{"id":58,"date":"2024-10-07T14:25:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T18:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bwl\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2025-06-04T06:43:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T10:43:53","slug":"facilities-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bwl\/facilities-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Biomechanics and Wearables Laboratory (BWL) group has a physical laboratory space of ~1000 square feet dedicated to biomechanics data capture\/analysis and an additional 200 square feet for clinical patient evaluations. See below for specific technology contained within our laboratory space as well as shared facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bwl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2223\/Facilities_MainImage1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bwl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2223\/Facilities_MainImage1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bwl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2223\/Facilities_MainImage1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bwl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2223\/Facilities_MainImage1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bwl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2223\/Facilities_MainImage1-364x205.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bwl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2223\/Facilities_MainImage1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biomechanics Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Contained within the Biomechanics Laboratory space are several critical pieces of equipment including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>8 camera Qualisys Optical Motion Capture System (&gt;250 samples per second)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bertec Split-Belt Force Plate Instrumented Treadmill (&gt;1000 samples per second)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16 APDM v2 Wireless 9-DOF Wearable Inertial Measurement Units (data logging &amp; streaming)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>XSENS MVN Full Body Inertial Suit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9 Pairs of Loadsol Force Instrumented Wireless Shoe Insoles (3 zones per insole: rear-, mid-, fore-foot)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visual 3D Biomechanical Modeling Software<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Microsoft HoloLens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Virtual Reality Display and Software<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8 channel Delsys Trigno EMG system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Equipment to seamlessly, temporally interface Qualisys cameras, EMG, force instrumentation, &amp; wearables<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creality Ender-3, 3D Printer (180mm\/s print speed, \u00b10.1mm accuracy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MATLAB &amp; LabView software suites<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SPSS Statistical Software<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shared Facilities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/about\/facilities\/human-performance-laboratory-is-226\/\">Human Performance Laboratory<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Biodex Dynamometer \u2192 Clinical measures of muscle strength<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parvo and Jager Metabolic Carts \u2192 Measure O2 consumption, CO2 production, and energy expenditure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Near Infrared Spectrometer \u2192 Measure blood flow and O2 consumption in muscles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12 Lead ECG \u2192 Cardiovascular health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biosway \u2192 Balance assessment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lactate Meters \u2192 Evaluate blood lactate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exercise equipment \u2192 Trackmaster treadmills, Wingate cycle ergometers, Power cycle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/about\/facilities\/body-composition-lab-is-201\/\">Body Composition Laboratory<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Bod Pod \u2192 Gold standard evaluation for body composition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>InBody \u2192 Bioelectrical impedance measurement of body composition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DEXA scanner \u2192 Bone density measurement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete weight room and exercise facility; equipment includes treadmills, cycles, and weight machines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/about\/facilities\/health-fitness-laboratory-is190\/\">Health Fitness Laboratory<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Biomechanics and Wearables Laboratory (BWL) group has a physical laboratory space of ~1000 square feet dedicated to biomechanics data capture\/analysis and an additional 200 square feet for clinical patient evaluations. 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