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The Gannon University DPT Program has an active, working relationship with the Motion Analysis Laboratory (MAL) at Shriners Hospitals for Children located in Erie, PA.  The state-of-the-art MAL is equipped with a 10-camera Vicon 612 motion capture system, three AMTI force plates, two AMTI instrumented walkers, a ten-channel MLS EMG system, and Panasonic observational video. Advanced biomechanical modeling is achieved through Visual3D software (C-Motion, Inc.), and custom programming in Visual Basic, C++, and Matlab.

 

 

Examples of research projects conducted by Gannon PT students utilizing the MAL include:

A Comparison of the Convergent Validity of Imaging and Goniometric Assessment Techniques Used to Measure Tibial Torsion

The Effect of a Custom Foot Orthosis during Drop Landing in a Young Abnormally Pronated Population

Movement Analysis of a Knee Joint with Intact, Reconstructed, and Deficient Anterior Cruciate Ligaments during a Walking and Turning Maneuver

A Comparison of the Accuracy and Reliability of Visual Estimation as Compared to a Motion Capture System in the Evaluation of Thoracolumbar Range of Motion

We are pleased that the hospital’s motion analysis facility is available for our students and faculty, and are excited at the prospect of more research collaboration with MAL Staff. For a view of the MAL, a description of the laboratory’s purpose, and links to other aspects of the MAL, please click here.

A Graduate Assistantship in the MAL, funded by the DPT program, provides a student with in-depth training in the use of automated motion capture systems, and this student becomes the technician for DPT group research projects that require instrumented motion analysis.