management of resources in extreme conditions, using Xsens Xbus kit >

Wearable assist devices
Inertial motion sensors as building blocks for wearable assist devices >

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Scientific Articles and Papers

Excellent test-retest and inter-rater reliability for Tardieu Scale measurements with inertial sensors in elbow flexors of stroke patients
To appear in Gait & Posture

3D measurements of alpine skiing with an inertial sensor motion capture suit and GNSS RTK system
Journal of Sports Sciences, 2010; 28: 7, 759-769

‘Outwalk’: a protocol for clinical gait analysis based on inertial & magnetic sensors
Med. Bio. Eng. Comput., 2010; 48(1): 17-25

First in-vivo assessment of ‘Outwalk’ – a novel protocol for clinical gait analysis based on inertial & magnetic sensors
Med. Bio. Eng. Comput., 2010; 48(1): 1-15

Ambulatory measurement of shoulder and elbow kinematics through inertial and magnetic sensors

Med. Bio. Eng. Comput., 2008; 46: 169-178

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MVN Studio Demo
MVN Studio demo

The MVN Studio Demo download is a version of MVN Studio with limited functionality that you can run on your own PC to view MVN motion capture data.

> MVN Studio Demo