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A rendered skeleton with ground reaction force vectors
January 31, 2025
by Ian Hoelker

Does the Complexity of Equipment Impair Research on Human Movement?

Introduction As motion tracking systems continue to evolve, so too do the complexities involved in setting up hardware for research labs that study human movement. Recent informal polling of both current and prospective clients revealed a growing ...

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January 31, 2025
by Lee Johnson

Establishing Excellence: A Mission-driven Strategy for University Departments

Introduction In recent years, I sense the approach to building a department’s reputation is evolving. Increasingly, department leaders responsible for motion capture research labs are adopting a mission-driven strategy, emphasizing a clear purpos ...

A rendered skeleton with ground reaction force vectors
January 31, 2025
by Ian Hoelker

Addressing the Unique Challenges of University Research Labs

Introduction As the person responsible for product quality and client support at The MotionMonitor xGen, I frequently hear concerns from prospective clients that fall into two distinct categories. On one side, there are large departments at major ...

GRF without forceplates
September 29, 2024
by Lee Johnson

Skip the Plates? An Evaluation of Markerless Kinetics without Force Plates.

Introduction I was reading a paper a few weeks ago by some folks at the University of Bath.  They were computing the Ground Reaction Forces which were necessary to generate the observed motion of the Body Center of Mass (BCOM) using forward ...

Baseball players in a stadium, with the batter's skeleton overlaid
August 9, 2022
by Lee Johnson

Markerless Motion Capture: An Early Experience

Introduction In our last blog, we described our history with markerless motion tracking dating back to 2009 with early shape fitting methods. We discussed the benefits we saw with AI based tracking methods and, our view of the futu ...

A rendered skeleton with ground reaction force vectors
March 19, 2021
by Meredith Evans

What Technology Do I Start With For My Player Performance Program? Force Plates!

Introduction Since the early 1990’s there have been significant advances in hardware to track and measure human motion. Cameras, electro-magnetic trackers, and inertial measurement units to track the position and orientation of the body; EMG ...

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