Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Research Facility (MSKBRF)
An integrated, state-of-the-art centre for musculoskeletal biomechanics and bioengineering research offering an immersive suite of human movement laboratories, fluoroscopy (video x-ray) capability, plus associated technologies.
Equipment
| Name | Make/Model | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Qualisys Motion Capture System 1 | Qualisys Oqus 700+ 10 camera set, plus Oqus 210c video camera | Qualisys Motion Capture System - Human Movement Laboratory. |
| Qualisys Motion Capture System 2 | Qualisys Oqus 700+ 12 camera set, plus Oqus 210c video camera | Qualisys Motion Capture System - Human Movement Laboratory |
| Bertec Force Platforms | Bertec 4060-10-1000 Force Platforms | Force platforms for measuring human movement. |
| Bertec Portable Force Plate | Bertec 4060 | Portable force plate allowing flexible data collection for clinical and gait analysis in a variety of settings. |
| Bertec Instrumented Staircase | Bertec | Instrumented portable staircase with instrumented hand rail. Consists of 3 instrumented steps + a non instrumented top balcony (total of 4 steps). |
| Delsys sEMG Wireless Electromyography System | Delsys Trigno 32 Channel Wireless EMG system | Wireless Electromyography system for measurement of muscle activity. |
| Tekscan Tactile Force and Pressure Measurement Walkway | Tekscan Walkway HRV6 HR system kit. | Tactile force and pressure measurement walkway. |
| GAITRite Portable Pressure Mat | GAITRite Platinum. | Portable walkway to measure temporal and spatial gait parameters. |
| Xsens Body Inertial Measurement Sensors | Xsens Awinda. | Xsens Wearable wireless body inertial measurement sensors for full body motion analysis technology 3D kinematics. |
| Tekscan Plantar Pressure System | Tekscan F-Scan VersaTek. | In-shoe Pressure Measurement System. |
| K-Scan joint analysis system | Tekscan K-Scan. | Tool to measure how the contact surfaces of articulating bones are functioning and loading for objective joint analysis. |
| GeneActiv Human Activity Monitors | ActivInsights GeneActiv. | Activgraphy devices for human activity monitoring. |
| Biodex isokinetic dynamometer | Biodex System 4 | Tool to measure muscle and joint strength, power, edurance and range of motion. |
| Instrumented Staircase | Bertec. | Instrumented portable staircase with instrumented hand rail. Consists of 3 instrumented steps plus a non-instrumented top balcony (total of 4 steps). |
| Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) DEXA Bone Density Scanner | Hologic – Vertec Discovery (Delphi-A) QDR Series. | DXA uses low dose ionising radiation to produce images of the body to measure bone mineral density (BMD) and bone mineral composition (BMC), and overall body composition. |
| Bi Plane X-Ray system | Cardiff University has a custom designed and built Fluoroscopy Laboratory, with capabilities unique in the UK. | Highspeed dynamic biplane X-Ray system capable of up to 125 FPS pulsed and 1000FPS for continuous X-Rays. Can be integrated with motion capture analysis. |
| Bruker SkyScan MicroCT | Bruker Skyscan 1272. | High-Resolution 3D X-Ray Microscopy for non destructively imaging samples for life science, electronics, geology and bone. |
| Samsung portable ultrasound | Samsung RS80A ultrasound. | High quality Ultrasound with a number of linear ray transducers suitable for use for MSK, abdomen, vascular and small organs. Also able to be used for a variety of research purposes on materials e.g. gels. |
| Arctec Space Spider 3D Scanner | Arctec Space S | The space spider is a handheld 3D scanner which digitizes 3D images from real life objects with fine precision. |
Get in touch
Professor Cathy Holt
- mskbrf@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 6436
Location
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Queen's Buildings
5 The Parade
Newport Road
CF24 3AA