Investigating human movement at the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Research Facility
A world-leading centre for the study of human biomechanics and musculoskeletal health.
Book the facilityThe Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Research Facility is a patient-based facility informing on the causes, diagnosis, and treatments for musculoskeletal (MSK) diseases.
Specialist imaging capabilities
Our facility includes motion capture, biplane video X-ray, MicroCT, and Ultrasound imaging.
NHS and industry partnerships
We work with NHS clinicians to inform new treatments and tools, and with industry, sports teams, and researchers.
Integrated, multi-disciplinary approaches
Our specialisms include musculoskeletal, biomechanical, and biomedical engineering research.
“We collaborate with both clinical and industry partners to ensure our research has a lasting impact and ultimately benefits patients in the future.”
— Dr David Williams, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, School of Engineering
We use cutting-edge approaches for measuring and imaging human dynamics and individual joint biomechanics.
We offer an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to musculoskeletal, biomechanics, and biomedical engineering research, applications, and translation.
Our team has expertise in MSK diseases such as Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoporosis, movement disorders, injury, degenerative disc disease, deconditioning following illness, and rehabilitation.
We are proud to work with NHS clinicians to inform new treatments, prognostic, and diagnostic tools including surgery and rehabilitation monitoring.
Our aim is to deliver leading research, teaching, innovation and excellence in the musculoskeletal field by supporting research and teaching across the University and providing a resource for clinicians, stakeholders and partners.
Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Research Facility
A a world leading centre for the study of biomechanics and musculoskeletal health.
The facility is home to a range of specialist human movement imaging capabilities including motion capture and biplane video x-ray to optimise, test, and validate medical therapies and devices.
We also have MicroCT and Ultrasound imaging and analysis capabilities suitable for both medical and non-medical applications.
Our work with industry has included using biplane video x-ray to inform virtual surgical planning tools and gold standard clinical gait analysis to validate new AI driven smartphone-based rehab monitoring technologies. These studies were funded by Accelerate Wales and Innovate UK Precision Medicine.
Our equipment is available for use by clinicians, researchers, sports teams and industry, and we welcome enquiries.
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