Biomechanics Lab
The Biomechanics Lab research focuses on reducing the incidence of athletic injuries and improving long-term musculoskeletal health. The specific research areas include:
- Athletic Performance
- Injury prevention
- Performance improvement
- Head impacts
- The association between concussion and lower extremity injury
- Postural Control
- Neuromuscular constraints on muscle coordination during postural balance
- Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
- Gait Assessment and Retraining
- Knee Joint Loading
- Lower Extremity Muscle Performance
We work with a diverse research population that includes healthy young and older adults and athletes of all ages. Clinical populations of interest include individuals with chronic and acute lower extremity injuries, anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions, osteoarthritis, and concussions. We partner with sports medicine practitioners, exercise physiologists, physicians, surgeons, engineers, and computer scientists.
Faculty
- Biomechanics Laboratory Co-Director
- Director of Orthopedic Health in Motion Laboratory
- Biomechanics Laboratory Co-director
- Co-director for UGA Concussion Research Laboratory
Affiliated Faculty
- Biomechanics Laboratory Affiliated Faculty
- Director of Brain and Action Laboratory
- Biomechanics Laboratory Affiliated Faculty
- Co-Director for UGA Concussion Research Laboratory
- Biomechanics Laboratory Affiliated Faculty
- Director of Cognition and Dexterity Laboratory
Collaborators
Equipment
The Biomechanics Laboratory contains an eleven-camera Qualisys Motion Capture System with three in-ground Bertec force plates. Additional equipment includes:
- A 16-channel Delsys Trigno wireless electromyographic (muscle activity) system
- A Head Impact Telemetry System and Triax Sim-G System for collecting head-impact biomechanics data
- A Zeno Walkway for gait assessment
- novel loadsol® for force assessment in free-living settings
- Dashr Timing Gates
- Several software packages (MATLAB, Visual 3D, SPSS, etc.) and other related equipment and software