The future of competitive sport with high-tech and expertise

The event in Düsseldorf will of course also feature “classic” issues of sports medicine, such as how to achieve outstanding athletic performance while preventing injuries as much as possible. The California “P3” project is considered visionary for its performance measurement. Eric Leidersdorf is its Director of Biomechanics and heads assessment and research initiatives that use force plates and 3D motion capture technology in order to develop individualized training programs. “Peak Performance Project – Optimizing performance based on experience working with more than 800 NBA players” is the title of his session on November 14 in the morning. After Dr. Christian Schneider and Professor Oliver Werz have discussed the importance of inflammation in peak performance, Professor Patrick Wahl of the German Sport University Cologne will explain how metabolic and neuromuscular profiling can be used to individually customize training for swimmers.


Professor Sascha Schmidt will take a look at the future of competitive sport on November 14 at 12:00 pm. Will avatars compete against each other instead of humans at some point in the future? Even if this is unlikely to happen any time soon, the influence of technology on various sports and their rules is expected to grow significantly. This can be illustrated by the development of soccer, as reported by experts in a survey conducted by Schmidt.

Training with a digital twin

High performance and prevention (using technical innovations) will also be a topic in the following session on November 14 starting at 2:00 pm, when the focus will be on big data and the use of artificial intelligence. As part of a study, Professor Yael Nets of the Academic College Wingate in Israel used smartphone monitoring of training to individually customize exercises for older people and improve their motor skills in everyday life. With sufficient data, digital twins can also be created to optimize training. Professor Patrick Wahl of the German Sport University Cologne will present the current state of affairs in his conference presentation entitled “On the road to decision support and digital twins – diagnostics, monitoring and training in the age of artificial intelligence.”

In addition, data from devices used close to the body, known as wearables, can be used to optimize performance not only during training, but also in competitions. Professor Moritz Schumann, a specialist for sports medicine and exercise therapy at the Chemnitz University of Technology, will discuss the “transparent patient” and the “development of an ecosystem for real-time monitoring of remote training sessions with wearable devices.” Professor Bettina Wollesen of the University of Hamburg and Vice President of the German Association of Sports Science, will address prevention with adaptable and age-appropriate exoskeletons. These could help people to continue exercising even at an advanced age. The following session will present further innovations that are likely to cause a sensation in the coming years.

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