Welcome to the website of the Boise State University Intermountain Orthopaedics Sports Medicine & Biomechanics Research Laboratory (IOSMBRL). It is a member laboratory of the Boise State University Center for Orthopaedic and Biomechanics Research (COBR).
The IOSMBRL is a collaborative effort between the departments of mechanical engineering and kinesiology at Boise State, along with local clinicians with an interest in biomechanics research. The IOSMBRL is a well-equipped motion capture laboratory housed in the BSU Department of Mechanical Engineering. The lab houses a six-camera motion capture system with real-time capabilities, two floor mounted force plates, and a telemetric EMG system as well as commercial and custom software packages for image processing, musculoskeletal modeling, and data analysis.
Research focuses are in the areas of orthopaedics, sports medicine, medical image processing, and exercise in the elderly.
Examples of studies being conducted in the IOSMBRL include evaluating the effectiveness of an exercise intervention on the incidence of ACL injuries in high school athletes, injury mechanisms in little league baseball pitchers, the effects of training on shoulder joint position sense, and gait changes in scoliosis patients.
The IOSMBRL was founded in July of 2002 to support research and promote collaboration in biomechanics and biomedical engineering. The lab's investigators perform a wide variety of research projects and educational programs supporting the mission of the laboratory, as well as the mission of the Center.
Please browse our site, and feel free to contact us with any comments or questions.
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Last Updated 03/28/2005
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