Former NFL quarterback Charlie Batch and his sports medicine company Impellia, which focuses on injury prevention, rehabilitation and performance optimization, are exploring “wide-scale implementation” with Michigan Athletics and its 900-plus student-athletes, it was announced Tuesday. The two entities will be working together to analyze product data while the Pittsburgh-based startup Impellia receives feedback from University of Michigan […]
The Egyptian Football Association has announced a partnership with the British genetics company DNAFit to incorporate DNA testing into players’ fitness regimes. Initially it will be used by Egypt’s national soccer team, and the partnership also follows on from Egyptian champions Al Ahly agreeing in July of last year to adopt DNAFit’s testing to improve performance on […]
Head injuries and concussions are a hot topic among athletes, coaches and the sport community. BrainScope’s Ahead 300, a handheld point of care device that objectively and rapidly assesses mild head injury, is helping clinicians and others to gather data that will aid in head injury diagnosis. BrainScope announced this month that it is doing a […]
NEW YORK — Seattle-based football helmet technology company Vicis had a table set up last month at the New York Marriott Marquis. The Times Square hotel was the place to be as some of the most powerful people in college sports attended the Learfield Intercollegiate Athletics Forum. The Vicis helmet was displayed just outside the […]
Seattle-based sports performance training company Volt Athletics is using its new round of funding, which totals over $770,000, to invest more in strategic relationships and develop new technologies, including ones for its proprietary intelligent training system and app. The funding increases Volt’s total raised amount to $3 million. “We’re seeing technology’s role in athletic development grow globally,” […]
