Mission
The mission of the Movement Analysis for Biomedical Innovation & Technology (Mobility) Laboratory is to advance quantitative rehabilitation research for improving health and function of persons with disabilities.
Goals
The Mobility Laboratory is an academic research lab located in the UW-Milwaukee Innovation Campus Accelerator Building. Dr. Brooke Slavens, Richard and Joanne Grigg Professor of Mechanical Engineering, is the principal investigator and Director. Dr. Alyssa Schnorenberg, Scientist, is the lab’s Associate Director. The lab is adjacent to the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center, an ideal location for rehabilitation research. It is fully accessible to individuals with disabilities and houses state-of-the-art equipment for quantitative biomechanical assessment of human movement.
The lab is home to a Vicon motion capture system that is synchronized with sensors to calculate movements and forces of the body. Our work provides comprehensive joint kinematics, joint kinetics, and muscle activity data during human movement. Our specialization is preventing shoulder and wrist injuries that are secondary medical conditions of spinal cord injury and dysfunction in manual wheelchair users across the lifespan. We also conduct gait analysis, balance, and strength assessments in pediatric and adult populations with disabilities and orthopaedic impairments.
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Contact:
1225 Discovery Parkway
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
(414) 229-6933
slavens@uwm.edu
