- Head of Laboratory: Dr. József LACZKÓ
- Members: Dr. Lilla BOTZHEIM, Dr. Mariann MRAVCSIK, Márton Bese NASZLADY, Balázs RADELECZKI
- The laboratory investigates, how the central nervous system controls human limb movements for well coordinated execution of motor tasks. Such tasks are for instance, reaching a target with the arm, transporting an object held in the hand or cycling movements by the lower limbs or upper limbs. In the laboratory we apply an ultrasound based movement analyzing system (ZEBRIS, Ivry, Germany) for recording kinematic and electromyographic data during human limb movements. Ultrasound emitting markers are placed on anatomical landmarks of the body and the positions of the markers are recorded. Simultaneously, applying surface electromyography (EMG) muscle activities are measured.
- Special interest of the laboratory is functional electrical muscle-stimulation and its application in rehabilitation of paralyzed, spinal cord injured persons. We continue or research in cooperation with collegaues from the Wigner Research Centre for Physics and apply it in the National Institute for Medical Rehabilitation.
