Measuring Motion Laboratory (MML)

Welcome to the Measuring Motion Laboratory (MML) in the Department of Public Health and Exercise Science at the Appalachian State University. Using a variety of biomechanical analysis techniques, experimental and computational, we explore ways to measure how we move. Our main aim is to investigate novel performance analysis techniques to assist coaches, athletes, and practitioners. To this aim, research projects are designed to investigate the use of novel field-based performance analysis techniques that allow biomechanical assessments outside of a traditional lab setting. These types of assessments facilitate their incorporation into a coach or practitioner’s training paradigm because of the use of technology that is minimally invasive, less expensive, allows evaluations to be performed in the field, and/or do not constrain normal movement patterns.