Steinbeis Research Center
Technologies, Performance Assessment and Health Management in Sports
| Holunderweg 7 | |
| D-39175 Biederitz | |
| Phone: | +493929-269720 |
| Fax: | +493929-269724 |
| E-Mail: | SU1588(at)stw.de |
- Management:
- Prof. Dr. Jürgen Edelmann-Nusser
Prof. Dr. Lutz Schega
Services
- Hypoxemic hypoxia: Diagnostics and intervention support in prevention and rehabilitation (for professional athletes, amateur athletes, mountaineers, patients)
- Evaluation: Development and evaluation of exercise and health management plans, methods and strategies along the lines of sustainable intervention research for physical activity and health for various environments and target groups
- Health management: Practice-based research projects to implement and improve workplace health management (workplace health promotion – WHP)
Sports equipment engineering: Development, improvement, testing and evaluation of sports equipment and gear - Performance assessment for specific sports and exercises: Performance testing for professional, recreational, health and rehabilitation sports
- Measurement technology: Hardware and software development, consulting
- Sports IT: Simulation, modeling, software development (databases), measuring and control systems, image processing
- Methods, equipment: 3D motion analysis with infrared cameras (Vicon), 3D inertial motion capture/analysis (Moven suit), electromyography, spiro-ergometrics, electrocardiogram, heart rate variability, dynamometer plates, load sensor, accelerometer, high-speed video, photoelectric sensors, treadmill
Key Areas
- Sports equipment development
- Performance assessment in training and competitions, for prevention and rehabilitation
- Modeling and simulation
- Method development
- Product testing
- Consulting and further education
Project Examples
- Adoption and application of intermittent hypoxia for the elderly
Development of a WHP program for German forestry workers (“Forest Moves” initiative) - Design of a semi-release snowboard attachment and testing in the lab and in the field
- Improvement and manufacturing of the central piece of a bow, made from a magnesium alloy
- Nano technology developments for the enhancement of surface and boundary layer characteristics in sports equipment
- Feasibility study for the use of VR technologies in high-performance sports
- Frequency behavior of surface EMG signals, performance assessment tests, model construction and modification
- Training effectiveness analyses and process-supporting performance assessment in Olympic archery
- Software development for archery testing to record the movements of the bow and the course of the extension length
- Modeling of competition performance (swimming) via neural networks