Facilities in CPR Spine

CPR Spine is housed within the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences. Thanks to a £16.4 million investment, the School boasts the largest custom built Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences facility in the UK. This includes teaching and research laboratories for physiology, biochemistry, psychophysiology, biomechanics, sport psychology, motor skills, immunology, muscle mechanics and the neurophysiology of movement.

  • CPR Spine Facilities include:
  • A Multi-Cervical Unit - BTE
  • PrimusRS - BTE
  • High-density (400 channel ) EMG (surface/intramuscular) EEG and ECG amplifier (OT Bioelettronica, Italy)
  • High-density wireless EMG devices (OT Bioelettronica, Italy)
  • 3D Motion Capture/IMU and Wireless Ultium® EMG (Noraxon, USA)
  • 8 Optoelectronic Infrared cameras for 3D kinematic reconstruction (BTS Bioengineering, Italy)
  • 4 Force Platforms for 3D Kinetic Analysis (BTS Bioengineering, Italy)
  • 10 wireless Electromyograpy (EMG) probes (BTS Bioengineering, Italy)
  • 2 TVC for synchronized video (BTS Bioengineering, Italy)
  • Advanced dynamometric system - Biodex System 3 ( Biodex, USA)[Photo courtesy of Biodex Medical Systems, Inc.]
  • LOGIQ E9 Shear Wave Elastography (GE, USA)
  • Quantitative Sensory Testing equipment (Somedic, Sweden) - algometer, vibrameter, aesthesiometer, thermotest
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation  (Matstim)