Learn more about the Functional Assessment Screening Team's current projects.
ACL Gold Validation
Status: Completed
Research Question: Determine the reliability and validity of the Microsoft Kinect 2.0 sensor compared to a marker-based Vicon system in determining the knee-to-ankle separation ratio during a drop vertical jump.
Primary contact: Trent Guess (guesstr@missouri.edu)
Grant funding: $49,969; University of Missouri — Mizzou Advantage; “Preventing Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tears in Female Youth Athletes with Video Game Technology”
Publications: Sports Health, “Development and Validation of a Portable and Inexpensive Tool to Measure the Drop Vertical Jump Using the Microsoft Kinect V2;”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28846505
Journal of Applied Biomechanics, “Comparison of 3D Joint Angles Measured with the Kinect 2.0 Skeletal Tracker Versus a Marker-Based Motion Capture System;”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27918704
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, “Validation of the Microsoft Kinect as a Portable and Inexpensive Screening Tool for Identifying ACL Injury Risk;”
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2325967114S00106
Sex Differences during the Modified Star Excursion Balance Test
Status: Completed
Research Question: Do sex differences exist in the frontal and transverse plane of lower extremity during the modified Star Excursion Balance Test?
Primary contact: Brad Willis (willisbw@missouri.edu)
Grant funding: $49,969; University of Missouri — Mizzou Advantage; “Preventing Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tears in Female Youth Athletes with Video Game Technology”
Publications: Human Movement, “Sex Differences in Frontal and Transverse Plane Hip and Knee Kinematic During the Modified Star Excursion Balance Test;”
https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/humo.2017.18.issue-3/humo-2017-0028/humo-2017-0028.pdf
ACL Gold Field Testing
Status: Ongoing
Research Question: Assess the efficiency and feasibility of the Kinect V2 for motion analysis of the drop vertical jump with high school athletes.
Primary contact: Aaron Gray (grayad@missouri.edu)
Grant funding: $49,969; University of Missouri — Mizzou Advantage; “Preventing Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tears in Female Youth Athletes with Video Game Technology”
Publications: Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, “Mass Screening of Youth Athletes for High Risk Landing Patterns using a Portable and Inexpensive Motion Sensor Device;”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4968261/
Lateral Step-Down
Status: Ongoing
Research Question: Determine the relationship between a depth camera and clinical visual assessments of a lateral step-down task.
Primary contact: Dave Echelmeyer (echelmeyerd@missouri.edu)
Publications: Pending
