BTS Smart optical motion analysis system
Optical system for complex motion analysis BTS Smart equipped with a set of 10 video cameras and passive markers reflecting the emitted infrared radiation.
A set of AMTI dynamometric platforms is built into the floor allowing measurement of the 3 components of ground reaction forces. The system is also supplied with a 16-channel surface electromyography set allowing the assessment of muscle action potentials.
Lab supervisors
Katarzyna Jochymczyk-Woźniak, PhD, Eng.
Katarzyna.Jochymczyk-Wozniak@polsl.pl
room 114, Zabrze
Katarzyna Nowakowska-Lipiec, PhD, Eng.
Katarzyna.Nowakowska-Lipiec@polsl.pl
room 114, Zabrze
The BTS Smart system is widely used in the fields of medicine and sport. The most commonly studied human activity using this system is gait.
The results of such a movement analysis carried out for a patient with dysfunctions are compared to the normative ranges obtained for healthy people. This allows an objective and quantitative indication of the patient’s movement deviations from the normal pattern.
Other movement activities can also be analysed, e.g. rehabilitation exercises, activities of daily living.
Example application of the BTS Smart complex movement analysis system:
- assessment of the patient’s musculoskeletal status based on the motor task performed (gait, jump, etc.),
- assessment of the effectiveness of the applied treatment/rehabilitation method (conservative, surgical, pharmacological, orthopaedic supplies),
- determining the degree of dysfunction on the basis of the motor task performed (gait, any movement),
- planning the strategy of treatment and motor improvement (conservative, surgical, pharmacological, orthopaedic supplies),
- assessment of asymmetry of gait and other motor tasks,
- assessing the correctness of a sport-related motor task (jumping, fencing, dancing, stationary cycling).
