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The Institute of Movement Sciences
The Institute of Movement Sciences is a
Joint Research Unit (UMR) of the University of the Mediterranean (Aix-Marseille 2) in association with the scientific
Departments of Life Sciences and Engineering and Information Sciences and Technology of the CNRS.
About
100 people (scientists, academics, ITA / IATOS and PhD) are working at the Institute.
The research themes are about the mechanical, physiological, neuronal, psychological and sociological determinants of movement production in living being, particularly Humans. There are 8 research teams at the Institute:
- Plasticity of neural and muscular system,
- Representations and actions finalized,
- Control and learning of finalized displacements,
- Theoretical neurosciences,
- Immersions,
- Movement performance and modeling,
- Biorobotics,
- Modeling of the osteo-articular system.
and two transverse research axes:
- Motor deficiency
- Risk and security
Director: Jean-Louis Vercher
Deputy Director: Eric Berton
UMR CNRS 6233 & University of Mediterranean
Faculty of Sport Sciences, Box 910
Av. De Luminy F-13288 Marseille cedex 09 (FRANCE)
Telephone: +33 (0) 491 17 22 55
Fax: +33 (0) 491 17 22 52
Email: nathalie.fenouil univmed.fr
URL: www.ism.univmed.fr/
