A device that measures the forces a person exerts as they push against the ground.
A force plate is an instrumented platform, typically embedded in the floor, that records ground reaction forces (and often centre-of-pressure) in three dimensions during standing, jumping, landing, or gait tasks. It underpins metrics like jump height, rate of force development, and landing asymmetry used in strength and rehab testing. Data quality depends heavily on trial protocol, sampling rate, and filtering choices, so values are not always directly comparable across systems or labs.
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