01. ECG & Spirometry Examination by Prof Martin Schwellnus & Prof Wayne Derman | 6 March 2025 скачать в хорошем качестве

01. ECG & Spirometry Examination by Prof Martin Schwellnus & Prof Wayne Derman | 6 March 2025

Martin Schwellnus is a full professor of Sport and Exercise Medicine at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria in South Africa. He is a registered specialist Sports and Exercise Medicine physician and is the Director of the Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) at the University of Pretoria, has been the Director of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Center in South Africa for the last 14 years. He has a clinical and research interest in several areas in sport and exercise medicine, notably the health benefits of regular exercise, the prevention and management of injuries, acute infections and exercise, and prevention of medical complications in active individuals. He promotes the safe prescription of regular exercise to all populations to reduce the global burden of non-communicable disease. He is an active researcher and has published over 400 scientific journal articles, chapters in books and conference proceedings. Professor Derman is the Head of the Division of Sport and Exercise Medicine (DiSEM) at Stellenbosch University. He is currently a co-director of the IOC Research Centre in South Africa, serves on the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Medical Committee and heads up one of two FIFA Medical Centre’s of Excellence in Africa. His research focuses on the secondary prevention of chronic diseases of lifestyle, and injury and illness prevention in athletes including those with disabilities. He has had a long and productive career where he has played an important role in the training of sports physicians, exercise scientists and biokineticists. Professor Derman has provided expert clinical support for South Africa’s athletes at an international level. In 2002, he served as Flight Surgeon to Cosmonaut Mark Shuttleworth during the “First African in Space” mission in Russia and served as the Medical Officer for Cape Town for the FIFA 2010 World Cup. He fulfilled the positions of Chief Medical Officer for the South African Team to the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games, and Medical Officer for the South African Paralympic Team to Beijing 2008 and London 2012. More recently, he took on the role of Medical Director for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.