Unparalleled support for your research

Our reputation for precision and accuracy is built on a three-decades-old legacy in measurement excellence. Researchers around the world rely on Bertec’s engineering to help them pursue a deeper understanding of biomechanics from the ground up.

Bertec Research Products

**Force Plates**
Designed for gait, balance, and performance analysis, Bertec force plates are dependable and deliver highly accurate and reliable force, moment, and center of pressure data. Utilizing patented Bertec strain gauge technology, fixed and portable force plates exist in a variety of sizes and load ranges. Hundreds of laboratories around the world, with thousands of research projects, rely on Bertec force plates.

**Instrumented Treadmills**
Bertec’s instrumented split-belt treadmill acts as an endless walkway, which can be controlled independently in both forward and reverse directions with high precision at desired speeds and accelerations. The unique design features result in superior dynamic characteristics and a high natural frequency making it the most trusted research-grade fully instrumented treadmill on the market.

**Immsersive Labs**
Immersive Labs is an integrated research system for movement analysis with visual and audio feedback in real time. By integrating an instrumented treadmill, 3D motion capture systems, and an immersive environment with controlled sensory inputs, Bertec Immersive Labs are the most advanced systems for locomotion and balance research.

**Instrumented Stairs**
Bertec Instrumented Stairs are designed to measure ground reaction forces and center of pressure while ascending or descending stairs. Detachable force please and a rolling structure provide ease of portability throughout the lab.

**Instrumented Handrails**
Bertec instrumented handrails are designed for measuring upper body force. The durable design along with the superior characteristics of strain gauge sensors provide sustainability and long-term stability. The handrails are used with our fully instrumented treadmill, instrumented stairs, or stand-alone.

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Mayo Clinic

Temple University

University of Kentucky

Harvard University

The Mayo Survey Research Center and Energy Balance Core uses Bertec's 3-component and computer-integrated balance plates to measure vertical force and the center of pressure in its research of static and dynamic balance as well as the limits of stability in patients.

Temple University investigated the neural control of upright balance during walking using Bertec's immersive labs technology, which immerses patients in a moving visual environment projected on a curved dome that covers almost their entire field of vision. Patient balance data was collected as they walked at their own pace on a split-belt treadmill.

The Biodynamics Laboratory in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion at the University of Kentucky uses Bertec's force plates, instrumented treadmill, and (CDP) Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) in research projects and clinical applications with athletes.

We have been using Bertec’s instrumented treadmill and force plates for the past 2 years and recently added instrumented handrails. We are happy with not only the quality and reliability of Bertec’s products, but also with their staff and customer support. We will certainly continue working with Bertec as we expand the capabilities of our lab.