Velamed: analyze biomechanics systems time-synchronized in the Datico® LIFE HUB

Velamed integration: making biomechanics data usable time-synchronized

By integrating Velamed, the Datico® LIFE HUB taps into one of the most demanding data worlds of all: biomechanics. Velamed acts as the integrator that merges numerous measurement systems – electromyography (EMG), kinematics and kinetics – time-synchronized and passes the data to Datico® via a mature interface.

This makes Datico® already compatible with a wide range of biomechanical systems through Velamed – turning a complex measurement environment into a structured, analyzable data basis.

What is Velamed?

Velamed GmbH, based in Cologne, is a provider of biomechanical measurement technology and movement analysis systems. Under the claim “Science in Motion”, Velamed plans, installs, integrates and supports complete movement labs – from sensor and system consulting through installation to training, service and support.

The portfolio is deliberately modular and integrative and comprises systems for surface EMG, 3D motion capture and video-based movement analysis, force and pressure measurement, as well as further methods such as isokinetics and posturography. Velamed combines these systems into end-to-end analysis solutions.

Challenge: many systems, distributed data

Biomechanics labs typically combine many highly specialized systems from different manufacturers. The real challenge lies less in the individual measurement than in bringing everything together: EMG, movement and forces must be captured in exact time synchronization and then transferred into an overarching medical, therapeutic or performance-related context.

Often the data remains within the respective systems, and access is limited to pre-processed results. For individual questions – especially in neurological rehabilitation – this is frequently not sufficient.

The Datico® solution: a mature interface for raw data

Velamed handles the time-synchronized merging of the biomechanics systems and passes the data to the Device Connector of the Datico® LIFE HUB via a generic, very well-developed interface.

The decisive point: what is transferred is not only measurement results but all raw data, measurement data and results. This enables Datico® to run its own analyses down to the level of individual data points and individual results – instead of being limited to pre-defined standard analyses. This makes it possible to realize even highly complex biomechanical questions.

The integration follows the thread of the Datico® Data Value Chain: data is connected (Data in Connection), transformed into insights (Data in Context), made available in an understandable way (Data in Communication) and managed in a privacy-compliant and vendor-independent manner (Data in Consistency).

Added value through analysis

The real benefit comes from combined, precisely timed analysis. In the Datico® LIFE HUB, muscle activity (EMG), movement (kinematics) and forces (kinetics) can be related precisely to one another and combined with clinical findings, functional assessments, wearable and questionnaire data.

On the basis of the raw data, custom calculation logic, scores and trends can be implemented and results compared with stored reference values. This turns a highly complex measurement into a precise, individually interpretable basis for decisions.

Application in practice

A first project was realized at the Neurological Rehabilitation Center Rosenhügel in Vienna. There, the Velamed software was connected to the Datico® LIFE HUB – making Datico® already Velamed-compatible.

Through this path, even very complex biomechanical systems can be transferred into a structured analysis and documentation environment. Especially in neurological rehabilitation, where individual questions and precise progress assessments are decisive, the practical value of deep data integration becomes clear.

This particularly sophisticated interface is made possible not least by the close collaboration – built over many years – between the two managing directors Peter Konrad (Velamed) and Markus Stadler (Datico®), as well as the great openness and willingness to cooperate on both sides.

Relevance for neuro rehab, sports medicine and research

As a biomechanical integrator, Velamed addresses neurological rehabilitation as well as sports medicine, return-to-sport, science and elite sport. When the biomechanical data is merged in a structured way in the Datico® LIFE HUB, therapy and training processes can be documented more objectively, individual developments assessed more precisely, and results incorporated into interdisciplinary case discussions.

The focus is not on the individual sensor, but on the structured, time-synchronized availability of all relevant movement data for analysis, documentation and decision support.

Conclusion

The integration of Velamed shows how a highly complex biomechanical measurement environment becomes a solid, context-capable data basis. Via a mature, raw-data-capable interface, EMG, kinematics and kinetics data fit time-synchronized into a central platform where they are merged and analyzed together with medical, therapeutic and performance-related parameters.

This turns complex movement data into a solid basis for decisions – a consistent step toward Better Data. Better Decisions. Better Outcomes.