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  • Stand on the force plate and steady yourself against a wall or table to show the reaction of your body to the blood flow from the heart deflected downward by the aortic arch.
  • The pattern is displayed on the big screen via the interface box.



        (show force plate setup)

  • Typical pattern produced showing 5 heartbeats.






        (set sample rate to 100/sec, set Y axis to +/- 5 N, zero after stepping on plate)

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