Performance Output With Haptics - Evaluating Athlete Response and Unrealized Potential

Launched by SUPERPATCH LIMITED LLC · May 20, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

Emerging technologies that use haptic (skin pressure) technology have been studied and have shown positive improvements in stress levels, balance, sleep, and pain. The VICTORY patch (SuperPatch Company, Toronto, Canada) that also incorporates this technology has shown anecdotal promise to improve athlete performance. With the tools currently in use at the University of Arizona, team coaches and physicians can measure the true impact of neuromuscular changes suggested by the VICTORY patch. This study will measure quadriceps and hamstring strength in isolation as well as peak output in jumpin...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Adults 18 to 30, inclusive
• • 2. Able to provide written informed consent
• • 3. Have received a VICTORY Patch if in treatment group.
• • 4. Is an athlete on a University of Arizona Varsity Athletic Team
• • 5. Agree to having physical activity objectively measured for physical activity, as well as attendance, and participation in intervention.
• • 6. Agree to place an adhesive patch on their skin, as instructed, based on selection group.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Use of drugs of abuse (illicit or prescription)
• • 2. Have an implanted device, or wears, or adheres any electrical device to the body during the study, other than a hearing aid.
• • 3. Any current medical or musculoskeletal injury that would prohibit athletic participation
• • 4. Any significant injuries in the last month prior to the intervention that may impact tested performance measures.
• • 5. New injuries that occur during the course of study testing that may impact performance measures.

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