Performance diagnostics at IAT Leipzig: one device for lab and field

What is the IAT?

The Institut für angewandte Trainingswissenschaft (IAT) in Leipzig is a central research institution of German elite sports. "We conduct performance diagnostics and eligibility examinations for Olympic and Paralympic sports," says Peter Rüttrich, research associate at the IAT. These examinations take place in the institute's ergometry center.

From routine measurement to a new device generation

The IAT has been working with CORTEX systems for a long time. For more flexible use, a switch to a new device series was due: the C2in1.

What makes the C2in1 special for the IAT

Several innovations give the institute more confidence and more room to maneuver at the same time. The newly added ambient air measurement noticeably improves the stability and quality of the measured values. The hot-swap battery makes longer measurement sessions possible without an external power supply, so the team can work more independently. And because the C2in1 measures directly in the field, the IAT can relate those results to the performances achieved in the lab.

Above all, a single device now combines what used to take two: the flexibility, short warm-up time, and fast readiness of the compact MetaMax® with a disposable turbine, combined with the precision of the MetaLyzer® in stationary operation.

"For us, the C2in1 combines a laboratory measurement device and a mobile measurement unit in one device in an optimal way, without sacrificing measurement accuracy or compromising on handling." (Peter Rüttrich, IAT Leipzig)

For the IAT, this means fewer devices, the same measurement quality, and performance diagnostics wherever it is needed.