University of New South Wales - School of Risk and Safety Sciences

The UNSW Biomechanics and Gait Laboratory is well equipped for motion analysis and biomechanics research. It is used for research, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate biomechanics, for PhD research projects, undergraduate biomedical engineering research, and by the NSW Statewide Paediatric Clinical Motion Analysis Service.

The Biomechanics and Gait Laboratory is located in LG07, Old Main Building. Staff responsible for the Biomechanics and Gait Laboratory are Dr Andrew McIntosh [Lab Director], and Mrs Deborah Vickers, [Biomechanics Laboratory Manager]

Our motion analysis equipment is configured around a 25m walkway, and includes:

a VICON 612 three-dimensional motion analysis system,
with 8 M2 infra-red cameras,
a 16 channel Motion Lab Systems EMG system,
3 Kistler force plates, and
2 Panasonic video cameras.

The Impact Biomechanics Laboratory is in LG07D, Old Main Building, which is equipped for impact testing. This includes:

a drop rig for helmet and impact testing
Endevco and Kistler accelerometers and force transducers,
Hybrid III head and neck components,
Signal conditioning and data acquisition systems, and
a Phantom high speed camera.

Other equipment includes:

2 Mecmesin force transducers and Advanced Force/Torque Indicator,
a Cosmed K4b2 Cardio Pulmonary Exercise Testing system,
an RSscan Footscan in-sole pressure measurement system, and
a Kinematic Measuring System timing gate system

Our software capabilities include:

VICON Workstation, Polygon and Bodybuilder (with models for standard gait analysis, foot analysis using the Heidelberg foot measurement method, and upper limb analysis)
MADYMO
Hypermesh
Matlab
WinAnalyze, and
SPSS