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Established within the Wayne State University (WSU) Bioengineering Center, the Sports Injury Biomechanics Lab is a state-of-the-art facility capable of evaluating all types of athletic personal protective equipment. The lab contains a Biokinetics linear impactor, NOCSAE drop stands, and a pneumatic air cannon. It has data acquisition capabilities including collecting over 130 channels of data per impact, high-speed video cameras for 3-D motional analysis, and an array of anthropometric test dummies with full instrumentation.
The test equipment provides a means to reproduce real world sports impacts in a lab environment. These facilities are typically utilized to test prototype protective sports equipment and have been used to test protective equipment for baseball, softball, hockey, football, polo, lacrosse, soccer, and boxing. In addition to prototype testing, the Sports Injury Biomechanics Lab is responsible for certifying boxing gloves and headgear for USA Boxing.
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