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This year a new treatment conquers the medica: The VACUSPORT-regeneration system. The VACUSPORT has already been a sensation ahead of the MEDICA (Düsseldorf, Germany) in competitive sports scene. Numerous trade visitors from all over the world are getting informed on Weyergans booth in Hall 4-booth ... [full story]

Electronic version of journal to be on SpringerLink.  Springer has signed an agreement with the International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA) to publish their journal Sports Engineering. Previously self-published by the ISEA, Sports Engineering is in its 10th year of publication. The first issue published by ... [full story]

Interactive Subscription Service Based on Proven Weight Loss Solution. Curves International, Inc., the world's largest fitness franchisor, and Rodale, the authoritative source for trusted content in health and wellness worldwide, announced today the launch of CurvesComplete.com, the online weight-loss subscription service based on Curves: Permanent ... [full story]

Sight Training: Enjoy Exercising And Relaxing Your Eyes was developed in co-operation with Dr Hisao Ishigaki of the Aichi Institute of Technology, an expert in the field of visual training who has developed sight training programmes used by professional athletes. He identified five different aspects ... [full story]

Global leader in sport performance optics turns to Loop'd Network to expand Internet marketing channel through interactive social networkLoop'd Network, a social media platform exclusively for online sports communities, today announced that Oakley, Inc. (NYSE:OO) has launched an all new Web 2.0 community, www.oakleyridersearch.com, on ... [full story]

Firstbeat Technologies has developed high-end training and recovery monitoring tools for top sports. Firstbeat methods are based on advanced analysis of heart rate variability. The methods that have already been adopted by world class athletes in endurance and team sports and now in Formula 1. ... [full story]

People in physical rehabilitation, those with improper posture, and those wanting dance lessons all face a similar task -- namely, motor learning. Most people benefit from a teacher who can give real-time feedback through a variety of channels: auditory (high level behavioral instructions), visual (by ... [full story]

NTT DoCoMo Inc. has presented a "wellness mobile phone" that can measure body fat ratio, pulse, breath odor, and more. This was a joint development with Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and the company assumes that it will be commercialized in the future, although it has not ... [full story]

Polar, the leading manufacturer of heart rate monitors and fitness assessment technology, and a founding member of the EnergyNow! Alliance formed to fight childhood obesity, announced today that it will provide grant recipients in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut with heart rate monitors, assessment ... [full story]

Last week at the World Congress on Mountain and Wilderness Medicine in Aviemore Scotland, world experts convened to discuss a wide variety of interesting subjects. One such session explored the controversy and current science of athletic training involving sleeping in hypoxic altitude tents. Does it ... [full story]