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biomechZoo is a user-customizable toolbox for the analysis of biomechanical data. Movement data often contain variables recorded over time, for many subjects, groups, or conditions. Sorting, processing, statistical analysis, and visualization of these data is crucial. biomechZoo provides tools to help users achieve these goals.

Quick look:
Explore the main features of biomechZoo by viewing our overview video here.

Audience: biomechZoo can help those new to programming/biomechanics to quickly process their data by providing a framework from which to create a streamlined processing workflow. Advanced users are encouraged to contribute to the biomechZoo project by providing additional functions.

Getting started: The biomechZoo download contains a number of files to help the user get started with the toolbox. Users may wish to start by reading the powerpoint presentation and conference poster, both found under the 'Help Files' sub folder of the toolbox. Afterwards, users can explore the toolbox using the accompanying sample dataset (/sample study) and sample processing m-file (/Help Files/zoo_process_example.m'). Additional help may be obtained by contacting the main author.

Additional Software: At the moment, biomechZoo only runs on Matlab (The Mathworks Inc., Natick, USA). Users interested in developing a version of biomechZoo to run in an open-source programming environment such as Python could email the main author.

Platforms: biomechZoo runs on Windows, MAC OS, and Linux systems. Some functions, particularly those that export data to excel, may not work on systems where Microsoft Office is not installed. This problem has been solved by using Java code to write to spreadsheets.

Contact Additional information can be obtained by contacting the main author at: philippe dot dixon at gmail dot com