Motion capture transforms how clinicians diagnose movement disorders, how coaches optimize athletic performance, and how life science researchers advance scientific discovery.
Qualisys provides high-precision motion capture for life sciences, serving both clinical and research environments to turn complex human movement into actionable insight at every level.
Why Choose Qualisys for Motion Capture?
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A system that adapts to you
Qualisys adapts to your methodology — not the other way around. Outdoors, underwater, inside an MRI. Our marker-based or markerless systems deliver flexible motion capture for life sciences wherever your work demands.
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One software, one workflow
Motion capture, force plates, and EMG come together in one seamless end-to-end system – from data collection to analysis. One system, learned once.
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Data you can trust
Built on 35+ years of experience, our life science mocap solutions are trusted by leading institutions worldwide. Easy to share, transparent to review, and robust enough to stand behind.
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Integrated Ecosystem
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Student and Site Licenses
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Workflow Automation
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Medical Device Certification
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Plug-and-Play Reporting Solutions
1000+
Scientific Papers
User publications and validations
500+
Labs
using Qualisys for Life Sciences
25+
Clinically cleared countries
backed by ISO, FDA, EU MDR for the QCS product
Customer Stories in Life Science Applications
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Centre des Massues, Lyon, France The Right to Walk – Enhancing Lives with Qualisys Motion Capture TechnologyRead story
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SportFabrik, Differdange, Netherlands Unlocking Athletic Potential – When Decimals MatterRead story
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RMIT, Melbourne, Australia Biomechanics Meets Aviation: A Nature-Inspired Leap in UAV DevelopmentReady story
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Frequently Asked Questions
Seven core areas: clinical gait analysis, movement assessment (physical therapy), sport performance, sports research, human biomechanics research, animal biomechanics, and neuroscience (including MRI-compatible capture).
Clinicians and hospital gait labs, physical therapists and practice owners, university biomechanics researchers and students, sport scientists and coaches at elite/Olympic programs, veterinarians and equine specialists, and neuroscientists studying motor control.
Yes. The platform used for clinical applications (via the Qualisys Clinical System, QCS) is an FDA-cleared Class 1 Medical Device, built for use in patient-facing clinical settings rather than research labs only.
Yes. QTM natively synchronizes with force plates, EMG, EEG, TMS, eye trackers, IMUs, and instrumented treadmills, aligning every data stream to a single clock so you’re not stitching data together after the fact.
Yes. Qualisys supports direct export/compatibility with OpenSim, MATLAB, and Python, alongside its own Calqulus cloud processing pipeline, so raw data isn’t locked into one proprietary tool.
Qualisys emphasizes backward compatibility and legacy data support – systems from the early 2000s still run current software, which matters for academic labs that need continuity across years of prior studies.
Sitewide and student licenses are available, giving a whole department, lab, or practice access to professional tools without per-seat costs, which supports training the next generation of researchers or clinicians on the same system they will use professionally.
Explore Motion Capture for Life Sciences
Get in touch with a Qualisys representative, to learn more about our motion capture solutions for life sciences.