The development of sports training and rehabilitation are closely linked to new technological, research and organisational methods in the training process. Over the past few years, the training methods and rehabilitation are not based only on experience and intuition, but also on technologies in the training process which yield objective indicators of the athlete’s or patient’s preparedness. Effective training methods and rehabilitation are a product of a programmed and controlled training process. In Slovenia, modern functional diagnostics is implemented at the Centre for Medicine and Sport at the Institute of Occupational Safety and the Institute of Sport at the Faculty of Sport in Ljubljana. The technological equipment is available in laboratories which meet international standards for expert developmental and scientific research activities in functional diagnostics. Without information on motor, physical, physiological, biochemical, psychological and sociological characteristics it is impossible to accurately plan, programme and model the modern training process. The acquired data facilitate the process of selecting the optimal methods and means for training methods and rehabilitation as well as planning and modifying the sports preparation of an individual or a homogeneous group.
D.02 Establishment of a research centre, laboratory, study course, association
Blaž Koritnik acted as the secretary of Sinapsa, Slovenian Neuroscience Association, in 2001. The association links Slovenian and international neuroscientists in scientific and research projects, educated the general public on neural function in health and disease, on the importance of neuroscience research and the implication on individual and society quality of life. He was also the secretary of the organisational committee that organized an international conference Sinapsa Neuroscience Conference '11. This was the most important European neuroscience event in 2011, taking place in Ljubljana between 22 and 25 September. There were over 500 registered participants from 44 countries. As the secretary of the Slovenian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, he was involved in organizing the monthly research and educational meetings. He was also a member of the organisational committee of the International Course on Electromyography, Single Fiber Electomyography and Nerve Ultrasonography, taking place in Ljubljana between 23 and 25 September. 67 participants attended the theoretical and practical sessions on methods that are important in clinical and research neurophysiology.
B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting