Wide receiver Nate Burleson had played 11 years in the NFL but, at age 33, sought one more opportunity with the Cleveland Browns in 2014. Determined to finish his career on a high note after a pair of disappointing seasons with the Detroit Lions, he was curious about the new options for wearable technology — […]
The Denver Broncos have been using Catapult’s wearable technology since 2014, but running back C.J. Anderson said he only gained access to his data this past fall — and had a career-high 1,007 rushing yards, saying, “I believe I had a better year on the football field because of the data that I have.” While […]
Quest Diagnostics, which provides a direct-to-consumer service for athletes measuring their health and guiding them to improved performance through nutrition and exercise physiology, has partnered with Rutgers University to build a new sports science laboratory that the two will use for research. The Quest Diagnostics Sports Science Laboratory at the Rutgers Center for Health & […]
ACL injuries have long been a plague of Australian Rules Football, likely owing to the cuts, pivots and tackles inherent in the sport. Earlier this decade, however, the Carlton Blues club in Melbourne had designated physiotherapist Sam Rosengarten as its injury prevention coordinator worked with post-doctoral fellow Hossein Mokhtarzadeh on a new program informed by […]
NEW YORK — An emerging issue in the roiling player privacy debate is that not all athlete tracking data is collected the same way. From wearables to cameras, there’s an endless array of information being generated: internal versus external, personal versus positional, biometrics versus biomechanics. While the collective bargaining agreements across professional sports leagues are […]
