CREB – Biomechanics laboratory
Institutional Contacts / Head of Facilities
MD
Provisional Contacts
CERCA Institutes

Barcelona, Spain
2015
Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD)
Owners
IRSJD
Equipments & Services Offered
NaturalPoint OptiTrack motion capture system with 18 Flex V100: R2 infrared cameras and passive reflective markers. Through this system, human movement can be accurately measured. Two AMTI Accugait power plates. Using this equipment the ground-to-ground contact forces during the movement can be measured. 16-channel Biometrics SX230 surface electromyography (EMG) system. This system is used to measure the electrical activity associated with muscle contraction. Tekscan F-Scan and F-Socket contact pressure measurement systems. The former is used to measure contact plantar pressure, and the latter to measure pressure in prosthetic devices. Instrumented crosses of own manufacture. Using this system, cross-ground contact forces can be measured during crutch-assisted walking. NORDICTRACK T11.5 treadmill. This system has been used to analyze gait assisted by robotic exoskeletons for spinal cord injury or stroke. The most relevant technologies developed in this Laboratory have been the following: ABLE Exoskeleton, MOVit Wheelchair and ArmTracker Monitoring System (https://biomec.upc.edu/projects/).
Kinematic and dynamic analysis of general human movement (upper extremity and lower extremity). Instrumented analysis of normal gait and pathological gait (on the floor and on tape). Study of the footprint at the level of plantar forces and pressures. Analysis of the forces of contact with the ground in normal march and march with crutches. Analysis of muscle activity by superficial electromyography (EMG). Comparison of movement monitoring systems for rehabilitation with the “gold-standard” (cameras and markers). Development of pilot clinical studies on rehabilitation therapies and technologies. Computational study of movement using neuro-musculoskeletal models of the human body and simulation techniques. Application of the above techniques to the fields of sports and ergonomics (in addition to the clinical field).
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