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Digital training partners – fit with smartphone and wearables

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Tracking and improving sports performance: This is what the use of smartphones and wearables in sports promises. Find out what these useful little helpers can do at MEDICA 2021.

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Everyday physical activity: out of shape thanks to the Corona pandemic?

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Social distancing, working from home, limited social activities: the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted many people to become more inactive, sedentary, and therefore more susceptible to ailments. Simple fitness programs and regular exercises can help counteract the negative effects of inertness. And paradoxical as it may sound, the pandemic also gives us the chance to get moving again.
Click here for the interview with Dr. Thore Haag and Dr. Christian Schneider

MEDICA MEDICINE + SPORTS CONFERENCE

November 17/18 in Düsseldorf and online

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The 9th MEDICA MEDICINE + SPORTS CONFERENCE is the international hotspot for innovations in sports medicine and related disciplines. Renowned sports physicians, sports scientists, visionaries, physiotherapists, sports techies and experts will meet here for an interdisciplinary dialogue on innovative approaches in prevention, regeneration and rehabilitation. The conference will take place on-site in Düsseldorf and online.

7 exciting sessions and 25 speakers on 2 conference days will give insight into the following topics:

  1. Return to sports and competition after COVID-19
  2. Future concepts in Sports
  3. Guided Innovation Tour
  4. Fit for life – Tailored exercise programs for the elderly
  5. Evidence based diagnostics – New methods and findings
  6. Performance, regeneration and recovery in professional sports
  7. Digital Innovations in sports & healthcare

Cooperation partners of the conference are DGSP (German Society for Sports Medicine and Prevention), DVS (German Association for Sports Science), EFSMA (European Federation of Sport Medicine Associations), FIMS (Federation Internationale de Medicine du Sport), Exercise is Medicine (American College of Sports Medicine), Exercise is Medicine Europe, FESI (Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry), EPSI (European Platform on Sports Innovation), WISS (Federal Institute for Sports Science), Sport Speaker, and WT | Wearable Technologies. Industry partners include Orthogen, movX GmbH, DORNER Health IT Solutions, and Galileo Training.
Click here to register for the MMSC
Click here for the Programm of MMSC

Highlights of MEDICA MEDICINE + SPORTS CONFERENCE

Lena Mikulic
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Professional Athlete, German vice champion in Karate

"MMSC: Return to sports and competition after COVID-19"

Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Bloch
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German Sports University Cologne, Head of Department for Molecular & Cellular Sports Medicine

"MMSC: Return to sports and competition after COVID-19"

Prof. Dr. Yannis Pitsiladis
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University of Brighton, Professor of Sport and Exercise Science, IOC Medical and Scientific Commission Member, Chair of Scientific Commission FIMS

"MMSC: Future concepts in sports medicine"

All-round good care - with physiotherapy and orthopedic technology at MEDICA 2021!

Interview
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Motion analysis: wearable sensors versus laboratory

In professional sports, motion analysis helps improve an athlete’s performance and avoid injury. The process is complex and therefore conducted in dedicated laboratories. At the virtual MEDICA MEDICINE + SPORTS CONFERENCE 2020, Prof. Stephan Odenwald explained how motion analysis could become more widely accessible in the future thanks to mobile, wearable sensors.
Click here for the interview with Prof. Stephan Odenwald

Interview
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Running: how to prevent injuries with sensors and AI

The most common injury that affects runners stems from overuse, not falls. Early warning signs include changes in motion. Successful injury prevention could pick up on this aspect by detecting and responding to these deviations at an early stage. It is the focus of the "Smart Injury Prevention" project.
Click here for the interview with Dr. Lina Rahlf

Video

mHealth for cardiology – CardioSecur helps from a distance

Bringing the technology to the patient and not the other way around – that is the idea behind CardioSecur. The physician can connect the mobile ECG system to his smartphone and thus have it with him always and everywhere. We asked MD and Founder Felix Brand how this works, to what extent patients also benefit from it and why the technology is particularly useful in corona times.

Interview
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Avoid injuries, improve training – with self-learning sensors

Artificial intelligence, sensors, wearables: they all collect and process data from their wearers. They are particularly popular in sports, because users no longer have to rely on their intuition, but can optimise their training based on sober, exact data. However, wearables are often criticized for being not only practical gadgets but also data krakens.
Click here for the interview with Kaustubh Ghandi

Article
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Wearables: smart helpers in sports medicine

Heart rate monitoring, step-counting, sleep tracking: Wearable technologies keep evolving, offering more and more useful applications. Usually worn close to and/or on the surface of the skin, they are equipped with special sensors to detect and analyze information concerning physical signals or ambient data. This allows wearers to get immediate biofeedback.
Click here for the article about the use of wearables in sports

MEDICA START-UP PARK

Start-ups show how to bring AI and Big Data into sports medicine in hall 12, stand 12E53!

H Robotics Inc. (Korea, Rep.)
Rehab unit for a small hospital and home rehabilitation.
H Robotics Inc. (Korea, Rep.) in the MEDICA database

kreatiVRaum GmbH (Germany)

AI/VR training & planning
kreatiVRraum GmbH (Germany) in the MEDICA database

SmartAlpha - Smart Alfa Teknoloji Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (Turkey)

NerveBlox - AI to discover nerve blocks faster.
SmartAlpha - Smart Alfa Teknoloji Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (Turkey) in the MEDICA database

Rolling Pillow Co., Ltd. (Rep. Korea)
Orthopedic exercise pillow.
Rolling Pillow Co., Ltd. (Rep. Korea) in the MEDICA database
Have you become curious now? See all exhibitors in the MEDICA START-UP PARK here!

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Our hygiene and infection protection concept for MEDICA and COMPAMED trade fair 2021

Back to Business. To make sure only good ideas are circulated at our end we do our utmost: with standards for hygiene and infection protection for all our events at the Düsseldorf exhibition grounds – for our exhibitors, visitors, partners and members of staff. All take action to make trade fairs also an experience in this day and age – safely and jointly. #PROTaction

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