Medica Medicine + Sports Conference 2024 Discusses Factors for Longevity

During the two-day Medica conference on 13 and 14 November, internationally renowned experts from the fields of sports medicine, sports science, physiotherapy, and technical specialists will come together for an interdisciplinary dialogue concerning innovative approaches in prevention, performance medicine, regeneration, and rehabilitation for both elite and health-promoting sports.
 
As part of the Medica trade fair in Düsseldorf, the 12th Medica Medicine + Sports Conference will contribute to the discussion and address the current state of longevity research and the role of digital diagnostics. 
 
The 12th Medica Medicine + Sports Conference will provide extensive insight into the state of knowledge on longevity and what factors constitute major or minor influences on lifespan for each of us.
 
The Medica Medicine + Sports Conference will address the questions raised by “longevity guru”, entrepreneur, and investor Bryan Johnson.
 
Questions include How can we truly extend our lifespans – and what kind of things aren’t really helpful in this regard? What kind of diagnostics are worthwhile and what kind aren’t? 
 
A talk held by Dr Lutz Graumann, doctor of sports medicine, chirotherapy, and nutritional medicine and author of fitness books will kick off the first day. His talk is “The Science of Ageing: The Most Important Factors Affecting Biological Age and the Role of Digital Diagnostics (Fact and Fiction)”. Graumann’s talk explores how biological age can be measured in a multidimensional way and what is particularly constructive in this regard.
 
Professor Moritz Schumann, a specialist in sports medicine and exercise therapy at the Chemnitz University of Technology, will discuss the “transparent patient” and the “development of an ecosystem for real-time monitoring of remote training sessions with wearable devices”. 
 
Professor Bettina Wollesen of the University of Hamburg, Vice President of the German Association of Sports Science, will address prevention with adaptable and age-appropriate exoskeletons. These could help people to continue exercising, even at an advanced age. The following session will showcase further innovations that are likely to cause a stir in the coming years.
 
University lecturer Dr Alen Juginovic from the Harvard Medical School’s Department of Neurobiology discusses the effect of sleep on health. Professor Wilhelm Bloch of the Institute of Cardiology and Sports Medicine of the German Sport University Cologne deals with epigenetics. His conference presentation on Wednesday during Medica will go into the special role of epigenetics concerning longevity.
 
Dr Moritz Völker-Albert of MOLEQLAR Analytics will tackle the topic of inflammation in the body in his lecture on epiproteomic analyses for customized training management in competitive and grassroots sports. Dr Wouter Vints, a specialist in rehabilitation medicine at Maastricht University, will present the current state of knowledge in his lecture in the afternoon on 13 November. 
 
The following morning, internationally renowned sports medicine specialist Dr Christian Schneider and Professor Oliver Werz, Department Head of the Chair of Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, will demonstrate a new understanding of the connection between inflammation and peak performance. Professor Patrick Wahl of the German Sport University Cologne will explain how metabolic and neuromuscular profiling can be used to individually customize training for swimmers.
 
The event in Düsseldorf will also feature “classic” issues of sports medicine, such as how to achieve outstanding athletic performance while preventing injuries as far as possible. The Californian “P3” project is considered visionary for its performance measurement. 
 
Eric Leidersdorf is its Director of Biomechanics and heads assessment and research initiatives that use force plates and 3D motion capture technology to develop individualized training programs. “Peak Performance Project – Optimizing Performance based on Experience Working with more than 800 NBA players” is the title of his talk, which he will hold at the conference session on Thursday morning, 14 November.