SBIR-STTR Award

Professional and collegiate sports teams across the NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA, MLS, and NCAA are recognizing the power of applying science and proven, next-generation, human performance analytics to uncover trends, develop insights, reduce risk, and maximize readiness. Industry leader CoachMePlus provides a platform for customized training and monitoring programs that push these athletes to their absolute best performance, while curtailing chronic overuse and stress-related injuries. Air Force and the broader DoD face many of the same challenges as in professional sport with respect to optimizing human performance, promoting readiness, and preventing burnout and/or injury. Within military environments, 90% of musculoskeletal injuries (MKSI) are related to physical training or sports, and 80% of MKSI are considered overuse in nature.34% of deployed troops experience non-combat MKSI. Last year, Secretary of the Army Mark Esper cited that the Amy has over 100,000 Soldiers on non-deployable status and that this large non-deployable group is hurting Army readiness. Any meaningful reduction in these statistics will not only be a boon to force readiness but will lead to reductions in the staggering costs associated with non-deployable servicemembers.Strength and Conditioning,Human Performance,Exercise physiology,Nutrition,Workout App,injury tracking,Wearable Device Data,Dashboards and Reporting

The men and women of the United States Air Force face many of the same health, wellness, and overall readiness challenges as professional athletes and other elite performers. The Air Force is now recognizing the power of applying science and human performance analytics to uncover trends, develop insights, reduce risk, and maximize readiness. Based on industry leading CoachMePlus sports performance technology, Warrior Performance Platform (WP2TM) is a peerless solution to help Department of Defense military operations make smarter, safer decisions in training and execution. For this Air Force initiative, we demonstrate the viability of the WP2 platform to provide customized training and monitoring programs that push Airmen to their best performance, while curtailing chronic overuse and stress-related injuries. We focus this effort on Air National Guardsmen in an effort to provide them with a mobile app for remote fitness coaching and monitoring. We also work with Air Force Health Promotion, using WP2 to power their Project HeRO initiative focused on four areas that impact readiness: improved physical activity, sleep optimization, nutritional fitness, and tobacco-free living. Pilot activities are designed to support the following outcomes: behavior change, decreased injury, improved communication, improved fitness, improved physical training performance, and better risk identification.