Translational research platform on the interactions between physical activity, sport and health

• Blood biology
• Design and supervision of physical activities/retraining: healthy or pathological populations
• Body composition assessment
• Assessment of the amount of physical activity
• Evaluation of energy expenditure
• Assessment of food intake
• Sleep assessment
• Assessment of performance
• Assessment of functional capacities
• Assessment of respiratory function
• Assessment of cardio-circulatory and vascular functions
• Assessment of muscular function
• Evaluation of motor skills

Examples of projects:

• Effect of a 2-month supervised adapted physical activity program on the functional capacities (strength and endurance) of people with severe to massive obesity
• Development of physical activity programs for pathologies (diabetes, obesity, Parkinson's disease...)
• Project on the prediction of glycemic variations according to physical activity, insulin and nutrition
• Implementation of a protocol to validate a water patch
• Collaboration with the occupational health insurance fund to validate adapted physical activity programs for people over the age of 50
• Collaboration with the MEL to support the sports teams of Lille (evaluation of the physical performances of the players)

Anthropometry

• Body composition, Plethysmography(BodPod, Cosmed)
• Body composition, Impedancemetry(Tanita BC-418, Tanita)
• Body composition, Skin folds (Skinfold Caliper, Harpenden)

Performance measurement

• 20-m shuttle run test
• Maximum aerobic power - Ergocycle (with or without VO2) - Velotron, RacerMate Inc
• Maximum Aerobic Speed - Treadmill (with or without VO2) - Pulsar 4.0, h/p/cosmos
• Aerobic profile (treadmill or ergocycle, ventilatory thresholds, FC-VO2 relationship) - Pulsar 4.0, h/p/cosmos or Velotron, RacerMate Inc; and Vyntus CPX, CareFusion)
• Anaerobic Profile - Wingate (Maximum Anaerobic Power, Fatigue Index, Average Anaerobic Power) - Velotron, RacerMate Inc
• Lower limb power (squat jump, countermovement jump, drop jump, jump responsiveness and fatigue resistance) - OptoJump, MicroGate
• Isometric quadriceps and hamstring strength
• LegControl, MatSport
• Maximum isometric grip force (grip test) - TKK 5401 Grip D, Takeï
• Muscle profile (strength-speed and power-speed) - Tendo Unit, Tendo Sport
• Maximum strength - isokinetics (maximum strength, agonist-antagonist ratio, comparison of 2 limbs) - CON-TREX, Physiomed

Functional evaluations

• 6 minute walk test
• Functional tests (flexibility, strength, balance, endurance)
• Stability limits - Pedistar, RM Ingenierie
• Muscle electrophysiology - Trigno Wireless System, Delsys
• Electromagnetic stimulation of neuromuscular tissue - 200², Magstim

Physical activity and energy expenditure

• Physical activity level measurement (questionnaire and accelerometer) - GT9X Link, ActiGraph
• Indirect calorimetry (fixed and ambulatory) - K4 B2 Cosmed

Respiratory function

• Spirometry - BodyBox, Medisoft
• Pulmonary transfer factors and its components (TLCO and TLNO-TLCO) - BodyBox, Medisoft
• Respiratory muscle strength (MIP/MEP and SNIP) - BodyBox, Medisoft
• Airway occlusion pressure (P0.1) - BodyBox, Medisoft
• NO expired - FeNO+, Medisoft
• Hypoxia, hyperoxia and normobaric hypercapnia - AltiTrainer 200, SMTEC
• Eucapnic Voluntary hyperventilation (EVH) - EucapSys, SMTEC
• Respiratory gas exchange - Vyntus CPX, CareFusion

Cardio-circulatory and vascular functions

• Flow mediated dilation (FMD)
• Vivid i, GE Healthcare
• Stress blood pressure - Tango M2, SunTech Medical
• Muscle and brain oxygenation - Oxymon (fixed), PortaLite (ambulatory), Artinis Medical Systems
• Blood infusion - Pericam PSI / PeriIont, Perimed
• Heart rate variability - V800, Polar

Biological analysis

• Blood gas (pH, pCO2, pO2) - GEM Premier 4000, Instrumentation Laboratory
• Electrolytes (Na+, K+, Ca++, Cl-) - GEM Premier 4000, Instrumentation Laboratory
• Metabolites (Glu, Lac) - GEM Premier 4000, Instrumentation Laboratory
• CO-oximetry (tHb, COHb, MetHb, O2Hb, HHB, sO2) - GEM Premier 4000, Instrumentation Laboratory
• Hematocrit - Haematokrit 220, Hettich Zentrifugen
• Continuous interstitial glucose measurement - iPro2, Medtronic; FreeStyle Pro, Abbott

Design and / or supervision of training / re-training sessions or programs

• Physical activity programs adapted to the populations of interest (age, pathology, developmental goals...)
• Re-training - Muscle strengthening
• Cardio-respiratory development

The main equipment of the EURASPORT platform:

• Ergometers: treadmill (Cosmos, Cybex), cyclo-ergometers (Excalibur Load), 13 weight machines (Cybex), isokinetic device (Contrex, Medimex).
• Respiratory function: breath-by-breath VO2 (stationary equipment, Vintus CPX, and portable system, K4, Cosmed; Metamax 3B, Cortex), plethysmography (BodyBox, Medisoft), spirometry, expired NO (FeNO+, Medisoft), hypoxic environment simulator (Altitrainer 200), hypercapnic device (EucapSys, SMTEC), stationary and portable systems of near infrared spectroscopy (Artinis Medical Systems).
• Vascular function:  laser speckle contrast imaging (PeriCam PSI, Perimed), doppler ultrasound (Vivid i, GE), automatic blood pressure measurement (Tango +, SunTech Medical).
• Metabolic exploration: Microcapillary blood analyses for glucose, lactate, blood gas … (GEM 4000, Werfen), Continuous Glucose Monitoring (IPro2, Medtronic; Freestyle Pro, Abbott).
• Muscle function: strength, speed (Tendosport), power (Optojump, Smartspeed), EMG. 
• Analysis of movement: force plate (Kistler), posturometry, GPS coupled with accelerometry (GPSport), actimetry (Actigraph, Camntech).
• Body composition: bioimpedancemetry (Tanita), air displacement plethysmography (Bodpod -Cosmed), skinfold caliper (Harpenden).

Association Française des Polyarthritiques et des Rhumatismes Inflammatoires Chroniques, Association Santélys, Association Type 1 running team, Caisse Assurance Retraite Santé au Travail (CARSAT), Linde Homecare France, Eurasante, Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL), Plateforme d’Accompagnement de Ressources de Coordination SeP et Parkinson Hauts de France, Société francophone du diabète (SFD), Union sports diabète (USD)

Centre Oscar Lambert, CHU Caen, CHU Lille, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (Canada)