Top athletes are constantly being measured and analysed, and nthis includes the use of innovative technologies and methods in ndiagnostics. The evaluation of the resulting data increasingly uses nArtificial Intelligence (AI) which delivers many new insights for nindividualised training, prevention of injuries, regeneration or nrehabilitation. The 11th MEDICA MEDICINE + SPORTS CONFERENCE will address these issues on Wednesday and Thursday, 15 and 16 November 2023, during the world's leading medical trade fair MEDICA (duration: 13 - 16 November).
Then conference in the Congress Center Düsseldorf (CCD South) brings ntogether internationally renowned specialists from sports medicine, nsports sciences, physiotherapy as well as technical specialists for an ninterdisciplinary dialogue concerning innovative approaches in nprevention, regeneration and rehabilitation for both peak athletic and nhealth sports.
A professional football player with an implanted defibrillator
nTop athletes with chronic diseases face very special challenges. How ncan people with a chronic disease be professional athletes? One answer nis given by Daniel Engelbrecht. On Wednesday, 15 November 2023, startingn at 13:15 h he will share his experience as a professional football nplayer with chronic heart disease and an implanted defibrillator - the ndevice actually saved his life twice. How can the need for the ndefibrillator to activate in this way be prevented? Based on his own nexperience, Engelbrecht, who has been playing for e.g. VfL Bochum, nAlemania Aachen and the Stuttgarter Kickers, can share tips that can be nvaluable for active professional and amateur athletes and their coaches.
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