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Quantitative Analysis of Biomechanics Lab

1) Calibrating cameras is important for establishing the relationship between measuring devices and measurements. It determines the accuracy of biomechanical analysis through a merit value, with values closer to 0 indicating less error. 2) The L-calibration tool uses 4 markers to create x, y, z coordinates and generate a 3D image, but requires all markers to be seen. 3) Reflective markers allow accurate movement measurement when placed at anatomical landmarks. Computer software then identifies markers and computes joint angles from their trajectories.

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Quantitative Analysis of Biomechanics Lab

1) Calibrating cameras is important for establishing the relationship between measuring devices and measurements. It determines the accuracy of biomechanical analysis through a merit value, with values closer to 0 indicating less error. 2) The L-calibration tool uses 4 markers to create x, y, z coordinates and generate a 3D image, but requires all markers to be seen. 3) Reflective markers allow accurate movement measurement when placed at anatomical landmarks. Computer software then identifies markers and computes joint angles from their trajectories.

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Susan Kang

PED 654: Biomechanics


Professor Petrizzo
December 9, 2014
Quantitative Analysis of Biomechanics Lab
1) The significance of calibrating the cameras is to establish a relationship between measuring devices and the
measurement characteristics. In our lab, we have three cameras. Each camera has a merit value, which signifies
the error after calibration. The higher the merit value, the more error that is associated with it. A good merit
value is as close to 0 and below 1. They are important to calibration because it shows the accuracy of the
imaging that is used for biomechanical analysis.
2) The L-calibration tool is used for a 3-D image analysis. It contains 4 markers which creates the x-y-z coordinates.
If one marker is not seen, it will not create the 3-D image.
3) The reflective markers allows for accurate measurement of movements. Markers are usually located at palpable
anatomical landmarks. The computer software creates three-dimensional trajectories from these markers that
are subsequently given identification labels. The computer model is then used to compute the joint angles from
the relative marker positions of the labeled trajectories.
4) The residual is an estimation error, or the difference between each persons actual score and score predicted
from the regression line. It is a standard deviation away from where the actual markers are. The closer to zero,
the better and vice versa.
5) In normal anatomical position, the center of mass (COM) is just anterior to S2. At the top of the squat with an
empty bar loaded on someones back, the COM will be higher up towards the bar. As the weight is increased,
the COM will travel closer to the bar.
6) Peak knee velocity occurs when the subject is coming back up or coming down midrange because once it
surpasses that point, the velocity decreases.
7) Peak knee flexion occurs during the initiation of the swing phase.
8) The greatest hip acceleration occurs at the beginning of the eccentric portion and beginning of the concentric
portion because the subject starts from an acceleration of zero and begins to accelerate once motion occurs.

9) I would expect to find greater peak hip velocity in the gait cycle because it is similar to the initiation of the swing
phase where the knee had the fastest velocity.

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