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Training Center: Motion-capture technology helps fix imbalances

Colby Pearce, a 45-year-old former Olympian and highly decorated track and road cyclist, was injured in a fall on the velodrome in February 2017. The crash left him with a broken right clavicle and several fractured ribs. He visited the University of Colorado Sports Medicine and Performance Center in August and told specialists he felt lopsided, as though the right and left sides of his body were out of sync.
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KU lab uses ‘markerless motion capture’ technology to boost athletes’ performance

KU researchers are focusing their effort on sport performance. By measuring an athlete’s performance while conducting motions common to their sport, they can identify force generated during a pitcher’s windup. With that information, coaches and athletes can tell where the athletes’ strengths lie, where they may need improvement and even develop workout plans based on the information.