{"id":7888,"date":"2025-04-07T10:12:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T16:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=7888"},"modified":"2025-04-07T10:12:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T16:12:29","slug":"biomechanics-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/biomechanics-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Biomechanics in action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20240809_SoPM_Biomechanic_Lab_HC_DP_332-1-1024x713.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7890\" style=\"width:618px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20240809_SoPM_Biomechanic_Lab_HC_DP_332-1-1024x713.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20240809_SoPM_Biomechanic_Lab_HC_DP_332-1-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20240809_SoPM_Biomechanic_Lab_HC_DP_332-1-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20240809_SoPM_Biomechanic_Lab_HC_DP_332-1-1536x1069.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20240809_SoPM_Biomechanic_Lab_HC_DP_332-1-2048x1425.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Courtesy Hafizur Rahman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bio0407.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The School of Podiatric Medicine is working on motion capture biomechanics technology at UT Health RGV Multispecialty to help treat patients with mobility problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hafizur Rahman is an assistant professor at the UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine and the principal investigator and director of applied biomechanics of the lower extremity laboratory (ABLE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rahamn explained how the technology is used in the motion capture lab.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u00a0\u201cSo, the way it works, like, you have the camera [and they] all are [an] integrated camera system and you put the little reflective marker at the different body landmarks,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd when the camera turns on, we can see the precise location of those markers and then based on their marker position \u2026 we can see precisely that how the joint angle, how the range of motion \u2026 changes during the dynamic movement.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Undergraduate Student and Research Assistant Marissa Silva said motion capture cameras are utilized to see how patients walk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cWe use the motion capture cameras to help us with all of our studies,\u201d Silva said. \u201cSo, we have the different studies and we utilize the motion capture to determine how they walk.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She added she learned how to process and observe the patient&#8217;s mobility state compared to a healthy patient.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rahman said patients they worked with either have an amputated limb, ankle deformity or diabetes. 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