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The MotionMonitor Features

The most advanced data acquisition, analysis and visualization system in the market place provides precise measurement of human motion.

The MotionMonitor is a turn-key 3-D motion capture system designed to synchronously collect data from kinematic trackers, EMG, force plates, video, event markers and other analog devices. Data generated from a rich collection of analytical tools are immediately available for playback with graphical displays of all data outputs. Stunning 3-D computer-rendered animations of the subject can be viewed as a skeleton, stick figure, or humanoid. Real-time measurement of the human body's movement, muscle recruitment and external forces acting on the body is achieved using the broadest range of hardware available in the market.

Analyze Data collected from any hardware using The MotionMonitor C3D Model Builder:

• Import data and construct models in 4 simple steps
• Use established marker sets, rigid bodies or combinations of both
• Define virtual joint centers, landmarks & segment coordinate systems
• Save model templates for faster setup

Click here for more information about the C3D Model Builder Application

Preprogrammed configuration of hardware for real-time, interactive collection from:

• Ascension's "Flock of Birds", MiniBirds,  MotionStar & trakStar
• Motion Analysis and Qualisys Passive Optical Cameras
• Northern Digital's Optotrak 3020 and Certus
• Organic Motion's markerless cameras
• Phoenix active Optical systems
• PhaseSpace active Optical systems
• Polhemus' Fastrak and Liberty
• Bertec, AMTI and Kistler force plates
• All analog EMG systems
• ATI, AMTI and Bertec mini-load cells
• Single/Multiple Video Cameras
• Eyelink II eye tracking systems
• Phantom Haptic devices
• Virtual Reality Displays

Subject set-up designed to meet your unique requirements:

• Create a stylus to assist in precise digitization of anatomical landmarks
• Define a Global World Axes consistent with your research protocol
• Align axes of force plates and hand transducers with global axes
• Use quick release sensor cuffs for a faster and more consistent subject set-up
• Digitize landmarks and track virtual joint centers
• Determine joint centers and segment orientation using accepted protocols such as the Bell, Davis or Leardini methods for hip joint centers and the ISB Shoulder Protocol for shoulder joint centers
• Or, extract joint centers, local coordinate systems and landmarks automatically from CT or MRI reconstructions as shown in the image below

Click here for more information about the Landmark Tracking and In-Vitro Reseach Applications

Powerful control of data collection:

• Event driven triggers for exact start or end of data collection
• Autosave/Autoname features for hands-free data collection
• Event on-set and duration tracked using a choice of hardware switches such as IR, LEDs and FSRs
• User defined software switches for contingent start or end conditions
• Automatic synchronization of data collected from devices with different sampling rates

Click here for more information about the Scripted Protocol Application

Immediate playback ensures accurate collection of data:

• No digitizing, post-processing or lost markers
• All kinematic and kinetic data are user-selectable from drop-down menus with no programming required
• New variables can be defined using standard mathematical notation including vector and matrix operations
• Force plate data includes COP, forces and moments
• EMG signals include Raw, RMS, Power Spectrum and Exposure Variance Analysis
• Joint power and work
• Helical axes

Click here for more information about the EMG Processing Application

Data Reduction features will speed analysis:

• Employ analog filters such as Butterworth and Chebyshev with cut-off frequencies for each sensor and each analog channel
• Use Bandpass filters in the frequency domain
• Apply user-defined, Dempster or Zatsiorsky anthropometric assumptions
• Define segment local axes and orientation
• Automatically or manually define events in post-processing
• Normalize activities in time or by subject height and mass
• Perform ensemble averaging with added statistical outputs
• View all data in frequency or time domain
• Use real-time drawing tools with synchronized video

Biofeedback for motor control, neuro research and rehabilitation: 

• Present stimuli on 2-D monitors, Virtual Reality Immersive stereoscopic displays or at locations in the real world using simple drop down menus
• Control the position of tracking or "chase" cursors with kinematic position, EMG, analog signals or gaze vectors
• Audio, visual or analog output signals are generated based on proximity of "chase" cursor to targets
• Perturbate targets or "chase" variables with user defined "gain" formulas
• Apply assistive or resistive force feedback using single haptic device for rehabilitation or finger grasping using dual haptic devices

Click here for more information on: Biofeedback, Motor Control, or Neuroscience & Rehabilitation Applications

Additional features to enhance your productivity:

• Use pre-defined protocols such as ISB Shoulder and Ankle protocol
• Preference files designed for specific applications such as gait and balance
• Detail module for tracking individual bones on the hand, foot and spine
• Meshfile generator to create images from CT & MRI scans

Click here for more information about: ISB Shoulder Protocol, Spine Detail, and Hand & Foot Detail Application

Benefit from unparalleled commitment to post-sale support:

• All systems are installed on-site and "plug-in-the-wall ready"
• On-site training is provided to maximize value for your purchase and facilitate data collection
• Maintenance, Subscription and Support programs ensure that the product you buy today remains state of the art

What's new in The MotionMonitor Version 8...

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