Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica – UNA has performed TMG measurements on U-17 players of their national football team as a part of the evaluation process before FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile. We are proud that such an important task was trusted to TMG and believe that the best players have been selected for the first team.

Recently, we have installed one of our TMG S1 systems at the Rogachev Memorial Federal Scientific Clinical Center in St. Petersburg, Russia. The clinic was founded in 1991 and it conducts ambulatory and stationary medical services for children. The clinic strives to employ internationally accepted protocols in therapy for blood diseases, the immune system, and any malignant growth. They are one of the leaders of pediatric medicine in Russia and with the TMG S1 system they plan to improve their pre and post-surgery protocols.

Samcon, a renowned distributor of equipment for rehabilitation, research and sports medicine applications has recently become the official TMG distributor for Benelux. Due to excellent and highly professional relations, we expect a very productive cooperation and fast expansion in Benelux.

The company Personal Trainers comprises an elite team of medical doctors of different specializations as well as S&C coaches that take care for some of the best sportsmen in the region. As they base their work on detailed analyses, using the latest medical and training technology, the TMG S1 was a logical addition to their range of equipment, which will help them optimize their training and rehabilitation protocols.

Shaanxi Sport Science Center, a department of the renowned Chinese Shaanxi University of Technology, has recently acquired the TMG S1 system in order to conduct a series of research work in the field of training optimization and injury prevention, and consequently improve the performance of athletes on regional and national level.

The International Society of Tensiomyography is now available also online. With the recently developed online community, ISOT strives to connect existing and potential tensiomyography practitioners, support relationships among the users of tensiomyography and create an environment for knowledge exchange and education with opportunities to work on joint projects with the goal of tensiomyography advancement.

The website provides an opportunity to join the ISOT community, connect and communicate with fellow TMG users in a variety of discussion groups and forums; it also provides recent news on the developments and events in the field of tensiomyography and access to the resources database.

At the ECSS congress that took place in Malmo, Sweden last week, we held five presentations with the following titles:

A NEW COMBINED APPROACH OF FATIGUE ANALYSIS DURING 100 METRES SPRINTS
CORE BODY TEMPERATURE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLES DURING INCREMENTAL CYCLING TEST
KNEE MUSCLE TENDON COMPLEX FORCES RATIO AND BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS IN SQUATTING
MONITORING FATIGUE AND RECOVERY DURING HEAVY STRENGTH TRAINING
STRUCTURAL AND CONTRACTILE PROPERTIES OF THE THIGH MUSCLE IN SPRINTERS AND LONG DISTANCE RUNNERS

An eminent Chinese institute – Shenyang Sport Institute – included the TMG S1 system into their research work in the field of the development of more efficient training protocols. We look forward to future publications and research cooperation.

We have just released a free of charge upgrade for our TMG Software 3. Significant improvements have been made, therefore installing this latest version of the software is highly recommendable for optimal use of your TMG S1 System. The software upgrade does not impact stored information and existing databases. Updating to version 3.6.2. provides the benefits of a new, improved and more pleasant user interface along with a new reporting module.

In addition, the new version includes also the following improvements and features:
• increased number of sports
• updated images used for choosing the measured muscle
• increased number of available muscles
• higher resolution color images for sensor positioning.

In order to ensure you a smooth transition to the new version of TMG software, we provide a free of charge software upgrade through our web-based upgrade service. Please contact our technical support team on customer-support@tmg.si or +386 838 77530 to secure the upgrade of your software.

FC Liverpool has been cooperating with specialized TMG consultants for quite some time; however, they have recently decided to expand the usage of TMG by obtaining their own TMG S1 system, which will enable them to perform measurements on a daily basis.