Movement Science
Wednesday, 09 June 2010Baseball pitchers analysisOn August 2009, 18g Xbus kit from Xsens Technologies B.V. (Enschede, The Netherlands) and INAIL Manager software from INAIL Prostheses Centre (Vigorso di Budrio, Italy) was provided to Dr. Porcellini staff (Cattolica, Italy) for the new baseball motion capture project based on Xbus System.... >> Full Story Thursday, 26 November 2009Wingsuit flight analysis using the MTi-GA wingsuit may be defined as a wearable suit constructed from a suitable fabric that is flexible, intimately connected to the body, and designed to maximise either the wearer's freefall time or glide ratio. They offer humans the unprecedented opportunity to experience flight in much the... >> Full Story Tuesday, 03 March 2009WearIT@Work ProjectOmnidirectional Pedestrian Navigation for First Responders It might be assumed that dead reckoning approaches to pedestrian navigation could address the needs of first responders, including fire fighters. However, conventional pedestrian dead reckoning approaches with body-mounted... >> Full Story Tuesday, 03 March 2009Stroke patientsCharacterising patterns of muscle activation in stroke patients during walking Stroke affects approximately 100,000 people per year in the UK and can result in long term motor dysfunction. The qualities of differing therapies, to improve motor function, are rarely assessed... >> Full Story Tuesday, 03 March 2009Extreme conditionsMechanics and energetics of loaded walking on gradients:Management of resources in extreme conditions Prof. Minetti of the Institute for Biophysical and Clinical Research into Human Movement coordinated a team of researchers to carry out an evaluation project entitled "Mechanics and... >> Full Story Monday, 02 March 2009Racehorse lamenessFast, accurate and robust detection of lameness of racehorses Lameness of racehorses is assessed at an early stage using 3 MT9s along the spine of the horse. At the trotting track of Cabourg (Normandy, France, see photograph) researchers affiliated with the Cirale measure the symmetry... >> Full Story Sunday, 01 March 2009ErgonomicsHuman-machine interaction, particularly in the work place is becoming increasingly important. Ergonomic research can now be carried out in the work place on-site, for example, ambulant measurement systems can be taken to assembly lines. The sensors are... >> Full Story Sunday, 01 March 2009Wearable assist devicesInertial motion sensors as building blocks for wearable assist devicesThe miniaturization of electronics has allowed the creation of new biofeedback assistive devices that can be worn on a belt and even embedded into clothing without affecting the wearer's ability to perform normal daily... >> Full Story Sunday, 01 March 2009Rowing with MVNRowing with MVN Roessingh Research & Development (RRD), in Enschede, the Netherlands investigates the technological and methodological (im)possibilities of application for coaching in competitive rowing, in collaboration with Dutch rowing clubs of Protheus (Delft)... >> Full Story |