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We have facilities for assessment of musculoskeletal function in animals ranging from small (e.g. cockroaches, squirrels, birds) to medium (dogs, humans) and even large (horses, cows, elephants) sizes.
We were awarded a BBSRC equipment grant in 2005. This, in addition to numerous other grants we have been awarded, allowed us to purchase some of the equipment below.
This 12 camera set up allows us to capture motion at 500 Hz from all 12 cameras. Two of the cameras also facilitate high - speed (500Hz) video recording. Two of the cameras are also able to operate wirelessley. Eight of the cameras in the set up capture at 2.3 Megapixel resolution while the other four are capable of capturing at 4.0 Megapixel resolution
AOS High speed digital videoEight new AOS high - speed video cameras supporting Gigabit ethernet allow us to video from a number of directions simultaneously and over a greater distance. Four of the cameras can capture at 1000Hz with a resolution of 800 x 600 pixels, while the other four can capture at 500Hz with a resolution of 1280 x 1040 or 1000Hz with a resolution of 1240 x 600.
Cameras supplied by Lake Imaging Systems
www.lakeimage.co.uk
A six Kistler force plate array consisting of force plates 600 x 900mm in size allows us to collect 3-D kinetic data at up to 1000Hz over a maximum distance of 5.4m. The Piezoelectric force plates have on board amplifiers and log data into custom written LabVIEW software. The force plates can also be rotated to facilitate data collection from animals with smaller stride lengths.
Two smaller force plates (200 x 120 mm) with external charge amplifiers will allow us to collect highly accurate kinetic data from small animals (such as rodents) with smaller stride lengths.
This equine treadmill allows us to treadmill a variety of animals up to around 1000Kg in weight. Its speed is autonomously variable with the animal's position on the treadmill. Its speed varies from 2 - 20m/s. It is manufactured by Sato and installed and maintained by Nordeal.
This rolling-belt treadmill is used for training and exercising dogs. The machine is controlled by a computer microprocessor, by which speed, performance time and inclination can be individually designed. It is manurfactured by Starker Hund® (Metal Works) of Italy and was supplied to us by BossProducts.
This system allows us to capture high speed (500Hz) X-ray information and is invaluable in assesing bone and hard tissue movement and performance in locomoting animals. The system has a 38cm diameter X-ray image intensifier and allows up to 16 seconds of high speed aquisition.
This treadmill allows us to exercise and monitor rodents at a variety of speeds and inclines. The system allows us to treadmill five rodents simutaneously while stimulating them independently.
This is made up of three main parts. Our system has a 90 KW Bosch pump and a Moog valve capable of passing 90litres/minute, with a response time of less than 14ms and less than 0.4% hysteresis between strokes. The ram is from Eland and has a 210 bar working pressure and dimensions of 38 x 28 x 500mm.
Structure and Motion Lab These pages maintained by the SML Contact: Alan Wilson
