Tool Library

To add to or amend this list, please contact Victoria Latimer at vlatimer@ualberta.ca.

Activity Monitor - SenseWear Mini Armband

Common Uses: Measuring physical activity (energy expenditure, steps)
Technical Name: SenseWear Mini Armband
Make: Body Media
Model: -

Name: Juan Forero
Email: hml@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2027

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 66
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

Activity + Sleep Monitor - Actigraph

Common Uses: Classifying activity behaviour by intensity
Technical Name: Actigraph
Make: Actigraph
Model: -

Name: Trish Manns
Email: trish.manns@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-7274

Current Location: CH 3-70
Number owned: 5
Individual with Oversight: Trish Manns


Common Uses: Activity monitor and sleep monitor
Technical Name: Actigraph
Make: Actigraph
Model: ‎wGT3X-BT

Name: Juan Forero
Email: hml@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2027

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 3
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

Adjustable Height Shelf

Common Uses: Assessment of lifting capacity
Technical Name: Height adjustable work surface
Make: OrthoCanada
Model: SKU: OC-012812

Name: Doug Gross
Email: dgross@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2690

Current Location: Movement analysis lab
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Doug Gross

Autoclave

Common Uses: Sterilizing equipment
Technical Name: Desktop autoclave
Make: -
Model: -

Name: Romana Vavrek Lecerf
Email: rvavrek@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-235-6447

Current Location: CH 3-88
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Karim Fouad

Bioelectrical Impedance - Portable

Common Uses: Estimating total body and segmental (trunk, arms and legs) body composition
Technical Name: Body Composition, Fludi and Segmental Monitoring Unit
Make: BodyStat
Model: QuadScan4000

Name: Juan Forero
Email: hml@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2027

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Jackie Whittaker

Bioelectrical Impedance - Stationary

Common Uses: Estimating total body and segmental (trunk, arms and legs) body composition
Technical Name: Segmental Multi-frequency Body Composition Analyser
Make: Tanita
Model: MC-780U

Name: Juan Forero
Email: hml@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2027

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Jackie Whittaker

Biosafety Hood

Common Uses: Working in a sterile environment
Technical Name: Hepa filtered sterile work bench
Make: -
Model: -

Name: Romana Vavrek Lecerf
Email: rvavrek@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-235-6447

Current Location: CH 3-88/1-74
Number owned: 2
Individual with Oversight: Karim Fouad

Body Weight Support Robot

Common Uses: Body weight support during gait
Technical Name: ZeroG system
Make: Aretech
Model: ZeroG 8.2

Name: Juan Forero
Email: hml@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2027

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

Breeding Chamber

Common Uses: Growing and maintaining cells in culture
Technical Name: CO2 breeding chamber
Make: Fischer
Model:

Name: Romana Vavrek Lecerf
Email: rvavrek@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-235-6447

Current Location: CH 3-88
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Karim Fouad

Confocal Microscope

Common Uses: Fluorescent microscopy
Technical Name: Confocal Microscope
Make: Leica
Model: -

Name: Romana Vavrek Lecerf
Email: rvavrek@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-235-6447

Current Location: CH 1-93
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Karim Fouad

Constant Current Unit

Common Uses: For use with Grass S88 stimulator
Technical Name: Analog stimulus constant current unit
Make: Grass Instruments
Model: CCU1A

Name: John Misiaszek
Email: jmisiasz@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-6042

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 4
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

Crysostat

Common Uses: Cutting thin sections of frozen tissue
Technical Name: Cryostat
Make: Fischer
Model: -

Name: Romana Vavrek Lecerf
Email: rvavrek@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-235-6447

Current Location: CH 3-88
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Karim Fouad

Earphones

Common Uses: Audiology research and acoustic startle stimulus
Technical Name: Etymotic ER-2 Research Earphones
Make: Etymotic
Model: ER-2

Name: John Misiaszek
Email: jmisiasz@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2027

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 1 pair
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

EEG System

Common Uses: Records electrical activity (including event-related potentials) from scalp
Technical Name: EEG system with 64 channel geodesic sensor net
Make: Electrical Geodesics Inc (EGI)
Model: Netstation 400 amplifier + 64 channel geodesic sensor net (3 sizes: S, M, L)

Name: Esther Kim
Email: esther.kim@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-5980

Current Location: CH 2-86
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Esther Kim

Electrical Stimulator

Common Uses: Neural stimulation, electrically evoked reflexes and evoked responses
Technical Name: Analog 2-channel electrical stimulator
Make: Grass Instruments
Model: S88

Name: John Misiaszek
Email: jmisiasz@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-6042

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 4
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

Electropalatography System - Portable

Common Uses: Displays tongue to palate contact and used for biofeedback on speech production
Technical Name: Smart Palate Palatometer V1.0
Make: Complete Speech
Model: V1.0 (software and interface)

Name: Karen Pollock
Email: karen.pollock@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-7855

Current Location: CH 2-93
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Karen Pollock

EMG Amplifier

Common Uses: EMG, electromyography
Technical Name: Analog bioamplifier
Make: Grass Instruments
Model: P511 

Name: John Misiaszek
Email: jmisiasz@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-6042

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 24
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek


Name: Romana Vavrek Lecerf
Email: rvavrek@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-235-6447

Current Location: CH 3-88
Number owned: 4
Individual with Oversight: Karim Fouad

 

Exercise Bike

Common Uses: Biking
Technical Name: Ergometrics 800S
Make: Ergoline
Model:

Nameuiries: Juan Forero
Email: hml@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2027

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

Eye Tracker - Portable

Common Uses: Records eye movemments - arm can be mounted to any stable surface
Technical Name: Eye tracker
Make: SR Research
Model: Eyelink 1000+ (arm mount - portable)

Name: Esther Kim
Email: esther.kim@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-5980

Current Location: CH 2-86
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Esther Kim

Eye Tracker

Common Uses: Records eye movements (including eye gaze, fixations, pupil size)
Technical Name: Eye tracker
Make: SR Research
Model: Eyelink 1000+ (desk mount)

Namees: Esther Kim
Email: esther.kim@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-5980

Current Location: CH 1-71
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Esther Kim

Fluid Pump

Common Uses: Precise pumping of fluids
Technical Name: 4 channel Peristaltic pump
Make: Fischer
Model:

Name: Romana Vavrek Lecerf
Email: rvavrek@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-235-6447

Current Location: CH 3-88
Number owned: 2
Individual with Oversight: Karim Fouad

Force Plates - Balance Testing

Common Uses: Balance testing, center of pressure (COP) and stabilometry
Technical Name: 6-component multi-axis Force Plate
Make: AMTI
Model: OR-6-1000

Name: Juan Forero
Email: hml@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2027

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 2
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

Force Plates - Motion Capture

Common Uses: Motion capture (force) during functional tasks
Technical Name: 6-component multi-axis Force Plate
Make: AMTI
Model: -

Name: Juan Forero
Email: hml@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2027

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 6
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

Free Weight Holder

Common Uses: Holds free weights
Technical Name: Standard Tree Plate Holder
Make: York
Model: Standard 6 post

Name: Doug Gross
Email: dgross@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2690

Current Location: Movement analysis lab
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Doug Gross

Free Weights

Common Uses: Weights for assessment of lifting capacity
Technical Name: Free Weights - various sizes from 1lb to 25lb
Make: Various
Model: Various

Name: Doug Gross
Email: dgross@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2690

Current Location: Movement analysis lab
Number owned: many
Individual with Oversight: Doug Gross

Freezer

Common Uses: Long time storing of tissue
Technical Name: -80 freezer
Make: Fischer
Model: -

Name: Leo Sanelli
Email: lsanelli@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-1516

Current Location: -
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Dave Bennett


Name: Romana Vavrek Lecerf
Email:

Current Location: CH 3-88
Number owned: 2
Individual with Oversight: Karim Fouad

Functional Muscle Strength Testing System

Common Uses: Measuring isotonic, isometric and isokinetic muscle strength and plus CPM
Technical Name: Primus RS (muscle testing and continuous passive ROM) system
Make: BTE
Model: Primus RS

Name: Juan Forero
Email: hml@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2027

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Jackie Whittaker

Goniometer

Common Uses: Motion analysis and joint kinematics
Technical Name: Twin axis electrogoniometer
Make: Biometrics Ltd
Model: SG110, SG110A, SG150

Name: John Misiaszek
Email: jmisiasz@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-6042

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 6
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

Heart Rate Monitors

Common Uses: Measuring heart rate
Technical Name: Heart Rate Montior
Make: Garmin, Cardiosport
Model: Various

Name: Doug Gross
Email: dgross@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2690

Current Location: Movement analysis lab
Number owned: 2
Individual with Oversight: Doug Gross

High Speed Camera

Common Uses: Filming at high resolution
Technical Name: High speed camera
Make: -
Model: -

Name: Romana Vavrek Lecerf
Email: rvavrek@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-235-6447

Current Location: CH 3-88
Number owned: 2
Individual with Oversight: Karim Fouad

Instrumented Walkway

Common Uses: Gait stepping capture
Technical Name: ZenoMat system
Make: ZenoMetrics LLC
Model: ZenoWalkway

Name: Juan Forero
Email: hml@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2027

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

LabView Software

Common Uses: Programming language for data acquisition and analysis (software)
Technical Name: LabView 8.2
Make: National Instruments
Model: LabView 8.2 Full Development Suite

Name: John Misiaszek
Email: jmisiasz@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-6042

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: -
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

Lift + Place Rack Station

Common Uses: Assessment of lifting capacity
Technical Name: Lift and Place Rack Station
Make: OrthoCanada
Model: SKU: OC-012800

Name: Doug Gross
Email: dgross@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2690

Current Location: Movement analysis lab
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Doug Gross

Lifting Crate

Common Uses: Assessment of lifting capacity
Technical Name: NIOSH Standard 100 lb lifting crate
Make: OrthoCanada
Model: SKU: OC-012802

Name: Doug Gross
Email: dgross@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2690

Current Location: Movement analysis lab
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Doug Gross

Metabolic Cart - Portable

Common Uses: Measuring aerobic capacity
Technical Name: Jaeger Oxycon Mobile
Make: VIASYS
Model: -

Name: Juan Forero
Email: hml@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2027

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

 

Metabolic Cart - Stationary

Common Uses: Measuring aerobic capacity
Technical Name: PARVOMEDICS Metabolic Measuring Apparatus
Make: PARVOMEDICS
Model: -

Name: Juan Forero
Email: hml@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2027

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

Microscope - Surgical

Common Uses: Surgery, equipment manufacture or tissue preparation
Technical Name:  Surgical microscope
Make: Leica
Model: -

Name: Leo Sanelli
Email: lsanelli@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-1516

Current Location: -
Number owned: 5
Individual with Oversight: Dave Bennett


Name: Romana Vavrek Lecerf
Email: rvavrek@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-235-6447

Current Location: CH 3-88
Number owned: 4
Individual with Oversight: Karim Foua

Microscope - Light

Common Uses: Bright field and phase contrast microscopy
Technical Name: Light microscope
Make: Leica
Model: DM 500

Name: Romana Vavrek Lecerf
Email: rvavrek@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-235-6447

Current Location: CH 1-93
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Karim Fouad

Monofilaments

Common Uses: Tactile sensory testing
Technical Name: von Frey-type monofilaments
Make: -
Model: -

Name: John Misiaszek
Email: jmisiasz@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-6042

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: set of 24
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek


Name: Leo Sanelli
Email: lsanelli@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-1516

Current Location: -
Number owned: Set of 24
Individual with Oversight: Dave Bennett

 

Motion Capture Sensors - Movement

Common Uses: Body weight support during gait
Technical Name: ZeroG system
Make: Aretech
Model: ZeroG 8.2

Name: Juan Forero
Email: hml@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2027

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

Oscilloscope - 2 Channel Storage

Common Uses: Signal display
Technical Name: 2 Channel storage oscilloscope
Make: Hewlett Packard
Model:

Name: John Misiaszek
Email: jmisiasz@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-6042

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

Oscilloscope - 4 Channel Digital Storage

Common Uses: Signal display
Technical Name: 4 Channel digital storage oscilloscope
Make: Tektronix
Model: TDS-2000C

Name: John Misiaszek
Email: jmisiasz@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-6042

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

Physical Rehabilitation + Assessment System

Common Uses: Torque and power measurements during different functional tasks on the lower or upper body
Technical Name: PrimusRS
Make: BTE
Model: PrimusRS

Name: Juan Forero
Email: hml@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2027

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

Pipettes

Common Uses: Pipetting controlled and small volumes
Technical Name: Micro Pipettes
Make: Fischer
Model: Various

Name: Romana Vavrek Lecerf
Email: rvavrek@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-235-6447

Current Location: CH 1-93
Number owned: 10
Individual with Oversight: Karim Fouad

Plinth (Massage Table) - Portable

Common Uses: -
Technical Name: -
Make: -
Model: -

Name: Esther Kim
Email: esther.kim@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-5980

Current Location: -
Number owned: -
Individual with Oversight: Esther Kim

Pulse Oximeter

Common Uses: Measuring blood oxygenation
Technical Name: Pulse oximeter
Make: -
Model:

Name: Romana Vavrek Lecerf
Email: rvavrek@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-235-6447

Current Location: CH 3-88
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Karim Fouad

Sedentary Behaviour Monitors

Common Uses: Measuring Sed Behav, steps, and transitions from sitting to standing
Technical Name: ActivPal
Make: ActivPal
Model: -

Name: Trish Manns
Email: trish.manns@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-7274

Current Location: CH 3-70
Number owned: 30
Individual with Oversight: Trish Manns

Spirometer - Portable

Common Uses: Assessing Pulmonary Function
Technical Name: VIASYS Microlab Spirometer
Make: VIASYS
Model: -

Name: Juan Forero
Email: hml@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2027

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

Stimulator

Common Uses: Electrical stimulation
Technical Name: Master-8
Make: AMPI
Model: -

Name: Romana Vavrek Lecerf
Email: rvavrek@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-235-6447

Current Location: CH 3-88
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Karim Fouad

Stimulus Isolation Unit

Common Uses: For use with Grass S88 stimulator
Technical Name: Analog stimulus isolation unit
Make: Grass Instruments
Model: SIU5

Name: John Misiaszek
Email: jmisiasz@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-6042

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 4
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

tDCS Stimulator

Common Uses: Neuromodulation
Technical Name: tDCS programmer and stimulator units
Make: MagStim
Model: HDCProg, HDCStim

Name: Esther Kim
Email: esther.kim@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-5980

Current Location: CH 2-86
Number owned: 2
Individual with Oversight: Esther Kim

TMS Device

Common Uses: -
Technical Name: Transcranial magnetic stimulation device
Make: Magstim
Model: -

Name: Esther Kim
Email: esther.kim@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-5980

Current Location: CH 2-86
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Esther Kim

Treadmill

Common Uses: Walking, gait and locomotion
Technical Name: Motorized treadmill
Make: Quinton Instruments
Model: 18-60

Name: John Misiaszek
Email: jmisiasz@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-6042

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: John Misiaszek

Ultrasound - Diagnostic

Common Uses: Measuring soft tissue (muscle), vascular and joint characteristics
Technical Name: Diagnostic Ultrasound
Make: General Electric
Model: LOGIQ P9

Name: Juan Forero
Email: hml@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-2027

Current Location: CSB 2-151
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Jackie Whittaker

Ultrasound - Portable (Software + Probe)

Common Uses: Provides visual feedback of tongue shape and movement for speech
Technical Name: SeeMore USB Ultrasound, with PI 7.5 MGz probe
Make: Interson
Model: USB

Name: Karen Pollock
Email: karen.pollock@ualberta.ca
Phone: 780-492-7855

Current Location: CH 2-93
Number owned: 1
Individual with Oversight: Karen Pollock

NOTE: Availability pending review