Facilities

Here is a list of the facilities available to the Biomechanics of Athletics and the Biomechanics of Football research groups.

Large indoor Biomechanics Laboratory:

• 12 x 10 m floor space, 4 m ceiling height

• multiple locations for placement of force platforms

• 30m single lane Rekortan running track

Video analysis systems:

• Systems suitable for 2-D and 3-D analysis, indoor or outdoor filming, and automatic or manual digitising

• Two JVC S-VHS video cameras (50 Hz) and two Panasonic S-VHS video cameras (50 Hz)

• Three Panasonic digital camcorders (50 Hz)

• A JVC GR-DVL9600 camcorder (50, 100 Hz)

• Two Redlake high-speed video cameras (50, 125, 250, 1000 Hz)

• A Peak Motus digitising workstation and VCR

• Two APAS digitising workstations and VCRs

• Motion Analysis system with eight Eagle digital high-speed cameras and EVa Real-Time and Simm software

Force platforms:

• Two Kistler force platforms in Biomechanics Laboratory (60 x 40 cm)

• Two Kistler force platforms in Indoor Athletics Centre (90 x 60 cm)

• Three workstations with BioWare biomechanical analysis software

Speed analysis equipment:

• Newtest timing gates and contact mat

• Innervations contact mat

Other equipment:

• Biodex System 3 Pro isokinetic dynamometer

• MIE EMG telemetry system and Spike2 software

• Footscan pressure plate and workstation

• Smith machine

Other computer software:

• Quintic Coaching

• Mathematica, Matlab, LabView

• SSPS, SigmaPlot, Kaleidagraph, Excel

Brunel University is home to a UK Athletics High Performance Centre, which includes:

• Athletics Centre (6-lane 400-m all-weather training track and field event sites).

• Indoor Athletics Centre (6-lane 110-m straight and field event sites).