Motion Analysis and Human Performance Laboratory

Texas Children’s Hospital® The Woodlands is a 548,000-square foot full-service pediatric hospital. A hallmark feature of the campus is Texas Children’s Motion Analysis and Human Performance Laboratory, part of the hospital’s nationally ranked Orthopedics program and one of the only pediatric labs of its kind in the state.

The laboratory leverages the expertise of a team of physicians, therapists, biomechanists and exercise physiologists along with state-of-the-art computer and sensor technology to study, analyze and help improve how the human body moves. The laboratory is equipped with a 3D motion capture system, force platforms, force plate instrumented treadmill, electromyography system and a metabolic cart.

Motion analysis is used to provide your health care team with information about your movement patterns, muscle activation and force generation during functional tasks such as walking, running and jumping. This type of information is not visible to the naked eye and cannot be assessed with visual observations. Your health care team uses this information to better understand how orthopedic or neuromuscular impairments may be affecting your functional activities, quality of life and/or athletic performance.