{"id":111605,"date":"2015-10-02T10:54:59","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T08:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medios.uchceu.es\/actualidad-ceu\/?p=111605"},"modified":"2023-05-29T12:33:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T10:33:01","slug":"professor-of-university-ceu-cardenal-herrera-javier-martinez-gramage-uses-a-new-functional-classification-system-in-paratriathlon-at-chicagos-world-triathlon-grand-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medios.uchceu.es\/actualidad-ceu\/en\/professor-of-university-ceu-cardenal-herrera-javier-martinez-gramage-uses-a-new-functional-classification-system-in-paratriathlon-at-chicagos-world-triathlon-grand-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor of University CEU Cardenal Herrera Javier Mart\u00ednez Gramage uses a new functional classification system in Paratriathlon at Chicago\u2019s World Triathlon Grand Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Professor Mart\u00ednez Gramage is the only Spanish member in the team of researchers that has designed this new biomechanical analysis based on inertial sensors.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Javier Mart\u00ednez Gramage, Professor of Physiotherapy<\/a> at University CEU Cardenal Herrera, is the only Spanish member in the team of researchers within the International Triathlon Union (ITU) that has developed a new functional classification system for paratriathletes<\/strong>. Using accurate inertial sensors, the new system measures and evaluates objectively various mobility variables in athletes when swimming, pedalling or running. Based on different symmetry indexes calculated on acceleration, this new system allows to precisely detect mobility limitations in impaired athletes<\/strong>. Paratriathlon will make its debut as Paralympic Sport at the 2016 Paralympic Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This new system, in which Professor Mart\u00ednez Gramage has worked in the last months, was used for the very first time at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Chicago, a world championship that took place from September 15-19, 2015. Among the 200 competing triathletes, the best in the world in this sporting activity, the Spanish Javier G\u00f3mez Noya was once again crowned World Champion.<\/p>\n

Professor Mart\u00ednez Gramage, from University CEU Cardenal Herrera, led the international research team that last year created the Paralympic classification system<\/strong> the International Triathlon Union (ITU) will be using in Rio 2016<\/strong>. \u201cA year ago \u2013 points out Professor Mart\u00ednez Gramage \u2013 we got the best news possible: paratriathlon<\/strong> had been recognized as Paralympic sport<\/strong>. From now on, this new project will provide more impartiality to paratriathlon classification, ensuring a more equal participation at international-level competitions”. This aspect is crucial as, according to Professor Mart\u00ednez Gramage, “it can have an impact on competition results and the possibility of getting financial support, thus making a living with this sporting activity. This is the main purpose of our project: contributing to shaping a fairer decision-making process”.<\/p>\n

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El profesor de la CEU-UCH aplica uno de los sensores inerciales a una de las paratriatletas participantes en el prueba de Chicago.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The IPC and the Agitos Foundation have awarded this new research project<\/strong> to Mart\u00ednez Gramage\u2019s team, which is now gathering data from impaired athletes around the world. \u201cAn international competition like Chicago\u2019s World Triathlon Grand Final is the best possible place to collect the information we need, for it gives us the possibility to work with the world\u2019s best atheltes in the field\u201d. The research team will continue collecting data in different international competitions until May. \u201cOnce all the information analyzed, decisions will be made in order to implement a new classification system that will be used after Rio 2016<\/strong>\u201d, states Mart\u00ednez Gramage.<\/p>\n

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Professor of Physiotherapy at University CEU Cardenal Herrera<\/strong>, Javier Mart\u00ednez Gramage is the only Spanish member of the ITU Scientific Research Group<\/strong>, a team of international researchers formed by Mrs. Margueritte Christopher, Head of Classification at ITU New Zealand; Katerina Magouk, classifier at Greece\u2019s IPC; Scott Murray, classifier at ITU Scottland; and Eric Angstandt, Director of the ITU Paratriathlon Committee. The Committee on Ethics at University CEU Cardenal Herrera has approved this reserch project, in which professors of the university, as well as undergraduate<\/a> and postgraduate<\/a> students of Physiotherapy have participated.<\/p>\n