Diagnostic of athletes
Diagnostic of athletes is an essential part of the process of planning, control and implementation of training process. It is intended for all those who recognize the need for a modern, scientifically based and verified way to check your current physical condition and on this basis to plan future steps
Regional Institute of Sport and Sports Medicine is according to Law on sport, has been appointed for an institution that controls current shape of elite athletes, without which today we can not imagine a modern training process. For realization of this activity, we are equipped with modern measuring apparatures, and all necessary material and human resources. In this work we have a 50-year positive experience and over 10,000 satisfied controlled athletes. In the diagnostic procedure, depending on the testing objectives and customer needs, we assess motor and functional abilities and assessment of psychosocial status and the degree of psychological preparation of athletes.
Selecting individual tests or creating a group of tests, we agree on that with the client / athlete / coach, according to pre-defined goals. In terms of objectives, testing may be in function of:
- Determining the current state of sportmen shape and inform trainers with results,
- Monitoring and quality evaluating of implementation of training-transformation process (getting information as to whether changes occured with planned and directed training process),
- Forecasts of sporty potential of respondents (the identification of talent), selection or steering children towards certain sports disciplines,
- Monitoring of motor abilities of children development (besides motor tests, an integral part of this process is regular health check with monitoring of postural status and identification of possible deformities [spine, feet]. Regular monitoring allows you to detect any imbalances in motor development, making it easier to work on correcting and continuous monitoring of the dynamics of progress),
- Trainers and athletes education (properly interpreted test results provide insight into the weakness of respondents, perceive the specific requirements of the selected sports / sport disciplines and offer the possibility of applying the optimal load for the development of desired skills),
- Control and monitoring of the rehabilitation process (initial measurement facilitated recognition of the current situation and designing of an appropriate program of training, while the later measurements in function of progress in recovery and adequate correction of the work plan).
Much of the testing is done in laboratory, and by arrangement can be implemented and on the "field" as well.
Packages:
- Individual Tests (select one or more tests from a list),
- Standard test group divided by sport.
Testing includes:
- Preparation for test (testing schedule, information on the necessary prerequisites, the time and ways of testing, selecting appropriate methods, introducing participants with tests tasks),
- Testing,
- Analysis of results,
- Display and interpretation of results,
- Display of comparative results.
Our services can be used by:
- Sports clubs and individuals,
- Sports schools (control of postural status, psychomotor development and functional abilities),
- Adolescents who are recovering from sports injuries or illnesses (such as planning and programming process of rehabilitation),
- People with diagnosed health problems or those who suspect that they have potential limitations regarding the scope and intensity of physical activity (control of functional, postural and motor status).
List of individual tests
Body dimensions
What to measure | How to measure | Unit | Accuracy | What is estimated |
Height | Anthropometer | cm | 0.1 cm | Longitud. dimensions |
Leg length | Anthropometer | cm | 0.1 cm | Longitud. dimensions |
Shoulder width | Pelvinometar | cm | 0.1 cm | Transv. dimensions |
Width of hips | Pelvinometar | cm | 0.1 cm | Transv. dimensions |
Range of hand | Anthropometer | mm | 1 mm | Transv. dimensions |
Body mass | BIOSPACE InBody 230 | kg | 0.1 kg | Weight |
Chest volumen | Measuring tape | mm | 1 mm | Volume of the body |
Hips volumen | Measuring tape | mm | 1 mm | Volume of the body |
Upper arm volumen | Measuring tape | mm | 1 mm | Volume of the body |
Forearm volumen | Measuring tape | mm | 1 mm | Volume of the body |
Thigh volumen | Measuring tape | mm | 1 mm | Volume of the body |
Shin volumen | Measuring tape | mm | 1 mm | Volume of the body |
Abdominal volumen | Measuring tape | mm | 1 mm | Volume of the body |
Body composition
% of liquid | BIOSPACE InBody 230 (Bioelectrical impedance) |
0.1% | |
% of fat | BIOSPACE InBody 230 | 0.1% | |
Muscle mass | BIOSPACE InBody 230 | kg | 0.1 kg |
Bone mass | BIOSPACE InBody 230 | kg | 0.1 kg |
Adipose tissue mass | BIOSPACE InBody 230 | kg | 0.1kg |
Speed basal metabolism (BMR) |
BIOSPACE InBody 230 | ||
Body mass index (BMI) | BIOSPACE InBody 230 | ||
"Metabolic" age | BIOSPACE InBody 230 | year | 1 year |
Flexibility
Test name | What we measure | With what we measure | Unit | Accuracy | What is estimated |
Flex rod | After flex over the head, measure the distance between the inner edge of the hand on measuring stick | Stick | mm | 1mm | Flexibility of arms and shoulders |
Legs forward from lying on your back | Angle when lifting leg | Bevel | Degrees (0) | 10 | Leg hamstring flexibility |
Legs spread from lying on your back | Maximum angle between heels | Bevel | Degrees (0) | 10 | Flexibility in inguinal region |
Legs backwardfrom lying on his chest | Angle between the legs (stretched knee at full extension of the feet at the maximum extension of the feet) and floor | Bevel | Degrees (0) | 10 | Flexibility front of the thigh and pelvic belt |
Legs a side lying on the side | Angle between the legs and the floor | Goniometer | Degrees (0) | 10 | Abductor flexibility and adductors of lower limbs |
Seat and Reach | The length of reach (over the tops of the toes with hand fingers) | Bench with a ruler | mm | 1mm | Flexibility of lumbar trunk and pelvic belt |
Bend forward legs a side from sitting | Maximum hands reach | Ruler | mm | 1mm | Flexibility lumbar-pelvic-thigh of ligament-hinged-muscle complex |
Speed, agility
Test name | What we measure | With what we measure | Unit | Accuracy | What is estimated |
Flex rod | Flex over the head, measuring the distance between the inner edge of the hand | Stick | mm | 1mm | Flexibility of arms and shoulders |
Legs forward from lying on your back | Angle when lifting leg | Bevel | Degrees (0) | 10 | Leg hamstring flexibility |
Legs spread from lying on your back | Maximum angle between heels | Bevel | Degrees (0) | 10 | Flexibility in inguinal region |
Legs a side lying on the side | Angle between the legs and the floor | Bevel | Degrees (0) | 10 | Abductor flexibility and adductors of lower limbs |
Odnoženje ležeći o bok | Ugao između noge u odnoženju i poda | Goniometar | Degrees (0) | 10 | Fleksibilnost abduktora i aduktora donjih ekstremiteta |
Seat and Reach | The length of reach (over the tops of the toes with hand fingers) | Bench with a ruler | mm | 1mm | Flexibility of lumbar trunk and pelvic belt |
Bend forward legs a side from sitting | Maximum hands reach | Ruler | mm | 1mm | Flexibility lumbar-pelvic-thigh of ligament-hinged-muscle complex |
Explosive power, vertical jumping ability type
Test name | What we measure | With what we measure | Unit | Accuracy | What is estimated |
No preparation counter movement jump (hands on hips) | Vertical jump height | FITRO ''Fitro Jumper'' | cm | 0.1 cm | Concentric component of explosive jump |
Counter movement jump (CMJ) | Vertical jump height | FITRO ''Fitro Jumper'' | cm | 0.1 cm | Eccentric-concentric component of the explosive jump |
Unilateral jump with preparation (hands on hips) | Vertical jump height | FITRO ''Fitro Jumper'' | cm | 0.1 cm | Elastic explosive strength of character in a slow eccentric-concentric mode |
Maximal CMJ (swing arms) | Vertical jump height | FITRO ''Fitro Jumper'' | cm | 0.1 cm | Eccentric-concentric component of the explosive jump and coordination of limbs during a jump |
Continous jump with bent legs-CJb, for a period 15sec (hands on hips) | Vertical jump height and average mechanical power | FITRO ''Fitro Jumper'' | cm W/kg | 0.1 cm 1 w/kg |
Elastic power of front thigh muscle and gluteal muscles |
Continous jump with straight legs | Vertical jump height, ground contact time and mechanical power | FITRO ''Fitro Jumper'' | cm ms w/kg |
0.1 cm 1/100 sek 1 w/kg |
Reactibility of foot and lower leg muscles |
Dynamometry
Test name | What we measure | With what we measure | Unit | Accuracy | What is estimated |
Maximum force of knee extensors and flexors (estimated unilateral) | Force that acts against an immovable support | Isokinetic dynamometer EASYTECH ''Prima DOC'' | N | 0.1 N | Strength of extensors and flexors in knee |
Power development speed (force growth) of knee extensors and flexors (estimated unilateral) | We count maximum of first graph inference of strengt dependence of time | Isokinetic dynamometer EASYTECH ''Prima DOC'' | N/s | 1 N/s | Expl. power extensors and flexors in the wrist knee muscle ability to manifest maximum force in short time |
Relative power development speed (relative orce growth) of knee extensors and flexors (estimated unilateral) | Ratio of power development speed and maximal force of knee ext / flexors | Isokinetic dynamometer EASYTECH ''Prima DOC'' | 1/s | 1 1/s | Expl. power extensors and flexors in the wrist knee muscle ability to manifest maximum force in short time |
1 repetitive maximum (1RM) of extensors / flexors in knee (unilateral estimated) | Load with which it is possible to make a maximum of one repetition | Isokinetic dynamometer EASYTECH ''Prima DOC'' | Nm | 1 Nm | Strength of extensor / flexors in knee |
CRD series of psychodiagnostic tests
CRD series of psychodiagnostic tests contains 38 standardized tests intended to determine (diagnosis and monitoring) perceptual abilities, thinking, memory, and various forms of psychomotor responses.
The standard battery of tests includes testing the following capabilities: fast reactions, coordination of movements, orientation in space and scope of attention, learning and memory. The battery of tests can be changed and adjusted to certain specific sport or sports events.
CRD series, compared to the classic psycho protocol, has many advantages and if required is possible situational and field testing because it allows:
- economical testing (need short time for a large number of individual data),
- automated processing of measured results, which allows servicing more athletes (very important when testing the whole team),
- periodically checking the status of certain traits in relation to the initial test (test-retest).
Coaches receive a report that includes information on:
- current level of development of tested mental ability (expressed numerically, for ease of comparison of results),
- dynamic properties of the functioning of central nervous system (speed, stability, and fatigue),
- how the identified properties are manifested in a specific sport situation,
- indicators of functional or emotional disturbances for individual athletes.
Interpretation of Results
Any text within the expert interpretation of results, with rich documentation and recommendations for the type and manner of implementation of physical activity, and control other factors that directly or indirectly affect our health.
On the basis of precisely defined zone you can load your physical activity to be much more efficient, whether it comes to sport, recreation or the desire to reduce weight.
Measuring equipment
Isokinetic dynamometer PrimaDOC (EASYTECH – Italy)
Gas analyzer Quark b² i QUARK CPET (COSMED – Italy)
Monark 839E bicycle ergometer (MONARK – Sweden)
Lactate analyzer Accutrend (Roche – Germany)
Treadmill T150DE’(COSMED-Italy)
Photocell system Fitro Gates (WEBA GmbH)
Tenzo/platform Fitro Jumper (WEBA GmbH)
Protractor (bevel) used in tests to assess lower extremities flexibility
System Psychodiagnostiek(CRD-Drenovac)
Kayak ergometer DANSPRINT PRO
Bicycle ergometer WEBA-SPORT "Watt"
Prices
Testing of athletes at one segment cost CSD 1200,00. The price includes VAT.
References
- 57 years of experience and over 11,000 thousand athletes tested
- Large database is unique in the country
- The 2003-2010 teams: athletics, table tennis, swimming, wrestling, shooting, mountaineering
- Ivana Španović, Mihajlo Dudaš i Igor Šarčević (athletics), Kristijan Frisa i Davor Štefanek (judo), Nemanja Mirosavljev (shooting), Ivan Lenđer i Čaba Silađi(swimming), Iso Planić (mountaineering)...