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Collaborations

Types of collaborations

DIGISPORT aims at strengthening the relation between its students and sport and technological companies through the creation of a DIGISPORT socio-economic network. Being part of this network allows companies to be a active actor of the training and reserach program of DIGISPORT through different types of collaboration. 

Socio-economic actors involved in the DIGISPORT network can thus benefit from a pool of versatile and highly-skilled students able to tackle the new challenges companies face in the digital age of sport.

Students can, through this newtork, get a foothold in the business environment and discover the different career opportunities they will have once gratuated from the DIGISPORT training program.

Our partners

SPORTS AUTHORITIES

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French Football Federation

Sports federation

 

The partnership between the French Football Federation and DIGISPORT results in multiple large-scale research and innovation projects.

During a Master’s internship, one of our students collaborated with the FFF’s IT Department to optimize player performance tracking, whether at the club level, in regional academies, or with the national team.

Our PhD student Mathis Tiercery is conducting a thesis on designing virtual reality environments specifically dedicated to goalkeeper training and skill analysis.

This collaboration reached a major milestone with DIGISPORT and the M2S lab participating in the creation of a research hub at the Clairefontaine national center, focusing on data, learning technologies, and athlete well-being.

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French Rugby Federation

Sports federation

 

Sports innovation is at the heart of the strategic alliance between the French Rugby Federation and DIGISPORT. On the field, two Master’s internships have led to the implementation of new performance analysis tools and the study of contact impacts using instrumented mouthguards.

This enthusiasm for data also resulted in a rugby “data challenge,” co-organized with FFR experts (Jérémy Cheradame, Jonathan Laugel, and Marie-Aurélie Castel, a graduate of our SNS Master’s program).

Finally, DIGISPORT PhD student Nolwenn Pinczon-du-sel is conducting a thesis dedicated to a multifactorial approach for identifying and developing future talents.

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French Boxing Federation

Sports federation

 

The French Boxing Federation relies on DIGISPORT’s expertise to integrate virtual reality at the heart of combat sports.

Two major projects have illustrated this ambition: on the one hand, the thesis of Annabelle Limballe, a former DIGISPORT PhD student who conducted a thesis on VR as an innovative solution for training anticipation within the REVEA project, and on the other hand, a Master’s internship evaluating the use of a virtual reality headset and sensors to reproduce full-body movement and replay it on a virtual human using the Unity software.

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French Cycling Federation

Sports federation

 

The French Cycling Federation relies on DIGISPORT’s expertise to accelerate technological innovation.

Two Master’s internships have led to the design of a semi-automated data analysis system for BMX Racing. This decisive tool significantly accelerates performance feedback for coaches and athletes right in the middle of competition.

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French Athletics Federation

Sports federation

 

The French Athletics Federation and DIGISPORT collaborated on three Master’s internships. These research projects focused on the statistical analysis of high-level athletes (men and women), statistical modeling to track the dynamics of clubs and registered members, as well as data analysis for optimizing long jump performance.

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French Canoe-Kayak Federation

Sports federation

 

From movement analysis to time prediction, the French Canoe-Kayak Federation relies on DIGISPORT’s expertise to innovate.

The thesis work of Souébou Boro, a former DIGISPORT PhD student, notably made it possible to evaluate athletes’ movements in real conditions using an embedded multi-sensor system.

Two Master’s internships were also set up. The first aimed to use data as a tool to analyze, explain, and predict performance in canoe-kayak slalom, and the second, carried out over two years, was dedicated to the postural, movement, and technical study of sprint kayakers.

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French Tennis Federation

Sports federation

 

The French Tennis Federation and DIGISPORT have combined their expertise to decipher the game through data analysis as part of two Master’s internships. Their work focused notably on evaluating the robustness of racket tracking depending on the dataset used to train the tennis racket tracking model, as well as on the biomechanical analysis of the serve.

A collaboration between the FFT, DIGISPORT, and Wilson was also set up to evaluate specialized shoes through the biomechanical analysis of tennis performance.

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French Swimming Federation

Sports federation

 

Excellence in the pools is at the heart of the extensive scientific partnership uniting the French Swimming Federation and DIGISPORT.

This collaboration is notably illustrated by the creation of numerous doctoral research projects. Former DIGISPORT PhD students paved the way: Yannis Rainneteau (NePTUNE project) studied the impact of dryland physical preparation on sprint strength, while Antoine Bouvet focused on the monitoring and modeling of overall performance. The next generation is ensured by Sunny Wang, who functionally deciphers data related to sports movements.

In addition, two Master’s internships have made it possible to refine movement analysis, one through marker-based capture, the other by applying FDA methods to inertial signals.

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French VolleyBall Federation

Sports federation

 

The French Volleyball Federation has collaborated with DIGISPORT to secure the progression of its young athletes. This alliance resulted in the thesis of our former DIGISPORT PhD student, Théo Bouzigues. His research focused primarily on modeling the effects of training to optimize performance and limit injuries among young elite volleyball players.

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French Ice Hockey Federation

Sports federation

 

The French Ice Hockey Federation has sought DIGISPORT’s expertise, as part of a Master’s internship, to perfect its athletes’ technique through a detailed analysis of ice hockey skating.

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French Badminton Federation

Sports federation

 

The French Badminton Federation has teamed up with DIGISPORT to analyze the dynamics of its sport, notably understanding scoring patterns in badminton, during a Master’s internship.

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French Table Tennis Federation

Sports federation

 

The French Table Tennis Federation has sought DIGISPORT’s expertise to leverage information related to its players. During a Master’s internship, our student focused on database management and in-depth statistical analysis of table tennis members on a national scale.

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French Gymnastics Federation

Sports federation

 

The French Gymnastics Federation sought DIGISPORT’s expertise to strengthen its athletes’ health. This collaboration notably materialized through a thesis conducted by our former PhD student, Rebecca Crolan. Her research focused entirely on predicting lumbar load during jump landings, with the aim of optimizing injury prevention and monitoring in gymnastics.

A collaboration also emerged as part of the thesis by Suzon Pucheu, a DIGISPORT PhD student. Experiments were carried out during the 2025 French Championships in Rennes to measure landing forces in order to identify joint loads during tumbling landings. To achieve this, accelerometers were placed on the landing mat and then used to reconstruct the landing forces using a mat model. This setup was coupled with markerless motion capture to accurately estimate joint stresses to better assess the impact of the shocks sustained.

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INSEP – National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance

High performance institute

 

INSEP and DIGISPORT are teaming up to put data science at the service of high performance. This collaboration has taken the form of four Master’s internships with highly targeted objectives.

In terms of pure sports analysis, our students are working on the creation of performance corridors in basketball and deciphering recent performance dynamics in athletics using a multi-scale approach.

In terms of engineering, the missions focus on data processing, including the reliability of the institute’s databases and the development of a user interface dedicated to the expert analysis of vertical jumps (Optojump).

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IFCE – French Institute of Horse and Riding

Institute of equestrian excellence

 

IFCE and DIGISPORT have collaborated on several projects. As part of the EPICC project, our PhD student Nolwenn Régnault is conducting a thesis on training rider perception to optimize horse-rider interaction in show jumping.

A Master’s internship was also set up in 2024 to analyze force platform data to study the contribution of sensory information to rider posture according to expertise level and inter-individual differences. This work was continued during a second internship in 2025, adding the physical preparation dimension for horse-rider coordination in the show jumping discipline.

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Sport Bretagne

Sports excellence campus

 

Territorial performance optimization is at the heart of the collaboration between Sport Bretagne and DIGISPORT. This partnership has materialized through two Master’s internships dedicated to data exploitation. The first project focused on the entire sports data chain (collection, processing, and analysis) to directly improve performance. The second focused on creating a secure database intended for Breton athletes. This strategic tool, potentially integrable into the Daily Monitoring Portal for High-Level Athletes (PSQS), makes it possible to conduct precise statistical research to meet the concrete needs of coaches.

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CREPS des Pays de la Loire

Centre of expertise and performance

 

A true performance hub, the CREPS Pays de la Loire collaborated with DIGISPORT to evaluate the sports practices of tomorrow. This cooperation materialized through a Master’s internship exploring exertion in an immersive environment. The study thus made it possible to concretely measure the physical and physiological expenditure linked to the practice of sports activities in virtual reality.

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Brittany Basketball League

Regional sports authority

 

The Brittany Basketball League relies on DIGISPORT’s expertise to structure the performance analysis of its registered members. Through a Master’s internship, this collaboration has led to the development of true decision-making tools, including the design of data visualization interfaces, the implementation of precise monitoring, and statistical analysis dedicated to tracking the development of players.

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Organising Committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Organizing commitee

 

The Paris 2024 Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (COJOP) partnered with DIGISPORT to leverage the immense data flow linked to the event. During a Master’s internship, the central focus was on analyzing the entire digital ecosystem (CRM, ticketing, social media, etc.). This work of consolidation and predictive modeling helped optimize the experience for millions of fans, boost commercial performance, and precisely adjust on-site service logistics (transportation, security).

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CREPS de Strasbourg

Centre of expertise and performance

 

The Strasbourg CREPS expertise and performance center cooperated with DIGISPORT to modernize its information management. During a Master’s internship, the mission focused on optimizing the athletes’ database by centralizing information, developing analysis tools, and ensuring regulatory compliance, with the aim of directly improving athlete monitoring and performance.

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INS – National Institute of Sport of Quebec

High performance institute

 

INS Québec and DIGISPORT collaborated on two Master’s internships. These missions focused on new technologies at the service of performance, including the creation of an immersive application to offer “augmented” training to athletes, and the prototyping of a virtual reality solution specifically designed for boccia.

As part of her thesis at DIGISPORT, our PhD student Suzon Pucheu conducted a mobility period at INS Québec to compare two methods for monitoring training load in gymnastics. The first, a direct approach, involves equipping gymnasts with accelerometers placed at the sacrum.

The second, an indirect approach, uses sensors fixed to the beam to reconstruct and model impact forces. The study thus allows for a comparison of these two readings during beam routines, while utilizing body sensors to measure the overall load sustained by the athlete throughout the entire session (across all 4 apparatuses).

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Brittany Handball League

Regional sports authority

 

The Brittany Handball League collaborated with DIGISPORT to better understand the dynamics of its ecosystem. During a Master’s internship, our student created a statistical analysis tool dedicated to Breton clubs, with the objective of more effectively anticipating challenges and opportunities in terms of sports performance.

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Eure VolleyBall Committee 

Departmental sports authority

 

The Eure Volleyball Committee partnered with DIGISPORT to decipher its players’ game during a Master’s internship focused on the precise performance analysis of volleyball players.

INDUSTRY PARTNERS

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Volodalen

Expert in motor preferences

 

Volodalen and DIGISPORT are exploring together the fundamental link between motor preferences and performance through a collaboration embodied by the thesis of DIGISPORT PhD student Kaies Deghaies, applied to tennis. His research aims to optimize serve efficiency through sharp biomechanical analysis, while relying on the natural preferences of athletes.

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a-gO

Deeptech & Health Startup

 

The startup a-gO relied on DIGISPORT’s expertise to advance its technological projects. Through a dedicated Master’s internship, our student actively contributed to the development of their solutions through targeted missions such as image classification, algorithm programming, and conducting video capture sessions.

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Ochy

Running stride analysis

 

Ochy and DIGISPORT collaborated on the development of their application to refine their biomechanical analysis of running through the use of our technological platforms (IMMERMOOVE, M2S Laboratory).

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Footbar

Sportech & IA Startup

 

The startup Footbar relied on DIGISPORT’s expertise to optimize the technical management of its product. During a Master’s internship, our student was involved in the technical side of customer support, the management of platforms dedicated to coaches, daily reporting to the product and tech teams, and the refurbishing of sensors.

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Vogo

Fan experience solutions

 

Vogo and DIGISPORT collaborated as part of a Master’s internship on motion analysis during live broadcasting. This joint project made it possible to test new immersion solutions to push the boundaries of sports broadcasting.

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Decathlon

Sale of sporting goods and leisure items

 

Decathlon and DIGISPORT have collaborated on several Master’s internships. Our students have led cutting-edge applied research projects, ranging from biomechanical analysis to improve the durability of running shoes, to the evaluation of virtual reality training solutions.

This strong link with innovation extends into our curriculum through Cédric Morio, Director of High Performance at Decathlon, who annually shares the brand’s R&D challenges with our Master SNS students.

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Footovision

Game analysis solutions

 

Footovision and DIGISPORT collaborated as part of a Master’s internship on performance analysis based on video tracking. This project served as a professional springboard, leading to the hiring of the intern as a Sports Data Scientist.

Footovision’s expertise also enriches our curriculum. Pierre Miralles, co-founder and CEO of the company, shares his analytical know-how in our movement evaluation module in ecological conditions.

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SportsDynamics

Data & Performance Expert

 

SportsDynamics and DIGISPORT collaborated as part of a Master’s internship. This mission then turned into the recruitment of our former student, who now works there as a Sports Data Scientist. His daily role involves designing and prototyping advanced performance measurement models using the Python language.

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CRITT Informatique

Technology innovation centre

 

The CRITT Informatique innovation center collaborated with DIGISPORT to combine technology and sport. Through a dedicated Master’s internship, the research work focused primarily on AI and data processing in the sports field.

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SkillCorner

Data & Tracking Expert

 

Technological immersion reaches a new level thanks to the collaboration between SkillCorner and DIGISPORT. This innovation partnership was illustrated by a pioneering Master’s internship where our student focused on integrating complex sports data within the Unity engine. The objective of this work was to recreate and analyze entire football matches directly within a virtual reality environment.

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Phyling

Development of sensors and analysis solutions for athletes.

 

Phyling and DIGISPORT are joining their expertise to advance research in performance analysis and prevention. This collaboration is embodied by the doctoral project of Rémy Roinson, dedicated to developing an in-situ methodology for the precise assessment of injury risks in running.

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Freelap

Sports timing expert

 

The company Freelap collaborated with DIGISPORT through the implementation of a Master’s internship to optimize the exploitation of its technologies. This collaboration primarily centered on the technical analysis of data from its biomechanical sensors.

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MotionLab

Performance & Health Centre

 

The MotionLab center relied on DIGISPORT to develop data management and analysis tools as part of a Master’s internship.

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Orixha

MedTech & Deeptech Startup

 

The startup Orixha partnered with DIGISPORT to optimize its information management. A Master’s internship enabled this progress through work focused on advanced data acquisition and processing.

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Sportnco

Sports betting solutions

 

A recognized expert in sports betting solutions, Sportnco partnered with DIGISPORT’s expertise to refine its analytical models. As part of two Master’s internships, our students implemented data science techniques specifically adapted to analyze the activity and dynamics unique to the betting world. One of these two students was subsequently recruited as a full-time data analyst.

SPORTS CLUBS & EVENTS

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Stade Rennais Football Club

Professionnal football club

 

Stade Rennais F.C. and DIGISPORT have collaborated on several doctoral research projects. Among them, Florian Mateos focuses on analyzing foot-ball interaction in virtual reality to optimize decision-making among academy youth. Meanwhile, Arthur Guillotel is conducting an in-depth study on talent identification and supporting high-potential players in their transition to the professional world.

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Cesson Rennes Métropole Handball

Professionnal handball club

 

Cesson Rennes Métropole Handball relied on DIGISPORT’s expertise to analyze and optimize the performance of its squad through a Master’s internship. During this period, our student focused particularly on identifying and precisely evaluating player efficiency factors.

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Renaissance sportive de Berkane

Professionnal football club

 

Renaissance Sportive de Berkane and DIGISPORT collaborated with the aim of perfecting their players’ physical preparation. During a Master’s internship, a comprehensive GPS monitoring protocol was developed and deployed on the field. This system allows for precise training management with the goal of concretely improving the team’s athletic performance.

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Aviron Bayonnais Rugby Pro

Professionnal rugby club

 

Aviron Bayonnais Rugby Pro collaborated with DIGISPORT to refine its sports strategy through a Master’s internship. The mission focused on in-depth statistical analysis. The objective of this behind-the-scenes work is to provide the staff with action levers for the direct optimization of rugby performance.

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Stade Brestois 29

Professionnal football club

 

Stade Brestois 29 teamed up with DIGISPORT to place data at the heart of its sports strategy as part of a Master’s internship. The missions focused on the global management and expert analysis of performance-related data.

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Synergie Tennis

Tennis academy

 

The Synergie Tennis Academy, based in Sri Lanka, called upon DIGISPORT’s expertise to integrate artificial intelligence into its game analysis during a Master’s internship. The research focused on a deep learning approach, where the objective was to automate the detection and ultra-precise study of ball trajectories on the court.

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Brest Bretagne Handball

Professionnal handball club

 

Brest Bretagne Handball relies on DIGISPORT’s data expertise to refine its tactical preparation. Through a Master’s internship, our student provided the club’s technical staff with real decision-making tools, such as preparation sheets with detailed statistics, individual opponent analyses, and graphical visualizations. This essential technological added value helps to effectively prepare for matches and draw up strategic assessments during the mid-season break.

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Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC

Professionnal football club

 

Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC partnered with DIGISPORT’s expertise to prepare the future of its professional squad. This collaboration was illustrated by a Master’s internship entirely dedicated to data analysis (statistics and target player profiles) in order to inform and optimize the club’s decisions for its upcoming recruitment.

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FC Annecy

Professionnal football club

 

FC Annecy called upon DIGISPORT’s expertise to place data at the heart of its sports strategy during a Master’s internship focused on advanced data analysis, providing the technical staff with valuable indicators to support the first team in its challenges.

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Clermont Foot 63

Professionnal football club

 

Clermont Foot 63 and DIGISPORT collaborated as part of a Master’s internship, which allowed for a very precise study of “danger creation” situations. This in-depth analysis was made possible by intelligently combining the club’s databases (tracking, events) with the insights of the sports staff.

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Rennes Étudiants Club Rugby

Semi-professionnal rugby club

 

Rennes Étudiants Club Rugby teamed up with DIGISPORT through two Master’s internships. On one hand, the development of live statistical reports to guide the staff during the line-out phase, and on the other, the creation of a custom monitoring tool to track training load, preserve player well-being, and analyze overall performance.

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Rouen Normandie Rugby

Semi-professionnal rugby club

 

The semi-professional club Rouen Normandie Rugby relied on DIGISPORT’s expertise to optimize its training load management during a Master’s internship. The mission focused on tracking and analyzing GPS data coupled with the players’ RPE questionnaires.

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US Chantilly

Semi-professionnal football club

 

The US Chantilly club called upon DIGISPORT’s skills, during a Master’s internship, to refine its data analysis for performance.

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Urban Trail

Sporting event

 

The Urban Trail, a major event in the Rennes area, partnered with DIGISPORT to optimize the processing of its race information. During a Master’s internship, the central objective was the overall management of data directly generated from sports competitions.

ACADEMIC PARTNERS

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University of Montréal

Higher education institution

 

The University of Montreal partnered with DIGISPORT to analyze biomechanics and perception in trampolining. This collaboration took the form of a highly targeted Master’s internship focusing exclusively on the analysis of athletes’ visuo-motor variability while performing trampoline acrobatics.

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Aix-Marseille University

Higher education institution

 

Aix-Marseille University collaborated with DIGISPORT to study the adaptation capabilities of the human body in the face of extreme temperatures. Through two Master’s internships, the research focused on the impact of cold exposure. The missions allowed for the measurement of heat exchange during immersion and the development of a comprehensive numerical thermoregulation model based on these physiological responses.

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University of Caen Normandy

Higher education institution

 

The University of Caen Normandy partnered with DIGISPORT’s expertise to advance healthcare methodologies. As part of the Neo-Reeduc project, a Master’s internship was dedicated to an innovative technological and medical issue, where the challenge was to leverage mixed reality to design and validate a new approach to motor rehabilitation.

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Pprime Institute

Research unit at the University of Poitiers

 

The Pprime Institute, a research unit of the University of Poitiers, called upon DIGISPORT’s expertise for its in-depth work in biomechanics. This collaboration was structured around three Master’s internships. The first focused on comparing three cutting-edge tools (Vicon optoelectronic system, Noraxon inertial sensors, and Theia markerless system) to evaluate gait in children. The second project measured the impact of an external mechanical perturbation on joint efforts during the athletic stride. Finally, the last internship focused on the practical evaluation of vertical jump directly using a smartphone.

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Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Higher education institution

 

Opening up once again to the international scene, DIGISPORT partnered with the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco to explore the sociological issues of high-level sport. This academic partnership led to a Master’s internship combining data science and human sciences. The mission entrusted to our student focused on rigorous work in collecting, processing, and interpreting data to objectively analyze the potential existence of nationality-related bias in the world of professional surfing.

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Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences

Higher education institution

 

Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences partners with DIGISPORT to decipher the challenges of extended reality. Through three dedicated Master’s internships, this international collaboration explores a key issue in immersive technologies: the precise evaluation of user perception and engagement at the heart of the experience.

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University of Western Brittany

Higher education institution

 

The University of Western Brittany called upon DIGISPORT’s expertise to analyze high-level sporting careers. During a Master’s internship, the collaboration focused on the statistical analysis of data from the French Athletics Federation, in order to precisely study the career paths and evolution of both male and female athletes.

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Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Higher education institution

 

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 collaborated with DIGISPORT to explore the biomechanics of Breaking (Breakdance). During a Master’s internship, inertial measurement units were deployed to precisely analyze the kinematic components of the movements. The challenge was to optimize dancer performance while strengthening injury prevention.

HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS

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Rennes University Hospital

Healthcare facility

 

The Rennes University Hospital (CHU de Rennes) and DIGISPORT have collaborated on several projects. Among them is the “Keep Children Active” doctoral project led by Jos Deforges, which uses virtual reality to promote adapted physical activity for children with cancer.

In parallel, a Master’s internship explored the contribution of musculoskeletal modeling to the clinical treatment of spasticity.

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Valenciennes Hospital Center

Healthcare facility

 

Valenciennes Hospital Center (Centre Hospitalier de Valenciennes) relied on DIGISPORT’s expertise to optimize injury prevention in football. Through a Master’s internship, the objective was to finely analyze the relevance of physical tests (pre-season and mid-season follow-ups). This intelligent use of medical and sports data provides essential keys to safeguarding player health throughout the championship.

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Brest University Hospital

Healthcare facility

 

Brest University Hospital (CHU de Brest) and DIGISPORT combined their expertise to advance clinical research in rehabilitation. Through a Master’s internship within the LATIM laboratory, one of our students conducted a study on the detailed analysis of gait in young patients with cerebral palsy to measure the concrete effects of their therapy (before/after).

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Sainte-Justine University Hospital

Healthcare facility, University of Montréal

 

Sainte-Justine University Hospital (CHU Sainte-Justine) and DIGISPORT collaborated as part of a Master’s internship focused on evaluating biomechanical and visuo-motor adaptations in children with neuromotor disorders and in children with typical development during various locomotor tasks.

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