AMTI Links Page

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

Quantitative assessment of the postural control after vestibular rehabilitation in patients with central vestibular disease

http://www.aro.org/archives/2001/21440.html

Use of a Neural Network to Recognize Hemiplegia Types

http://www.indiana.edu/~hperk500/gcma99a/hastings.pdf

Postural Stability and Fractal Dynamics

http://www.nencki.gov.pl/pdf/an/vol61/blaszczyk.pdf

Evaluations of AFOs Using Postural Stability Metrics, Gait Analysis and Functional Measurement Instruments

http://www.utc.edu/gait2002/abstracts/hassani1.pdf

Wheelchair Mechanics While Traversing Surface Irregularities

http://www.educ2.iastate.edu/hhp/classes/Biomechanics/MBGSS 00 - Gregg.htm

Ø Biomechanics Links

Biomechanics World Wide

Contains links to other Biomechanics Sites, Universities, and Journals Etc.

http://www.per.ualberta.ca/biomechanics/

http://www.per.ualberta.ca/biomechanics/bwwframe.htm

International Society of Biomechanics

http://www.isbweb.org/

Biomechanics Yellow Pages

http://members.aol.com/BiomechYP/

USC Biomechanics Lab

Contains an Index of links to University Biomechanics labs

http://www.usc.edu/dept/biom/graduate/gradinfo.html

Ø Motion Capture Companies

Ariel Dynamics

http://www.arielnet.com/

C-Motion Inc.

http://www.c-motion.com/

Codamotion

http://www.codamotion.com/

eMotion

http://www.motion-engineering.com/

Innovative Sports Training

http://www.innsport.com/

Motion Analysis Corporation

http://www.motionanalysis.com/

NDI

http://www.ndigital.com/applications.html

Noldus Information Technology

http://www.noldus.com/

Peak Performance Technologies, Inc.

http://www.peakperform.com/

Qualisys AB

http://www.qualisys.se/

SIMI

http://www.simi.com/

Skill Technologies Inc.

http://www.skilltechnologies.com/

Vicon Motion Systems

http://www.vicon.com/

zFlo Motion

http://www.zflomotion.com/

Motion Capture Research Website

Contains links to other websites dealing with Motion capture.

http://www.visgraf.impa.br/Projects/mcapture/index.html

http://www.visgraf.impa.br/Projects/mcapture/hotlinks.html

MiniSun

For portable application in free-living conditions, a product like IDEEA from www.MiniSun.com could be an alternative.

Ø AMTI Hip and Knee Simulator Studies

Sulzer Orthopedics Ltd wear results

http://www.sulzerorthoeu.ch/technology/tribology/durasul/chap3/page-3.html

http://www.sulzerorthopedics.com/us/products/tribology/durasul/durasul_knee/test_results_10mil

Markedly Improved Adhesive Wear and Delamination Resistance with a Highly Crosslinked UHMWPE for Use in Total Knee Arthroplasty

http://www.aaos.org/wordhtml/anmt2002/poster/p108.htm

Effect of Femoral Component Scratches on Wear in Total Knee Arthroplasty

http://www.aaos.org/wordhtml/anmeet99/sciexh/se022.htm

Abrasive Wear in Total Hip Replacement: Is Crosslinked UHMWPE Coupled to Ceramic Heads the Answer?

http://www.aaos.org/wordhtml/anmt2002/sciexh/se04.htm

Qualitative Analysis of Polyethylene Particles Extracted from Bovine Serum used in a Hip Simulator

http://www.utc.fr/esb/esb98/abs_htm/707.html

Highly crosslinked Polyethylene for the Patella: An in-vitro study using newly development test methods to compare electron beam melted and conventional polyethelene

http://www.ista.to/review/214.htm

Wear Debris Generation in Joint Simulator Testing of Crosslinked UHMWPE

http://www.uhmwpe.org/features/astm2001/symposium/abstracts/a11.html

A review of knee implant and wear testing processes with photos of an AMTI knee simulator

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08062001-153737/unrestricted/03-chapter2.pdf

A Comparison of Geometric and Gravimetric techniques to determine wear in total knee replacement

http://www.jbjs.org/ORS_2001/pdfs/1004.pdf

Markedly Improved Adhesive Wear and Delamination Resistance with a Highly Crosslinked UHMWPE for use in Total Knee Arthroplasty

http://www.jbjs.org/ORS_2001/pdfs/1009.pdf

What Modifications can be made to Improve Wear Behavior

http://www3.aaos.org/implant/24chapter.pdf

Characteristics of Cross-Linked UHMWPE Wear Debris

http://www.jbjs.org/ORS_2001/pdfs/0002.pdf

Ø AMTI OrthoPod Installations

Virginia Tech

Mathew T. Thompson

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/mthomp/research.html

Drexel University

http://www.materials.drexel.edu/Facilities/Tribology.html

http://www.materials.drexel.edu/CPPM/capable.html

Evaluation of Peek for Shoulder Endoprosthetics in a Screening and a Simulated Physiological Wear Test

http://www.jbjs.org/ORS_2001/pdfs/0782.pdf

OrthoPod Review

On the Market

Ø AMTI Load Cell Installations

Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg

http://www.tu-harburg.de/bim/Rep9899/equ9899.htm

Loyola University Medical Center

http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/DeptWebs/ortho/residency-research.html

Ø AMTI Load Cells and Robotics

Real Time Control of MIT Vehicle Emulator System

http://robots.mit.edu/publications/PDF/088.pdf

A Base Force/Torque sensor approach to Robot Manipulator Inertial Parameter Estimation

http://robots.mit.edu/people/Karl/icra_98.pdf

The precise control of manipulators with high joint friction using base force/torque sensing.

http://robots.mit.edu/publications/PDF/143.pdf

Ø AMTI Load Cells and Aviation

Robust Vortex Control of a Delta Wing using Distributed MEMS Actuators

This study utilizes a 6 DOF AMTI transducer to measure forces produced by experimental micro actuators on wing surfaces.

http://www.eng.fsu.edu/~shih/homepage/mems-vortex-control.doc

Micro Balloon actuators for Aerodynamic control

This study utilizes a 6 DOF AMTI transducer to measure forces produced by experimental micro actuators on wing surfaces.

http://touch.caltech.edu/publications/charlesg/mems98/mems98.pdf

Ø AMTI Load Cells in Biomechanics

Shrinners Hospital for Children

This study utilizes a Loftstrand crutch modified with a 6 DOF AMTI force transducer in its lower end.

http://www.indiana.edu/~hperk500/gcma01a/a106ligg.pdf

Mechanical Strain in the Upper extremities during wheelchair related activities

This study used an AMTI MC3A-6-1000 mounted in the axis of a wheelchair for measuring upper extremity strain.

http://feswww.fes.cwru.edu/isg/proceedings/vandrongelen.doc

Contraction of the gastrocnemius muscle produces strains on the ACL

Contains an excellent diagram of an SRMC3A 6 Degree of Freedom load cell mounted below the foot.

http://www.jbjs.org/ORS_2001/pdfs/0793.pdf

A Three Dimensional regression model of scapulo-humeral rhythm

This study utilized an AMTI MC3 6 DOF force transducer placed at the elbow.

.http://www.wbmt.tudelft.nl/mms/dsg/intersg/Proceedings_1997_files/Pagina19-23.pdf

A Static Dynamometer Measuring Simultaneous Torques Exerted at the Upper Limb

This article discusses an MC3 - 6 - 500 being utilized to measure shoulder, elbow, and forearm; torques and forces.

http://www.pum.umontreal.ca/theses/pilote/boissy/article1.pdf

The effect of weight bearing on Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Strain

This study utilizes an AMTI MC3A 6 DOF load cell.

http://asb-biomech.org/onlineabs/abstracts99/004/

Vector Analysis of GH Joint Force Generated by the Rotator Cuff Muscles

This study utilized an AMTI Model FS 160A-600 Load Cell

http://asb-biomech.org/onlineabs/NACOB98/54/

Ø EMG Equipment

Motion Lab Systems, Inc.

Ø Commercial interest and related products

Space age control provides lots of interesting links to force, motion, and other measurement technologies.

http://www.spaceagecontrol.com

Excellent source for servo hydraulic motion control information and suppliers:

ReTest Equipment, Inc. (612)747-8378

http://www.re-test.com