Overview
The Human Performance Laboratory at Cincinnati Children's Sports Medicine Biodynamics Center was established to provide a technology-driven laboratory to continually advance and validate cutting-edge injury prevention and athletic development programs.
The Human Performance Laboratory conducts research on the effects of dynamic neuromuscular training programs and prescreening evaluations on injury and performance in athletes. The director of the lab, Tim Hewett, PhD, has received national and local recognition for his prior work. He has been featured in The New York Times (including a front page story), USA Today, The Cincinnati Enquirer and on Good Morning America, Wide World of Sports and other periodicals and television news reports.
Motion Analysis System
The motion analysis system at the Human Performance Laboratory is a first of its kind functional analysis system for both research and clinical applications. The system consists of an all-digital eight camera real-time 3D Motion Analysis system. It is used in studies involving:
- Injury prevention
- Performance enhancement
- Training and rehabilitative treatment methods
- Surgical outcomes
The information gained from the Human Performance Laboratory is invaluable to physicians, therapists, trainers and coaches who want to help athletes achieve peak performance and an injury free season. The Human Performance Laboratory is also developing an injury-screening test that will help identify those athletes that might be at a greater risk for sports injuries.
Dynamic Neuromuscular Analysis (DNA) Training
Dynamic Neuromuscular Analysis (DNA) Training is a state-of-the-art training program. This key component of the Sports Medicine Biodynamics Center provides a training outreach program to area athletes, from pre-adolescent to professional level, and is designed to enhance performance and help decrease injury risk.
DNA Training combines plyometrics, strength training, core stability and sport-specific movements to scientifically build better athletes. The ability to quantify athletic ability and break down complex movements with immediate real-time feedback in the Human Performance Lab is a truly unique benefit of DNA Training.
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