*   AMTI Links Page

           

 

A) Force Platforms

            1) Platform Installations

            2) Portable Platform Installations

            3) Gait and Balance Studies

            4) Shoes and Prosthetics

            5) Animal Studies

            6) Low Gravity

            7) Sports

            8) Fall Assessment

            9) Walking and Running

            10) Pathologies of Gait and Balance

 

B) Load Cells

1) Load Cell Installations

2) Load Cells in Biomechanics

3) Load Cells in Robotics

4) Load Cells in Aviation

 

C) Test Machines, Wear Testing and Simulators

1) Hip and Knee Simulator Studies

2) Ortho-pod Installations

 

D) Biomechanics Websites

 

E) Motion Capture Websites

 

F) Commercial interest and related products

 

Ø       Platform Installations

 

Research Equipment in the ESRI Biomechanics Laboratory

Pictures of an AMTI platform installation set up for jumping with a Peak Motion Analysis System.

http://www.asu.edu/clas/espe/Biomechlab/forceplate.html

http://www.asu.edu/clas/espe/Biomechlab/labequip.htm

 

American Sports Medicine Institute

Pictures of a two platform installation in conjunction with both Peak and Motion Analysis motion capture systems, and Noraxon Electromyography (EMG) equipment.

http://www.asmi.org/equipment.htm

 

Curtin University of Technology

Curtin University two platform installation with a introduction of how our force plates work.

http://physiotherapy.curtin.edu.au/community/educational_resources/biomechanics.shtml

 

Northwestern University Prosthetics Research Facility

Illustrations of six-platform installation in conjunction with both Motion Analysis and Coda C motion systems. This document is in pdf format.

http://www.repoc.northwestern.edu/capabilities/CAP.9910.pdf

 

University of Kansas

This site includes pictures of a three platform installation, using Optrack by Northern Digital, Inc for kinematics, DELSYS, Inc. for EMG, and Adams for simulation.

http://www.engr.ukans.edu/~biomech/biodynamics/facilities.html

 

Auburn University, College of Veterinary Medicine

This site includes pictures of an AMTI force plate installation as used in a canine gait lab.

http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/sportsmed/GaitLab.html

 

The University of Akron

Derek M. Williams

Shows pictures of two AMTI platforms imbedded in a walkway. 

http://www.biomed.uakron.edu/motion_analysis/pic_pages/force_plates.html

 

The University of Toledo

Department of Kinesiology

Pictures of an AMTI two platform system in conjunction with a Motion Analysis Inc. motion capture system and a  Noraxon Electromyography (EMG) system.

http://homepages.utoledo.edu/kinesiology/facilities.htm

 

University of Muenster, Orthopedics Department

This link shows pictures of an AMTI dual platform installation, a Motion Analysis HiRes system with 6 cameras, and a Noraxon 16-channel EMG.

http://medweb.uni-muenster.de/institute/orth/motionlab/forschung/EnglischeVersion/f_e_index.html

 

The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)

Pictures of their four camera motion analysis system, 16 channel EMG system and AMTI two-platform installation.

http://www.sahs.utmb.edu/programs/pt/motionlab.asp

 

Gait Laboratory of Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH),

Pictures of an AMTI two-platform installation working with the Vicon 370 motion analysis system

http://guardian.curtin.edu.au/cga/faq/reliability/

 

Iowa State University

Biomechanics Laboratory

Picture of an AMTI platform installation embedded in a pit.

http://www.educ2.iastate.edu/hhp/classes/Biomechanics/biomechanics_lab.htm

http://www.educ2.iastate.edu/hhp/classes/Biomechanics/Force Platform.jpg

 

University of Minnesota

Gait and Posture Laboratory

Illustrations of an  AMTI force platform being used in conjunction with a PEDAR insole foot pressure system.

http://education.umn.edu/KLS/Research/gait/default.html

http://education.umn.edu/KLS/Research/gait/research.html

 

Space and Life Sciences Directorate

AMTI Waterproof platforms

http://jsc-web-pub.jsc.nasa.gov/fpd/shfb/abf/ABF-equipment.asp

 

Shriners Hospitals

Shriners hospitals are spread throughout the world. Many of them have Vicon motion systems equipped with AMTI force platforms.

http://www.viconstandard.org/archives/1998no2/shrinershospitals/frameless_shrinershospitalsarticle.htm

 

Sport Science Center

Uses AMTI platforms

http://www.sportscience.org.nz/ssnzdirectory/centres_auckland.html

 

University of California

A Treadmill utilizing AMTI force platforms

http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~hbbiomxl/YoungHui/FTM.pdf

 

Georgia State University

http://education.gsu.edu/bjohnson/

 

Illinois State University

http://www.cast.ilstu.edu/mccaw/HPRBIO.HTM

 

Virginia Tech

http://www.vetmed.vt.edu/Publications/Documentation/ResearchResources/Physio.html

 

 

 

Ø       AMTI Portable AccuSway  Installations

 

University of Wisconsin

An AMTI AccuSway  Installation

http://perth.uwlax.edu/faculty/mcbride/MRC/central_laboratory.htm

 

University of Hartford

An AMTI AccuSway  Installation

http://www.hartford.edu/enhp/facultylabs.html

 

Louisiana State University

An AMTI AccuSway  Installation

http://kin16.kin.lsu.edu/TheBiomehLab.htm

 

Michigan State University

An AMTI AccuSway  Installation

http://www.egr.msu.edu/msm/engrgmech/facilities.htm

 

Using Active Controls to Improve Subject Loading During Microgravity

http://www.ecsel.psu.edu/kc135/dawn/flyinlionsreport6.html

 

Postural responses with different visual stimulations in patients with central vestibular disorders

http://www.aro.org/archives/1999/414.html

 

Assessment of the risk of fall, related to visual stimulation, in patients with central vestibular disorders

http://www.rgp.toronto.on.ca/~david/networks/archives/falls/0112.html

 

 

 

Ø       Gait and Balance Studies using AMTI platforms

 

Ø       Shoes and Prosthetics

 

Walking Boot Design: A Gait Analysis Study

http://bledsoebrace.com/studies/pollo.htm

 

Effect of Rocker Soles on Plantar Pressures and Lower Extremity Biomechanics

http://www.aofas.org/01winter/200103031130.asp

 

The Effectiveness of heel based replacement insoles on the kinetics and kinematics of locomotion 

http://www.uni-essen.de/~qpd800/FWISB/Manuscr/Benjuya18.pdf

 

Evaluation of the New Flat Foot Insole

http://sbec.abe.msstate.edu/2000/abstracts/instrumentation_smith.pdf

 

Bilateral Kinematic and Kinetic Data of Two Prosthetic Designs

http://www.oandp.org/jpo/library/2000_04_120.asp

 

Gait Analysis and Energy Cost of Below-Knee Amputees Wearing Six Different Prosthetic Feet

Gait Analysis and Energy Cost of Below- Knee Amputees Wearing Six Different Prosthetic Feet - Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, 1992

 

The use of Prefabricated Ankle-Foot Orthoses in a Children’s Orthopedic Clinic

http://www.jbjs.org/abstracts/childrenspros.shtml

 

Double-Wall Transtibial Prosthetic Socket Fabricated Using Selective Laser Sintering

http://www.oandp.org/jpo/library/2000_03_097.asp

 

 

 

Ø       Animal Studies

 

Joint Movements and Powers in the Equine Limb

http://www.horsequest.com/journal/educate/mcphail.html

 

Measurement Techniques for Gait Analysis

http://www.harcourt-international.com/e-books/pdf/64.pdf

 

Studying bonobo locomotion using an integrated setup in a zoo environment

http://www.uia.ac.be/u/kdaout/professional/DEA2001PRI.pdf

 

Computer Assisted Videographic Gait Analysis

http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/sportsmed/Gaitpage.html

 

An Integrated Study of the Adaptive Process

http://bio-www.uia.ac.be/bio/morfo/goa.html

 

 

 

Ø       Low Gravity

 

Exploring Dynamic Similarity in Human Running using Simulated Reduced Gravity

http://www.ualberta.ca/~mdonelan/Pubs/dynsimrun2000.pdf

 

Using Active Controls to Improve Subject Loading During Microgravity

http://www.ecsel.psu.edu/kc135/dawn/flyinlionsreport6.html

 

 

 

Ø       Sports studies

 

Investigations on coordinative abilities during one foot-standing in ice dancers of national elite level

http://home.t-online.de/home/02351945-3/2_8.htm

 

Kinimatics And Kinetics of Taekwon-Do Turning Kick

http://itfnz.org.nz/ref/essays/Study_of_Turning Kick.pdf

 

 

 

Ø       Fall Assessment

 

The Sit to Stand Motion in Stroke Patients and its Correlation to Falling

http://www.ndta.org/edu/months/network_sep99/sep99_a.asp

 

 

 

Ø       Walking And Running

 

Sagital Plane Characterization of Normal Human Ankle Function Across a Range of Walking Gait Speeds

http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/leglab/publications/PalmerMasters2002.pdf

 

Joint Stiffness During Running with Different Footfall Patterns

http://www.educ2.iastate.edu/hhp/classes/Biomechanics/CSB00-Hamill.htm

 

Knee Joint Forces During Downhill Walking with Hiking Poles

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/sports_science/abstracts/climb99/rroithner.htm

 

Contributions of Lower Limb Muscle Power in Gait of People Without Impairments

http://www.ptjournal.org/PTJournal/December2000/ad120001188p.pdf

 

Human Maneuverability on Curves

http://www-mcnair.berkeley.edu/99mcnairjournal/campbell/campbell.html

 

Joint Moments at the Lower Extremities for Changing Direction During Walking

http://asb-biomech.org/onlineabs/abstracts97/137/

 

 

 

Ø       Pathologies of gait and balance

 

Relationships Between Changes in Strength And Speed of Walking Following a Strengthening and Conditioning Training Program for Persons with Stroke

http://asb-biomech.org/onlineabs/NACOB98/98/

 

Ground Reaction Forces of Patients with an operatively Treated Rupture of the ACL

http://www.isbs98.uni-konstanz.de/Abstracts/Martin_Steue_.PDF

 

Joint Moments and Balance During Lifting in Amputees and Controls

http://asb-biomech.org/onlineabs/NACOB98/112/

 

Kinematic and Dynamic Behavior of the Knee Joint Projected onto the Anatomical Knee Frame. 

Comparison between Normal Subjects and Patients with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Deficiency

http://www.utc.fr/esb/esb98/abs_htm/344.html

 

Effects of stimulated hip extension moment and position on upper limb support forces during FNS induced standing

http://www.vard.org/jour/01/38/5/pdf/wibowo.pdf