The Michael Uren Biomedical Engineering Research Hub
The MSk MEC is the centrepiece of the Sir Michael Uren Biomedical Engineering Research Hub (“BmE Hub”) which is based at Imperial’s translational research campus in White City, London.
The BmE Hub is a major new building comprising state-of-the-art laboratories for translational research at the interface of engineering and biomedical sciences.
This visionary development provides co-location space for engineers, scientists and clinical researchers in the musculoskeletal field from across College to come together to forge new interdisciplinary collaborations.
Other Resources
Biodynamics Lab Database
This database is collected by the Biodynamics lab of Imperial College London. It consists of 180 subjects. Ground reactions forces (GRFs) are captured for all 3 axes: medio-lateral (GRF X), anterior-posterior (GRF Y), and vertical (GRF Z). 101 samples are captures per axis.
Data: Subject_Data.zip
Annotation: Subject Assessments.xlsx
Description: README.txt
Licence: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (no adaptation of the work & no commercial use).
Citation request: The Complexity of Human Walking: A Knee Osteoarthritis Study, by Margarita Kotti, Lynsey Duffell, Aldo Faisal, and Alison McGregor that is published in PLOS ONE.
Facilities available to MSk MEC researchers include:
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 PALM microsystem |
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Adapted Oxford Knee Rig |
| ACL graft strength testing rig | TKR and UKR stability testing rigs |
Tekscan pressure sensitive film hardware and I-scan software
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| Shoulder replacement testing rig |
Patella-femoral joint (PFJ) stability testing rig |
Diamond blade band saw |
| Polaris optical tracking camera and trackers for measuring rigid body kinematics |
Single-axis screwdriven Instron Materials Testing Machine |
Dual-axis servohydraulic Instron Materials Testing Machine
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| Knee kinematics rig | Ultrasonix Scanner |
6 degree of freedom robot arm for joint motion simulation |
| Photon Microscope |
Nick Davey Neurophysiology Laboratory
Surgical Skills Laboratory
3D Printer
Motion Analysis Laboratory
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