The World's Most Advanced Real-Time, Athletic
Performance Monitoring System. Laboratory-quality
physiologic monitoring now available in the
training room and on the playing field
VENTURA , CA (May 30, 2007) - VivoMetrics Inc. today
announced the launch of VivoChampionTrainerTM
with
LifeShirt(R) technology, a revolutionary lightweight, compact,
and non-invasive physiologic monitoring system.
Specifically designed to monitor athletic performance during
training and competition, the
VivoChampionTrainerTM
provides trainers and athletes with a competitive edge to
increase training effectiveness, avoid overtraining and
obtain an optimal state of physical competitiveness. The
product is debuting this week at the annual meeting for
American College of Sports Medicine in New Orleans,
Louisiana from May 30 - June 2.
Never before has such a sophisticated athletic
performance monitoring system been available. "An ideal
athletic training program stresses an athlete to maximum
exertion without causing overtraining," said Paul Kennedy,
President and Chief Executive Officer of VivoMetrics. "The
VivoChampionTrainerTM takes the guesswork out of
determining when the athlete has reached his or her
physical limitation and provides real-time feedback on the
athlete's conditioning."
Built upon VivoMetrics' original LifeShirt System, the
VivoChampionTrainerTM has been modified for
athletic
training and provides real-time measurement of respiration,
heart rate, activity, posture and skin temperature during and
after activity - whether a practice session or an actual
competitive event. Trainers, coaches and managers are
able to view laboratory-quality data as the athletes perform
in "real-world" environments. This allows factors such as
stress of competition or environmental factors such as heat
on a playing field to be duplicated and evaluated for their
effect on player performance.
"We have been amazed by what we are learning when
we use the VivoChampionTrainer with our players," said Jim
McCrossin, trainer for the Philadelphia Flyers. "During a
practice game we can see when fatigue sets in, determine
when a player is likely to be dehydrating and also see how
the physical demands of plays affect the players. We are
just beginning to see how much more customized our
training can get and how we can modify training for each
individual player's physical response."
The original LifeShirt System, a full shirt garment with
embedded sensors, was developed initially for use in
pharmaceutical research. VivoMetrics modified the system
by developing a lightweight chest strap for athletes,
providing a greater range of motion and increased comfort.
The VivoChampionTrainerTM sends physiologic data
to a
nearby computer and intuitive, easy-to-understand displays
allow coaches, trainers and team physicians to quickly
assess the health status of up to 25 athletes at the same
time.
The monitoring of "consequential" respiration during
real-world athletic activity is one of the key measurements
that sets the VivoChampionTrainer TM apart from other
technologies used to monitor athletic training today. Some
technologies can measure respiratory rate, but this provides
only a very narrow look at pulmonary function and status.
When "consequential" respiration is correlated with other
measured physiologic parameters, a more detailed and
accurate picture of physiologic health, status and athletic
potential is created.
"The combination of heart rate and respiration
monitoring, along with the other available parameters of the
VivoChampionTrainerTM, offers the most complete
picture of
athletic performance available today. Heart rate is the most
commonly used measure but as an isolated value, it really
only gives you one dimension of how well-prepared the
athletes are for competition," said Alex Derchak, Principal
Scientist at VivoMetrics.
Athletic trainers and coaches can use the
VivoChampionTrainerTM with their athletes to
establish the
upward limits of an athlete's capacity, determine when to
push an athlete and when to reduce intensity, decide
whether or not to change the training plan in the short term,
maximize an athlete's ability and performance over the
course of a season, and prevent injuries and over-training
syndrome by maintaining the athlete in an appropriate
training range. Professional and elite athletes and their
coaches and trainers across many sports are already
incorporating the VivoChampionTrainerTM into their
training
programs to evaluate, monitor, improve and maintain
performance levels. Current users include: The National
Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers; Professional beach
volleyball players Ben Koski and Hanson Brooke Niles; and
the Santa Barbara City College soccer team.
About VivoMetrics
VivoMetrics, founded in 1999 and based in Ventura, Calif.,
provides wearable, non-invasive products and services,
using its proprietary LifeShirt(R) technology, which
continuously monitor vital, life-sign functions, such as heart
rate, respiration rate, posture, activity and skin temperature.
When monitored and reviewed in relation to one another,
these parameters provide the most complete, real-time
picture of physiologic fitness available today. The company's
offerings, based on patented, field-tested technologies,
were initially focused on improving the speed, outcomes
and economics of pharmaceutical research. Since its
inception, the company has further expanded its offerings
for use by military, first responder and biohazard personnel,
as well as athletes and for clinical, academic and corporate
research.
For more information, visit www.vivometrics.com/sport/index.php