Help opening a .mat file

Hi,
I am new to labview and need some assistance trying to open a .mat file for further analysis (example file attached). The file formate is level 5 and I believe the data is in arrays. I do not have access to confirm the structure but have been told the layout of the data i need to access follows the following structure: MotionFile_walkaround -> Actor_50_human -> Segments -> Sacrum -> Pose.
I have successfully read the header and found that byte swapping is required. I have downloaded the Mat-File IO library but have had no success in reading the actual data set beyond the header but assume this is due to my inexperience with both .mat files and labview.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Attachments:
walkaround.zip ‏1527 KB

Hey doofus13,
When reading your .mat file, created in The MathWorks, Inc. MATLAB® software, I recommend using the MATLAB® DataPlugin found here:
MATLAB® DataPlugin
http://www.ni.com/example/29178/en/
Then, you can use the Data File Viewer function to view all of the data in your file. Any data that can be seen in the Data File Viewer can then be extracted using the Data Storage API. I looked through the file you provided and was able to view and extract the data contained in the file using the Data Storage API so it should work fine for you.
MATLAB® is a Registered Trademark of The MathWorks, Inc.
Hope this helps!
--Ryan_S.

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