The MC monitoring system has been recently applied at the Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The faculty will use our novel technology to perform research work in the field of training optimization for cyclists. We believe that their research work will lead to new insights and the development of advanced training protocols.

We will hold lectures on TMG at the Queen Mary University of London and Leeds Beckett University. The lecture at the Queen Mary University of London will be held on the 24th of February while the lecture at the Leeds Beckett University will take place on the 25th of February.

The department of rehabilitation medicine /sport medical center at the Hiroshima University Hospital has recently acquired the TMG S1 system that will be implemented into their scientific research in the field of sports medicine and rehabilitation. We look forward to further cooperation and research work with this eminent hospital.

Matmarco Medical, our new distributor for Poland, will organize a workshop on TMG usage in sports in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday the 13th of February. The workshop will be led by our experts and will present TMG products to numerous Polish sports professionals for the first time.

We will hold a workshop at the Isokinetic conference, the XXIV edition of the International Conference on Sports Rehabilitation and Traumatology, which will take place in London from the 11th until the 12th of April, 2015. The workshop, which will be moderated by the renowned Dr. Gianni Nanni, will focus on muscle injuries, especially the monitoring of ACL risk factors.

A Brazilian elite sports institute Núcleo de Alto Rendimento Esportivo de São Paulo has published an article on TMG with title: Differences in muscle mechanical properties between elite power and endurance athletes: a comparative study in the renowned scientific publication The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.

Athletes that have sustained muscle injuries are under pressure to return to a sport as fast as possible and have furthermore also limited access to relevant information on the status of their muscles. As a consequence reinjures and chronic injuries are common. As athletes have to optimize their rehabilitation and each one of them recovers at different rates, they and their coaches need to make educated decisions. Most of the clinical studies that enable muscle injury and rehabilitation diagnostics provide information on muscle status when no load is applied on measured muscle. TMG S1 system on the contrary provides also information weather the muscle is capable to sustain maximal load and supports athletes, coaches and medical staff with relevant and complete information on injured muscle and enables them to make the fast but safe comeback.

Sevilla FC, Spain’s oldest football club and a member of eminent La Liga which has won three UEFA Cups and the 2006 UEFA Super Cup is using TMG S1 on daily basis in the field of injury prevention. TMG S1 individual reports enable coaching stuff to asses muscle condition of each player and develop strategies for injury prevention on the individual level.

In the consensus statement “Terminology and classification of muscle injuries in sport”, the most eminent experts in the field of sports medicine have defined the classification of muscle injuries in order to facilitate effective communication among medical practitioners and development of systematic treatment strategies.

A new classification system is divided into two subgroups, which further differentiate between four types:

Functional muscle disorders:
Type 1: overexertion-related
Type 2: neuromuscular muscle disorders
Structural muscle injury:
Type 3: partial tears
Type 4: (sub)total tears/tendon avulsions

The article provides several treatment strategies for each type of injury, which are based on methods such as ultrasound, MRI, clinical tests and others. These methods provide valuable information, yet, they are limited to the assessment of mechanical status of injury, while they cannot quantify the loss of muscle function. The TMG S1 system, a unique tool for quick and accurate location of asymmetries in muscle groups, on the other hand, provides detailed and quantified information on the loss of muscle function. As such it supports athletes, coaches and medical staff with relevant and complete information on the injured muscle and enables them to develop the most suitable rehabilitation strategy.

TMG will be present at the National Strength and Conditioning Association Coaches Conference that will be held on January 7-10 in Louisville, KY, USA. The National Conference is the premier strength and conditioning event of the year, bridging the gap between the scientist and the practitioner through presentations on cutting-edge research and dynamic hands-on sessions. The annual conference brings together top strength and conditioning coaches and industry practitioners, and provides an exceptional way to learn the latest research, techniques, and breakthrough performance methods used by top professionals throughout the world.