Force plates, also referred to as force platforms, are relatively simple pieces of equipment and have been around for decades. The first commercially available force plate system in use in a biomechanics laboratory was in the mid 1970’s, and they have remained a mainstay in biomechanics labs ever since. We often explain the force plate […]
‘Injury prediction’ is a divisive topic largely resulting from, in our opinion, confusion and misunderstanding on what is meant when using this term. To clarify how we approach ‘injury prediction’ we would suggest the concept of relative injury risk assessment. MSK injuries are, thankfully, relatively infrequent events and there is certainly a significant random component […]
By Scott Maucione: Musculoskeletal injuries are the primary source for disability in the military and account for 2.4 million health care visits each year. That can add up to be a serious readiness issue for the services. The Air National Guard is especially looking for ways to reduce physical injury and make training less strenuous on […]
Menlo Park, CA | March 22, 2022 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time Sparta Science, an industry leader in movement health technology, has partnered with Inflect Health, the innovation hub of Vituity, to bring the Sparta Movement Health Platform to acute care clinics–and serve a chronic pain market forecast to reach $152 billion in this decade alone. Inflect […]
Serving in the military can take a serious toll on the body. New technologies and techniques might be able to save service members’ back and joints. One Air National Guard squadron is working with Sparta Science on a data-driven approach to training better. Federal News Network’s Scott Maucione talks with Sparta’s founder, Dr. Phil Wagner, […]
In this post, Tracy Zimmer, Strength and Conditioning Coordinator at Univiersity of Florida, shares how she developed a fundamental characteristic for any process, or technology, to be successful; buy-in. She lays out a framework for how to cultivate engagement from all of the people involved with using Sparta Science’s technology which led to trust, athlete […]
By Phil Wagner – Special to Stars and Stripes: For years, startup founders have been sounding the alarm about the expanding graveyard of small technology companies that have tried to partner with the Department of Defense. After walking the well-known “valley of death” that is the DOD procurement process, many companies simply run out of […]
By Meira Gebel: For the athletes who compete at the highest levels of sport, preventing injury can sometimes seem impossible. And in most cases, it is. When you put two dozen of the country’s most elite players — with adrenaline pumping through their veins — in a 100-yard playground where they’re told to bump, push, […]
Listen to host Thomas Alomes and Sparta Science CEO and Founder, Dr. Phil Wagner discuss movement health, injury prevention and health technology on the Sports Tech World Series podcast, Sports Tech Feed. Listen to the full podcast on Apple Podcasts Listen to the full podcast on Sports Tech World Series’ website
By Andrew Smith Today I’m excited to announce that Inflect Health (Virtuity’s innovation hub) has invested in Sparta Science, a Silicon Valley startup that has developed a movement vital sign that reduces the impact of injuries and movement-related disorders. The Sparta Movement Health Platform replaces traditional weight scales and leverages machine learning to deliver predictive insights […]
SOfspot host Chelsea sat down with three men who have different experiences and perspectives with mental and physical health in the special operations community. She spoke to: COL Mark Ray, Director of USASOC’s Human Performance and Wellness program Dr. Phil Wagner, the Founder and CEO of Sparta Science Phil Gant, recently separated Special Forces and […]
The Health Tech Spotlight podcast, hosted by Carlo Rich and Pat Dunn, speaks with Sparta Science CEO and Founder Dr. Phil Wagner about using real data and data science to improve movement health and identify musculoskeletal risk to create a movement signature to provide individualized plans that guide prevention and rehabilitation. Listen to the podcast […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2021 Menlo Park, CA – Sparta Science, developer of a scalable, machine learning-based technical solution for objectively measuring neuromusculoskeletal health and improving physical readiness for uniformed service men and women, has been awarded multiple AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contracts through the United States Air Force. Sparta Science […]
Hewett TE, Olsen G, Atkinson M. The Use of Big Data to Improve Human Health: How Experience From other Industries Will Shape the Future. IJSPT. 2021;16(6):1590-1594. doi:10.26603/001c.29858 Click here to read the accompanying editorial by Tim Hewett and Kate Webster Introduction ‘Data science’ represents a set of mathematical and software development related techniques that are applied […]
This week’s blog post is written by Chris White, Strength and Conditioning Coach at Louisiana State University – Geaux Tigers! Chris hits on a topic that is the whole reason Sparta Science was founded – to help validate practitioners like strength and conditioning coaches. He writes about the importance of honing your skills before investing […]
Balance is the most fundamental and universal movement for all humans. It is required for all functional movements including standing up, walking, running and jumping. Assessing balance has broad application across different conditions and people from sports to seniors and everything in between. Traditionally, balance has been assessed using rudimentary, unreliable, processes such as the […]
With the resurgence of force pates in recent years, their use and the data they provide are more accessible than ever before due to the commoditization of the hardware. What used to cost tens of thousands of dollars can now be manufactured and sold for a few hundred. There are absolutely different levels of force […]
AFWERX funding to expand use of Sparta Science’s non-invasive Force Plate Machine Learning™ to rapidly assess the brain health of Air Force personnel Results of this USAF-funded R&D will also support application of Sparta Science’s Movement Health Platform throughout DoD and to civilian customers worldwide Menlo Park, CA – May 2022 – Sparta Science today […]
Under the agreement, Munich Re now endorses Sparta Science’s Movement Health Platform to the North American disability carriers it reinsures Initiative aimed at reducing musculoskeletal injury and disease — the leading cause of disability claims — and preventing functional injury and decline before they lead to disability claims and lost productivity MENLO PARK, Calif. and NEW YORK, May […]
Because of the high costs and burden of injuries, even small reductions in injury rates can be extremely valuable. Knowledge of which individuals in a group are most at risk can enable targeted injury rate reduction efforts. Though we can’t predict specific injury events without supernatural foresight—who will be injured and when— for a given […]
“Data is the new oil,” has become a common analogy for explaining the increasing value data is having on our society and economy as a whole. In 2017 an article was published in The Economist titled “The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data,” which is likely the source of this concept. […]
Menlo Park, CA, November 30, 2021 – Sparta Science is excited to share that its partnership with Healthy Is Wellness has expanded and extended through 2022 to continue providing musculoskeletal data to the premier health coaching team and increase the number of lives served together. By working with Healthy Is Wellness, employers can ensure that […]
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