Sports Diagnostics, Lifestyle, and Therapy Center (SET)
Published on 16 October 2020
Hungary
Észak-Alföld
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About this good practice
The Sports Diagnostics, Lifestyle, and Therapy Center of the UD provides the team of its professionals, comprising physicians and sports science experts, with state-of-the-art equipment and appliances. SET Center can conduct physical and medical examinations in the fields of exercise physiology, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, ultrasound bone healing, laboratory research, sports psychology, anthropometry, sports genetics, and even manager screenings. The main aim of the project was to establish a center where state-of-the-art technologies can be found combined with research and education in the region. Before the center has been built, professionals had to go to Budapest for sport diagnostics. Besides sport diagnostics, therapies, advisory activities, education and research are also part of the SET Center, which, in this way is uniqe initiation in Hungary. One of the main challanges is the long term financing, e.g. emplyoing more and more full-time doctors, increasing and developing technologies, research.
Resources needed
The investment was financed by the State via two different sources. The Ministry of Human Capacities Fund for Structural Transfers, it was a special fund for higher education institutions, and own financial resources of the University of Debrecen. Total amount of the investment was 1,25 million EUR.
Evidence of success
Impacts were as expected, because local professional sport teams (DEAC Football Team, DVSC Debrecen Football Team etc.) and sport teams from a widen area use the therapies of the centre, as well as amateur athletes. The centre also generates sport tourism due to the wide spectrum services.
Potential for learning or transfer
This is a special cooperation between the University, the cluster and the city. The owner of the place is the city, the owner of the SET Center is the University and the cluster is responsible for the operation. The university background is necessary, their network is one of the key of the success.
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Organisation
University of Debrecen
Hungary
Észak-Alföld
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