“Gidday mate”… these were the first words spoken when our Australian partner AiMedical informed us we have South Australian Sports Institute confirming their intension to implement a TMG S1 unit.

Established in 1982, the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) was Australia’s first state sports institute. It is a division of the Office for Recreation and Sport in the South Australian Government. SASI identifies, develops and supports athletes with the potential to perform at the highest national and international levels of sports. “SASI athletes” won 11 Olympic medals during Rio 2016. This number itself speaks for the quality of work performed at SASI and we are proud to be involved!

We are happy to announce the Limoges basketball club will implement TMG technology as a tool which will help them individualize training plans for their players. We wish Limoges a lot of success and as few injuries as possible.

We are very happy to inform any potential new user that a leasing option for TMG S1 is possible. This option is limited to the countries where Grenke Leasing holding operates, but they are present in many countries worldwide. Please contact us if you are interested in learning more at info@tmg.si.

Professor Irineu Loturco from Nucleus of High Performance in Sport, São Paulo, Brazil together with his team recently published the article “Muscle Contraction Velocity: A Suitable Approach to Analyze the Functional Adaptations in Elite Soccer Players”. 22 male Brazilian elite soccer players were assessed in this study and the key conclusions are:
– Tensiomyography (TMG) can be considered a useful technology for coaches and sport scientists seeking non-invasive and practical tools to assess the muscle function of elite athletes;
– Velocity of contraction (Vc) is a single index able to integrate several of the reliable mechanical outcomes provided by TMG, which was shown to be sensitive to detect neuromuscular impairments in professional soccer players;
At about the same time, professor Roald Bahr from the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center published a methodological approach of risk factors for sports injuries in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
One of the key points professor Bahr pointed out is:
“The accuracy of the methods used to measure potential risk factors and record injuries are critical factors which can influence sample size considerably.”

Professor Irineu Loturco’s investigation is a good example that tensiomyography can selectively quantify functional muscle disorders. We believe such information is relevant when it comes to identifying potential muscle injuries.

We are looking forward to further investigations with a bigger sample size to confirm this.

Daniel Rojas-Valverde and his team from the National University of Costa Rica published a study in which they determined the neuromuscular balance and lower limb lean mass status of 23 Costa Rican First division professional soccer players based on tensiomyography data.

The article offers a characteristic model of significant lower limb muscles. Now we can compare muscle contraction patterns of Costa Rican players and European football players.

Professor Maeda and his team from Hiroshima University published an important article:

They concluded that the presence of strength and symmetry deficits in the vastus medialis and biceps femoris suggest the need for long-term post-operative training following ACL reconstruction. There are relevant clinical improvements of muscle response and velocity as well as muscle strength in patients with chronic ACLR.

We believe this investigation is another good example that tensiomyography can selectively quantify muscle function and muscle asymmetry, which is relevant when it comes to identifying potential joint injuries.

In cooperation with our distribution partner Redback Biotek we are organizing an international series of workshops dedicated to the implementation of tensiomyography into the fields of sports and medicine. The workshops will take place on March 30th in Ireland (ITT Dublin), May 3rd in Norway (Hoyskolen Kristiania, Oslo), while the exact date of the workshop in the UK (Leeds Bectkett University, Leeds) is yet to be determined (predicted in May). At the workshops, you will be able to gain an in-depth insight into both, the theoretical and scientific aspects of tensiomyography, as well as its real world applications. The insights will be presented by eminent scientists and long term tensiomyography users such as Dr. Lewis MacGregor from the Stirling University (UK), Dr Massimiliano Ditroilo from the UCD (Ireland), Mr. Sergej Rozman from TMG (Slovenia) and Mr. Danny Rutar from Redback Biotek (Ireland). Due to the large interest, we invite you to reserve your seat at the venue that suits you most ASAP by sending us a simple notice.

After successfully completing SensMotion, an Eurostars R&D project, we are glad to inform you that our second Eurostars project has been approved. Once more, our partner will be the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM).

The project will be focused on the development of a prototype for simple, selective, non-invasive and fast functional diagnostics of skeletal muscles by simultaneously using M-Wave and Tensiomyography. The muscle performance index, amount of evoked motor units and their ability to contract will be the main parameters, derived from both origins, used in different aspects of muscle diagnostics for muscle pathologies, occupational activities, age-related changes and physiology-related adaptations.

Musculoskeletal disorders affect more than 1.7 billion people worldwide and this number is rapidly increasing due to the aging population. Existing diagnostic methods lack accessibility, are expensive and time-consuming. The technology we propose for fast functional diagnostics of muscle pathologies is cost-effective, fast, portable, non-invasive and selective. It has a high potential to become the golden standard for functional muscle diagnostics and a complement to existing diagnostic imaging methods.

The project will last for 30 months and we are proud to have such a renowned partner as CSEM.

A long-term collaboration with the coach Nicolas Charton has resulted in a new project in France “Fit the ground”. In the summer of 2017, a top-level summer camp for football players will take place near Paris. We welcome all the players who are interested to join us! For more information, please follow this link.

Dr. Hugo Svetlize, a pioneer of sports medicine in Argentina and Latin America has recently acquired the TMG S1 system for his sports medicine clinic Depormed clinic Buenos Aires. Working with elite sports organizations and individuals, TMG will enable him to gain an in-depth insight into the efficiency of different rehabilitation programs.