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Monitoring Athletes More Efficiently

Monitoring Athletes More Efficiently. Richard Screnci . Preventing Injuries and Fatalities. Athletes suffer from eating disorders, dehydration, overtraining, and improper body movements. Technology allows us to monitor these things efficiently.

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Monitoring Athletes More Efficiently

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  1. Monitoring Athletes More Efficiently Richard Screnci

  2. Preventing Injuries and Fatalities • Athletes suffer from eating disorders, dehydration, overtraining, and improper body movements. • Technology allows us to monitor these things efficiently. • Health and Exercise Science is exactly that, a science, and it is aided by technology.

  3. Hydration and Body Temperature • Monitoring hydration technology is not adequate. • Most college athletes are not focused on diet and liquids as much as they should be. • Professionals use charts, sweating, and other objective devices. • Need for high technology device is important for safety of athletes.

  4. Refractometer • Allows us to monitor the athlete’s hydration levels more directly. • Used for other liquids, but have urine specific measurements. • The gold standard for hydration monitoring.

  5. Refractometer • Take a urine sample. • Stick device into the sample, like a thermometer. • The device gives you a reading on the hydration levels. • In depth measurement to ensure accuracy. • PEN-Wrestling Digital Handheld Hydration/Urine Specific Gravity Refractometer Model 3749. • Link

  6. Body Temperature • Body temperature is related to hydration. • Athletes need time to get acclimated to conditions. • Athletes training in summer months are exposed to extremely hot environments. • Recent tragic events involving heat related fatalities. • There are ways to monitor their body temperatures during the acclimation process.

  7. Pill Thermometers • Swallowed by the athlete. Similar to taking a medicine in pill form. • Pill is a thermometer, that monitors the athlete’s body temperature. • The pill is monitored by an accompanying device. • Allows the professional to stop activity if needed and monitor the athlete’s safety.

  8. Pill Thermometers • Perfect for training camps during the summer months. • Can be used for any type of athlete. • Allows the professional to monitor temperature during activity instead of after. • History of device • CorTemp temperature pill

  9. Body Composition • The amount of fat that the athlete has is telling of their physiological processes. • Allows the professional to determine safe weights and body fat percentages for athletes. • Lets the athlete know what weights are realistic for them. • Combats overtraining and eating disorders.

  10. Hydrostatic Weighing • Gold standard of determining body fat percentage. • Allows the professional to determine if the athlete is in a healthy or unhealthy range. • Teaches the athlete more about their own body. • Allows the athlete to adapt activities to their own situation.

  11. Hydrostatic Weighing • Athlete wears a suit that allows no room for air. • They sit on a scale in the tank. • They then breathe out all of the air in their lungs. • The water and air displaced helps determine their weight in the water. • Software provided calculates their body fat.

  12. Hydrostatic Weighing • 17400 RV Measurement System • The most accurate reading. • Allows professional to create weight loss or weight gain plan for athletes.

  13. Examining Fitness and Health Levels • There are many ways to evaluate fitness levels or risk factors. • However, many times the information is scattered in computers or filing cabinets. • Need software to combine the information.

  14. Health Reporter • Allows the professional to consolidate all fitness and health evaluations. • Can monitor VO2 max levels, blood lipid profiles, strength, skin folds, blood pressure, etc. • Helps keep all information on each athlete together in one place. • Health Reporter by Narbeshuber Software

  15. Health Reporter • Allows professional to keep records like a physician would. • The more organized the more efficient. • Takes away the paper work and fluff around the program.

  16. The Athletic Trainer System • Compared to Health Reporter, ATS keeps track of: • Injuries, past and present • Treatments done by trainers • Physicals and screenings • Another way of more efficiently tracking another area of athletics

  17. The Athletic Trainer System • Allows for proper monitoring of the athlete. • Know every modality and treatment the athlete has done. • Lets a network of professionals to efficiently work with an athlete. • Maintaining the body is the basis of performance. • Program allows the professional to see every treatment done to the athlete.

  18. The Athletic Trainer System • Many aspects of the software. • Works with smartphones. • A kiosk for the athletes to see what their treatment for each day is. • Can connect to the program with any internet connection. • The Athletic Trainer System

  19. Technology and Health Science • Work together to provide safe and efficient environment. • Health science is aided by technology. • Saves time • Keeps records • Organizes documents and files • Allows professional to work on what they are good at, technology handles the rest.

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