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Groundbreaking research projects and unparalleled schooling plans for studying human performance at your fingertips with Motek’s innovative devices. With cutting edge technology, you can perform standardized performance assessments in a fully controlled, safe environment.
You will have the opportunity to form challenging research environments that mimic everyday life: while our devices simulate real-world scenarios, physical, cognitive and visual stimulations are incorporated.
Use perturbation options to manipulate the split-belt and side-ways movements of both the walking surface or the virtual world to deepen your study possibilities. Easily and efficiently carry out data collection and -processing by using our intuitive, application development software platform.
At the same time, your research setup benefits from our extensive range of supported hardware and stays flexible through options for integrated and synchronized third-party integration.
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University of Strathclyde
Strathclyde is a leading international technological university located in the heart of Glasgow. Research is of central importance for the university, guiding its teaching and helping to make a difference to business, industry and society as a whole. Strathclyde’s Biomedical Engineering Department is renowned for its research and educational programs.
The department developed an excellent research environment that allows new talent to thrive and develop within innovative research programs and collaborations. These are supported through established clinical and industrial multidisciplinary networks. Strathclyde has a unique breadth of specialist facilities, which are some of the best across Europe. The university is ranked 1st in the UK for Medical Technology in the 2018 Complete University Guide.
Motek and the Department of Biomedical Engineering are involved in a strategic collaboration since the installation of the CAREN Extended in 2013. Prof. dr. ir. Philip Rowe and his team use the CAREN Extended to develop new models and applications that improve patient treatment and evaluate effects of rehabilitation services. Researchers at Strathclyde use the D-Flow software in more than 9 labs and experimental set-ups consisting of different hardware set-ups. Together, Motek and Strathclyde are involved in many projects focusing on for example timing of surgery and success-rates after implants in orthopedic patients, improving functional outcome after total-knee replacement, and fall risk identification in older adults based on gait perturbations and fall prevention training.
“The CAREN enables our lab to perform both fundamental and applied research on every aspect of human movement performance. It also puts us in an advanced position for collaborations and fund raising.”
Prof. Dr. Ir. Philip RoweStrathclyde University, Glasgow
Orthopaedic Research Institute, Bournemouth University
The Orthopaedic Research Institute (ORI) was formed in 2015 and works across academia, hospitals and industry partners to produce high quality research and educational outputs that have a proven impact for patients, clinicians and society. Since its formation, ORI has been awarded over £2.7 million in research funding. It has grown from two to ten members of staff producing numerous peer reviewed publications.
From the GRAIL lab, a gait analysis facility that can examine the way people move after surgery, to virtual reality surgical simulators – this equipment, and the expertise and research of those who work there, is making a real difference to the lives and recovery of patients.
“Our state-of-the-art scientific facilities help us to evaluate treatments for osteoarthritis through high-quality research. We use the Motek Gait Real-time Interactive Laboratory (GRAIL) to collect valuable data as an integral part of our musculoskeletal research.”
Tom WainwrightAssociate Professor in Orthopaedics and Deputy Head of ORI
Melbourne School of Engineering, Melbourne University
In March 2018, the Melbourne School of Engineering launched their Australian-first state-of-the-art Virtual Reality biomechanical facility with the goal to vastly improve the understanding of human movement and how to treat and prevent injuries.
Investing in the CAREN, the University of Melbourne and the Melbourne School of Engineering saw this system as highly significant within the wider scope of healthcare and disability research, helping issues including mobility, ageing, and rehabilitation. The CAREN brings together biomechanics, computer science and neuroscience to analyse human movement and performance in real-time.
“The CAREN allows researchers to immerse the patient in a virtual reality environment such as a city street, forest or park, and safely make unplanned, physical perturbations to mimic real-life tripping and slipping scenarios. This enables us to analyze what muscles are activated, how joints function, and brain activity during movement, including the effects of mental and physical strain.”
Prof. Graham SchafferDean, Melbourne School of Engineering
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