As part of an ERASMUS+ project, a group of Year 10 students from the Kopernikus Gymnasium in Rheine visited us together with students from their Finnish partner school “Sotunkin Lukio” in Vantaa, near Helsinki. After a short introduction on movement science, the pupils were allowed to get active themselves. Led by Christiane Bohn and Tabea Christ, they tried out various movement and balance experiments in small groups, where they were able to get to know and try out our modern measuring equipment such as force plates and the Qualisys motion capture system. Under the motto of the exchange “Sport connects”, the visit offered the two classes lively access to scientific issues relating to motor skills and motion analysis and also promoted exchange between the young people from both countries.
 

Prof. Michael Brach, Ellen Bentlage, Zhao Liu and Sabine Steidel from the Movement Science department, as well as Prof. Claudia Voelcker-Rehage, Piesie Akwasi Gyimah Asuako and Vera Belkin from the Neuromotor Behaviour and Exercise department attended the self-organised PhysAgeNet final event at the Karadinez Technical University in Trabzon, Türkiye. They contributed in various roles over four days to the workshops and the PhysAgeNet/EGRAPA scientific conference on the topic of “Evidence-based physical activity in old age – are we closing the gaps”. Further information can be accessed here:
www.physagenet.eu
https://www.egrapa.org
https://www.ktu.edu.tr/en

 

On February 18, a five-day "Fall Prediction" workshop at the Institute of Sports Science in Münster, Germany successfully concluded. Five professors from Incheon National University (INU) – Mr. Nyeonju Kang, Mr. Kyoungkyu Jeon, Mr. Jupil Ko, Mr. Moon-Hyon Hwang, and Mr. Namwoong Kim – as well as institute members Dr. Rosemary Dubbeldam, Mr. YuYuan Lee, and Mr. Zhao Liu participated.

The purpose of this workshop was to pool the participants' expertise, compare the backgrounds of falls in Korea and Germany, discuss the most advanced solutions for fall prediction, and identify potential innovations. This will form the basis for even closer collaboration between the participating institutions.

Prof. Heiko Wagner, Prof. Michael Brach, and Prof. Tim Hahn provided significant support for the project. We would like to express our sincere thanks to all participants and look forward to continuing this successful collaboration.

The Tech-Werkstatt Leistungssport, organized by the Institute of Sports Science and project partners, was a great success. Scientists and science enthusiasts from all over Germany were able to exchange ideas with each other and with numerous industry partners at the lunch-to-lunch event. The technology exhibition offered the opportunity to get to know the companies and their products better. In presentations, panel discussions and various workshops the potential applications of new technologies in competitive sport were reflected in greater depth through and by our guest speakers.