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Motion Analysis Laboratory
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Muscle Performance Laboratory
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Locomotor Training Intervention Laboratory
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Muscle Physiology Laboratory
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Respiratory Neurophysiology Laboratory
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Functional Motor Control Laboratory
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Human Motor Performance Laboratory
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This
1,398 sq ft Motion Analysis Laboratory is used to perform general
and gait specific movement analysis, as well as other projects related
primarily to physical therapy interventions.
The
320 sq ft laboratory is used to assess neuromuscular function in a
variety of patient populations, including orthopedic patients and
patients with incomplete spinal cord injury. Measures of neuromuscular
function include isokinetic and isometric strength, superimposed electrical
stimulation and electrophysiological measures. We also test how manual
therapies affect individuals response to standard pain stimuli.
Metabolic
and cardiopulmonary research programs are primarily based in this
525 sq ft laboratory.
The
Locomotor Training Intervention Lab is a 716 sq ft laboratory used
for conducting research studies dealing with therapeutic outcomes
in parkinsonism, stroke and spinal cord injury.
This
700 sq ft laboratory is located in the Evelyn L. and William L. McKnight
Brain Institute and determines the effect of therapeutic interventions
on muscle force, muscle histology and muscle size. This laboratory
is set up for exercise interventions in animal models, in situ
and in vitro force mechanics, immunohistochemistry and magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) of skeletal muscle.
This
is a translational research laboratory of 710 sq ft located in the
McKnight Brain Institute with an emphasis on neuroplasticity and the
control of breathing. One of the primary goals of the laboratory is
to determine the neural mechanisms that contribute to recovery of
breathing following spinal cord injury. 
Trials
into Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) in stroke are primarily
based in this 525 sq ft laboratory.
The
primary focus of the Human Motor Performance Laboratory is the study
of individuals with injury, disease, or age-related changes in mobility.
The laboratory occupies over 2,500 sq ft of space and is a shared
facility between the Department of Veteran’s Affairs Brain Rehabilitation
Research Center and the University of Florida Brooks Center for Rehabilitation
Studies.