myontec success story - case kuortane olympic training center
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Kuortane Olympic Training Center, a member of Association of Sport Performance Centres (ASPC), is a unique, multisport and highly international coaching and training center, located in Kuortane, Finland. It’s principal aim is to serve and develop competitive sports internationally at the highest level and offer top conditions for both individual athletes and teams. Training Center’s Testing Lab is utilizing the Mbody system with high-level expertise while working in close collaboration with Myontec to develop the sports performance analysis even further.”
MBODY, WORLD`S FIRST MUSCLE ACTIVITY SENSING EMG-WEARABLE
SUCCESS STORY
“There are many excellent devices to measure heart rate and vascular functions. However, there hasn’t been any applicable, easy to use and reliable system to measure muscle activity, especially in field and during the most strenuous activities.”
Mr. Tapio Korjus, Director of Kuortane Olympic Training Centre, Olympic gold medalist in Javelin (Seoul 1988), Javelin coach, Vice president of ASPC for Europe.
Not until today. Myontec`s Mbody is an excellent addition
for modern sports coaching. Measuring muscle activity gives huge value to everyday analysis, coaching and training; coach and athlete can get crucial information
about muscle contraction levels, intensity and recovery during the exercise.”
”One of the most important things in measuring muscles, their level of contraction and timing, is improvement in movement coordination and movement patterns. In many sports there are very complex technical series of movements. With this method we can verify the differences between right and wrong techniques and help the athlete to learn the right technique faster than before. EMG measurement plays a significant role in improving the athlete`s technique”, says Tapio Korjus.
MBODY IS USED AS A PART OF WIDER TESTING
PLATFORM TO:
Detect hidden problems, deviations &
imbalances
Monitor and follow-up athletes’ performance: efficiency, thresholds, maximal capacity etc.
Optimize techniques with matching
activation-profiles & recruitment-ability
Find targeted, sport-specific and supportive
exercises
MBODY IN USE AT KUORTANE OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTER
Myontec interwiewed Merja Hoffren-Mikkola, a sports
performance testing specialist in Sport Biomechanics, at
Kuortane Olympic Training Center Testing Lab.
What are you using Mbody Shorts for today?
“At Kuortane Olympic Training Center´s Testing and
Consulting Centre we have been using Mbody in small
quantities of athletes for 4 years now. Since the fall of 2014
usage of Mbody has increased substantially and the
coverage has expanded to wider range of sports with
the development of Muscle Monitor software and new
MShorts textile.
In what sports have you used / utilized Mbody?
“We have been using Mbody with national and international
level athletes and potential young athletes in several sports
disciplines, f.ex., in sprint running, hurdles, endurance running,
javelin, ice hockey and speed skating. “
Hoffren-Mikkola, Sports performance testing specialist in Sport Biomechanist at the Kuortane Olympic Training Center Testing Lab.
USE CASES
Case 1 Middle-distance runner
Picture 2. Case ice-hockey player, problem detection, static-hold-squat. On the left: an athlete with normal muscle activation profile. An athlete on the right: core and pelvic stability problem compensated by right hamstrings (purple line: excessive hamstring activity). The same phenomenon was present also during dynamic movements / drills.
Case 2 Ice-hockey goalie
Support the training and recovery
Optimize the sports- & individual-specific
techniques and skills
Monitor & enhance the performance along with
the progression follow-up
Control both the single exercise and whole
training periodization
Picture 1. Case middle-distance runner, performance analysis with follow-up. The athlete was not able to perform his/her routine sport-specific running exercises prior to the first test (5.12.). After normal training (5.1.), better running efficiency with enhanced neuromuscular-control is seen at submaximal level as lower activity. Hence, also increased muscle recruitment ability with increased capacity at higher speeds.
“THE MBODY SYSTEM CAN BE USED IN ALL SPORTS THROUGHOUT THE COACHING AND TRAINING PROCESESS”
THE MYONTEC TEAM
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The Myontec solution (Mbody) incorporates intelligent clothing with wireless connectivity and mobile interfaces. This short - packed with wearable technology such as built-in textile sensors - measures activity of your muscle groups, Quadriceps and Hamstrings on both legs. The data can be followed on your mobile phone or pad, both during and after your exercise.
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Behind the Finnish company Myontec there is an international and versatile team of professionals who have gained success in Olympic level sports, and in the field of software engineering, university and research.
Myontec is an innovator. It is an entrepreneurial company, taking the invention of muscle measurement to marketable products and applications. This by integrating existing data and adding unique information to it. Thereby creating an additional dimension to better understand and manage the human body.
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To learn more visit www.myontec.com