{"id":27164,"date":"2018-11-08T09:52:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T14:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=27164"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:57:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:57:24","slug":"stepping-into-the-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=27164","title":{"rendered":"Stepping into the\u00a0lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"outer-container\">\n<section class=\"post in-view\">\n<header>\n<p class=\"excerpt\"><em>Senior Jackson Richards learns how to build a successful research project and implement skills he ob<\/em><em>tained in the classroom.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stepping Into the Lab\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9jOYDV6dG58?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"outer-container\">\n<section class=\"post in-view\">\n<article class=\"post-112334 discover type-discover status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-research discover-theme-dynamic-minds has-video\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"has-content-area\">\n<div class=\"pf-content\">\n<p>Undergraduate students like senior Jackson Richards work within the <a href=\"http:\/\/abl.bme.unc.edu\/\">Applied Biomechanics Laboratory<\/a> to investigate balance impairment and fall risks in adults due to aging and neurological disease or injury. Their goal is to introduce new rehabilitative approaches to preserve mobility and prevent falls.<\/p>\n<p>To measure this, participants walk on a treadmill while a virtual reality simulation is projected on a screen. The combined use of sensors attached to specific muscles, as well as 3D cameras, allow researchers to see a rendering of the experiment in real-time and track how the participant reacts to perceived imbalance.<\/p>\n<p>The lab is also adapting the program to a VR headset, hoping to introduce the technology to facilities like balance and physical therapy clinics.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Richards, who is majoring in biomedical engineering, saw this research as a way for him to apply what he learned in class to work in the lab. \u201cI was drawn to working in the lab because I thought it was a cool application of material I learned in some of my classes,\u201d he says. \u201cI also thought it was really interesting some of the clinical applications \u2013 I could see that some of the research directly led into applications that could better other peoples\u2019 lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/endeavors.unc.edu\/\">Read more research stories on Endeavor Magazine\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unc.edu\/discover\/stepping-into-the-lab\/\">UNC Research<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Jackson Richards learns how to build a successful research project and implement skills he obtained in the 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