The Institute of Movement Sciences of Aix Marseille and its Fast Spor'in Network are among the 13 laboratories involved in the national PARAPERF project, which has obtained financial support from the PIA within the framework of the Priority Research Program "Very High Performance Sports".
In the context of the future 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, France aims to double the number of medals won in the last Olympics. With this in mind, the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation and the Ministry of Sports have called on France 2030 (formerly PIA) to fund innovative projects through the following call for projects Priority Research Program "Very High Performance Sport".
Among the 6 winners, the PARAPERF project project, "Optimizing Paralympic performance: from identification to winning a medal", aims to understand the specific challenges of very high performance Paralympics in terms of trajectories, optimization of equipment and human environments to better support athletes up to the podiums of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024.
The project concerns 13 sports and 467 summer Paralympic events. Coordinated by INSEP (Institut National Sport et Performance), it is structured in three research and development axes:
- Performance trajectories & estimation of potential
- Couple Athlete - Wheelchair
- Environment & Athlete's pathway
Aix Marseille Université/Institute of Movement Sciences/Fast Spor'In (AMU-CNRS) is involved in Axis 2 "Athlete/Chair Couple" through the prevention and treatment of the factors that influence the performance of athletes.sion of injury risk factors with the ballistic ergometer (an innovation of the Aix-Marseille Université/CNRS), the development of instrumented wheels and the development of a "wheelchair ergometer".The development of instrumented and connected wheels for wheelchairs with handrails, and the study of the performance of their tires.and the study of the performance of their tires.
Finally, the University of Aix-Marseille will be one of the three fixed national platforms for hosting internships and multiple research projects within the Technosport platform. The project is led by Arnaud Hays, research engineer and high-level sports expert within the Fast Spor'In network, and Denis Bertin, head of technological development.
Scientific and Technical Manager
- Arnaud HAYS
- arnaud.HAYS@univ-amu.fr
Name of the project | PARAPERF |
Operator | nATIONAL RESEARCH AGENCY |
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Year of labeling | 2021 |
France 2030 grant | 2.2 million euros |
Project partners |
(Sports federations) FFH, FFT / (Scientists and private) University of Paris, University of Toulon, University of Bordeaux, INI, Aix-Marseille Université, University of Toulouse III, University of Montpellier, LAAS-CNRS, APHP, University of Nice Côte d'Azur, AtoutNovation, EDF Mécénat |