Objectives, benefits and units

The main objective of the center of sports medicine (CMED) is to ensure the health of athletes top Spanish and improve their sports performance through the provision of multidisciplinary services based on the more advanced knowledge in the field of sports medicine.

Respond to requests for Spanish sports federations the CMED da medical services and performance optimization sportsmen of high level and high performance.

Daily specialized care that each CMED units paid to top athletes' contributes to the achievement of other general objectives.

- The investigation of the action of sport on the human body through the findings doctors.

- Improved attention to athletes through research and collaboration with other sports both agencies (national and international federations) as doctors (centres of sports medicine, hospitals, etc.)

- The dissemination of the knowledge acquired and research conducted through the work of teaching and scientific publications and informative character.

Anthropometry
Locomotor system
Performance monitoring

Objectives of the Control unit of performance:

  • Biomedical Control of the training individualized depending on each sport using parameters like CPK, Urea, and Hemoglobin subjective perceptions of the burdens of training. All these data will be supplemented with the information given by the test of performance.
  • Evaluation of sports performance through various muscular power test, jumps, determination of muscle state via tensiomiografía, tests specific to each sport and field test.
  • Post-ejercicio recovery. One of the keys to improving the performance of our athletes is the design of a protocol of individualized post-ejercicio recovery.
  • Preparation and tuning for competition (Tapering and Peaking). There is a refinement and fine tuning for competition in coordination with the coaches. for this must be determined and adapt the burdens of training as well as the frequency of meetings in a customised fashion through the data obtained by any of the tests described above (lactatos, energy efficiency, etc.).
  • Medical advice to coaches and athletes who so require including helps the design of the preparation of trips to international competitions and preparation and acclimatization of the sportsman compared to change of schedule or environmental conditions.
  • Specialist advice in the search for improving performance of women in sports.

Studies, valuation and / or evidence:

  • Finding and urea CPK.
  • Lactate Test.
  • Evaluation of the muscular condition through tensiomiografía.
  • Muscular power Test.
  • Jumps Test.
  • Test career economy.
  • Test of power and steady state in cicloergómetro.
  • Test specific to each sport.
  • Design of post-ejercicio recovery strategies.

Equipment:

  • Tensiomiografo.
  • Optogait.
  • T-Force (linear encoder).
  • Reflotrón-plus.
  • Laktate plus.
  • Cardgirus.
Cardiology

Objectives of the unit of Cardiology:

  • Morphological and functional valuation of cardiovascular system of the sportsman, at rest and exercise, in order to discard any cardiovascular pathology and in particular those that appear as most frequent causes of sudden death in athletes.
  • Valuation of those athletes with suspicion of heart disease or heart disease diagnosed with the aim of establishing both the qualification for the practice of each sport and level of competition, as well as patterns of treatment and monitoring precise.
  • Explore possible signs of cardiac fatigue, and therefore collaborating in diagnosing a juste syndrome.
  • Valuation and monitoring of cardiovascular adaptations to the training.
  • Valuation of electrocardiográficas and alterations of heart rhythm disorders, and its possible relationship with the training.
  • Development of reference values of the different parameters for cardiology, in high-level sportsmen of different specialties.

Studies, valuation and / or evidence

  • Basic cardiology recognition
    • Valuation of the background personal and family pathological.
    • Sport activity carried out.
    • Cardiac physical exploration.
    • Resting ECG twelve shunts with pulls pace.
  • Complete cardiology recognition
    • Basic cardiology recognition
    • Chest X-ray
    • An echocardiogram doppler-color
    • Maximum stress test
  • Other complementary examinations
    • Holter monitoring of ECG ambulatory
    • Ambulatory monitoring of blood pressure
    • Study of the heart rate variability
    • Study of the dispersion of the QT
Physiology of effort

The evidence of Functional occurring in the unity of Physiology of effort are a científico-médico support the process of training with the ultimate goal of optimizing the sports performance and ensure the proper state of health of athletes through prevention and early diagnosis.

The objectives Unidadde Physiology of effort

  • Oriented to functional assessment, planning and optimisation of the training:
    • Objective assessment of the functionality of the sportsman in relation to physical activity carried out.
    • Control and valuation of adaptation physiologically to training.
    • Guidance on prescription for workloads to collaborate with coaches in the planning of the training.
    • Adjusting the pace of competition in athletes who prepare a test of long duration.
    • Control and valuation of adaptation physiologically to training.
    • Valuation of an unexpected low performance.
    • Valuation of the evolution of the sportsman at different times of the season.
    • Definition of the physiological and elaboration of reference values for different sports.
    • Development of special protocols for the different sports, trying to reproduce the biomechanical gesture specific to each modality.
  • Oriented towards the care of the health of the athlete:
    • Explore the adaptation to the exercise of the different devices and systems of the body.
    • Valuation of responses to the pathological / physiological period.
    • Objectify pathological processes that do not appear at rest.
    • Valuation of athletes with suspicion of asthma induced by the effort.

Studies, valuation and / or evidence

  • Testing laboratory valuation:
    • Basal spirometry
    • Espirometrías postesfuerzo
    • Aerobic test effort: ergoespirometría with determination of thresholds by ventilation method and / or metabolic rolling tapestry, cicloergómetro and specific ergómetros rowing and canoeing.
    • Anaerobic test.
  • Evidence in the sports field: field tests.
Physiotherapy

POWERS OF THE PHYSIOTHERAPY UNIT

  • Physical valuation and functional capacity of the sportsman within its sports context.
  • Design of the intervention plan for physiotherapy following eligibility criteria, validity and efficacy.
  • Implementation of the plan of physiotherapy intervention using therapeutic tools on the individuality of the sportsman injured.
  • Evaluation of the evolution of the sportsman in the course of treatment.
  • Up to the sport progression of the sportsman after their return to the activity.
  • Development of programmes and patterns of injury prevention produced in sports.
  • Advocacy and education of the sportsman in protecting their health.
  • Accompaniment, care and treatment of athletes in sports competitions.

TOOLS PHYSIOTHERAPY EN

  • Myofascial therapy
  • Dry puncture
  • Functional bandages
  • Global Postural Reeducation
  • Propiocepción programs
  • Programmes and specific functional periods of each sport
  • Hydrotherapy and contrast baths
  • Diathermy
  • Shock waves
  • Laser
  • Electrotherapy analgesic and anti-inflammatory
  • Muscular electrostimulation
  • Magnetotherapy
  • Microwave
  • Ultrasound
  • Paraffin
  • Manual Therapy
  • Osteopathy
  • Kinesiotape
Postural and dynamic image
Clinical laboratory
Internal medicine, Endocrinology and nutrition

On the other hand, today it is accepted the importance of a correct diet in the maintenance of health, importance is even greater for sport regularly.

Objectives of the unit of internal medicine, Endocrionologia and nutrition.

  • Global medical valuation of athletes who come for the first time at the center of sports medicine: clinical history, exploration, valuation analytical and clinic, treatment if required, and development of medical report.
  • Periodic reviews and medical monitoring of the athlete.
  • Study and correction of the eating habits of athletes.
  • Education programmes on the correct eating habits for sportsmen of residence "Joaquín Blume" of Madrid, and the federations upon request.
  • Designing and monitoring the diets of the residence "Joaquín Blume" of Madrid.
  • Development of special diets sportsmen as required.
  • Software development aid for sportsmen ergogénicas or federations upon request.
  • Treatment and monitoring of athletes with a weight problem and / or disturbances in food.
  • Hormone study the athletes who require. Follow-up and treatment of athletes with alterations of the menstrual cycle.
  • In reference service specific medical cases.
  • Testing of femininity control (sexual cromatina).
  • Prediction of size.
  • Service of immediate medical assistance in the sportsman as required.
  • Management of medicines.
Sport psychology

Scientific study of the factors that are associated with the participation and performance in sport, exercise and other types of physical activity, with two main objectives: on the one hand help the sportsman to use psychological principles to improve its performance, and on the other hand to understand how the participation in sport affects the psychological development of the individual, their health and welfare throughout their life cycle.

Physical rehabilitation

Objectives of the Physical Rehabilitation unit:

  • Assistance and recovery of the injured athlete:
    • Specialized medical assistance to the athlete.
    • Design and implementation of physical rehabilitation programmes in the treatment of injured athletes and its rapid incorporation into the training.
  • Prevention of sports injuries:
    • Functional valuation of the sports injury through the battery functional tests, with the dual purpose of prescribe the treatment program and indicate the aptitude for the practice of each sport and level of competition.
    • Design and implementation of prevention programmes of injuries in athletes according to each sport and level of competition.

Studies, valuation and / or evidence.

  • Evidence of functional assessment of injured athlete:
    • Isocinéticas tests.
    • Neuromuscular evidence EGM (in implementation).
    • Evidence propiocepción and coordination.
  • Physical rehabilitation:
    • Scheduled consultation (medical history, valuation of complementary tests, diagnosis and prescription of treatment)
    • Rehabilitation programmes to force.
    • Rehabilitation programmes to flexibility.
    • Rehabilitation programmes to propiocepción and coordination.
  • Medical consultation to demand:
    • Medical history, valuation of complementary tests, diagnosis and prescription of treatment or / and specialists with other specialities.