Evaluating Sports Performance
Sports performance is still too often measured in fragments, lab tests on one side, isolated field wearables on the other. In real-world conditions, synchronizing physiology and biomechanics remains difficult, which limits a holistic view of performance and recovery.
At LBO, we are developing OraOne-Sport, a standalone, all-in-one intra-oral sensing platform (custom dental splint) that streams time-aligned physiological and biomechanical signals in real time. Its stable intra-oral interface enables coupling analyses across cardio-respiratory dynamics, head motion/stability, and stress/clenching force, and it can also support overnight recordings to inform recovery and sleep-related breathing, bridging laboratory-grade signal quality with field-ready practicality.
Because many sports, and especially their critical movements, depend on physiology-biomechanics coupling, these signals can be key across disciplines such as ice hockey, skiing, biathlon, skating, tennis, rugby, and football, spanning both training and recovery contexts.
We’re currently running sport-specific analyses and pilot sessions with OraOne-Sport. If you’d like to explore what these signals mean in your sport, or discuss a potential collaboration, feel free to reach out at [email protected].
Collaborations:
- Prof. Martin Broome, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Dental Medicine, CHUV
Sleep Apnea
Sleep apnea is commonly treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), surgery, or oral appliances. Among them, mandibular advancement devices (MADs) are a leading non-invasive option that repositions the lower jaw to maintain an open airway. However, current MADs do not fully resolve symptoms for all patients, highlighting the need for next-generation designs with improved efficacy and monitoring capabilities. At LBO, we are developing a new MAD design that overcomes the current limitations and enables real-time monitoring of the treatment.
Collaborations:
- Prof. Raphael Heinzer, Sleep Research and Investigation Center, CHUV
- Prof. Martin Broome, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Dental Medicine, CHUV