Diagnostics

Test Your Performance Ability!

If you want to definitely reach your athletic goals, you need a training plan. And this plan is, on the other hand, based on precise sports medical diagnostic tests. But a modern sports medical diagnosis is essential in the areas of regeneration and disease prevention as well.

Performance diagnostics draw precise conclusions about your performance ability, capacity for strenuous activity and level of physical fitness. They help in assessing your athletic potential and in preparing an individual training plan.



Performance diagnostics are performed during so-called ergometric testing procedures on the bicycle or treadmill in the laboratory, by means of biomechanical testing equipment and also in field tests. Depending on the testing procedure, the cardiovascular system (ECG, pulse, blood pressure), the metabolism (lactate=lactic acid), as well as the respiratory system (breathing rate, respiratory volume, oxygen absorption, lipometabolism fat burning level, etc.) are subjected to a close analysis during strenuous activity.

Thanks to sensitive diagnostic tests – which recognize deviations from the ideal state of health long before the onset of any apparent disease – it is possible for us to take individual steps to maintain good health.

On the basis of complex diagnostic testing, every guest receives information about his or her:

• State of health and capacity for strenuous activity
• Current performance ability
• Individual aerobic and anaerobic thresholds as important points of reference for training guidance
• Goal-oriented, individual activity intensities with pulse guidelines, to improve overall endurance and athletic performance ability and to help achieve individual training goals (fat burning, muscular endurance)
• Individual training counseling and planning in the course of comprehensive discussions with the trainers regarding health requirements, the current performance data and personal goals
• Progress, prognosis, talent /aptitude tests.

Performance diagnostics are helpful for hobby, amateur and professional athletes alike: you train at the individual stress intensity and duration levels that are right for you. Training becomes more goal-oriented and more effective; you’ll achieve more in a shorter time while guarding against overexertion.

When is performance diagnostic testing a good idea?

A performance diagnostic test is wise when beginning or resuming training, as well as during an extended training process and at the beginning or end of training periods. You should definitely have diagnostic testing done in the event of a decline in performance or especially when you’re experiencing performance slumps.

Which methods?

Lactate (lactic acid) is an important by-product of the anaerobic metabolism process. The lactate measurement is performed on capillarial blood, which is drawn at various levels of activity during the test. This is done by pricking the earlobe with a small lancet and taking a drop of blood. Conclusions about the metabolic levels in the muscles can be drawn on the basis of the lactate concentrations in the blood. This reliably determines the anaerobic threshold and the heart rates at the different training levels.

Another complex performance diagnostic testing method is used in addition to the standard ergometric methods. It primarily determines the subject’s speed, agility, reaction speed and strength (TDS). Using a combination of a computer network and testing equipment, 18 different tests can be performed, with which 33 factors can be ascertained about the subject’s athletic motor activity and performance ability.

Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is a method for estimating a person's body composition, i.e. the content of body fat, muscle, water, etc.  Especially in the field of weight management where the focus is mainly on body weight this analysis is important. Reducing body weight by one kilogram is a success only if there is also a loss of body fat which is metabolically passive and not only muscle mass which is metabolically active and increases the body's caloric consumption further. You get important information on your nutritional status and your body composition. Ordinary bathroom scales should not serve as an indicator for successful weight reduction.

BIA distinguishes the LOSS OF FAT from strictly loss of water. It recognizes the increase in muscle mass which is often interpreted as a stagnation in reducing body weight . It measures cell structure and documents training processes. This measurement is also very important for athletes in order to anticipate any changes in the organism which would lower their performance level in time to counteract any such drop by adjusting the training program accordingly.

Our state-of-the-art laboratory plus our close association with Austria’s leading laboratory physicians also enables special blood tests to be performed upon request (e.g. hormone analysis, amino acid status).

In the event of individual problems, a series of muscle function tests to ascertain possible muscle dysbalances (shortened muscles, muscular atrophy) enable a timely intervention with the appropriate exercises. Modern measuring equipment to determine the patient’s leg musculature strength, coordination capabilities and mental reaction patterns round out our comprehensive diagnostics.