Evaluation and Intervention in Orthopedics and Traumatology Laboratory (LAIOT)

Lab coordinator: Fábio Viadanna Serrão, Ph.D.

The LAIOT aims to investigate clinical and biomechanical measures related to orthopedic and sports injuries, mainly lower extremity injuries, and the effects of physical therapy interventions on these injuries. Lab equipment is funded by Brazilian research agencies (e.g., FAPESP and CNPq). Projects led by other researchers from UFSCar and other universities have been developed at LAIOT, demonstrating its multi-user characteristic. LAIOT collaborates with national and international researchers from the field of Physical Therapy and biological signal processing. Projects developed at LAIOT have been published in important scientific journals, resulting in national and international recognition.

Infrastructure: LAIOT/LAPREM (Rheumatology and Hand Rehabilitation Laboratory) has approximately 65 m2. Major lab equipment is (1) hand-held dynamometer (Lafayette Instruments, IN, USA); (2) 3D motion capture system (Vicon Motion Systems Ltd, Oxford) with six cameras (Bonita 10), Nexus System 2.9.3 software (Vicon Motion Systems Ltd, Oxford), and motion monitor software (Innovative Sports Training, Chicago); (3) insoles for the analysis of plantar pressure distribution (Pedar System; Novel, Munich, Germany); (4) AMTI Force and force platform (Model OPT400600HF-2000); (5) portable ultrasound LOGIQ V2 (GE Medical Systems, China Co., Ltd); and (6) trigno electromyograph – Delsys 8 channels (Delsys Inc., USA).
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