University Hospital Rechts der Isar’s Department of Prevention and Sports medicine

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University Hospital Rechts der Isar

Munich, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Martin Hall

Department of Prevention and Sports medicine

Description

The department of Prevention and sports medicine at Rechts der Isar university hospital is one of the largest centers for prevention and sports medicine and the most renowned for sports cardiology in Germany. The Medical Director of the department is Prof. Dr. med. Martin Hall. They have a highly qualified team that consists of internists, cardiologists, sports and nutritional specialists, specialists in osteopathy and chiropractic, sports and nutrition scientists, medical-technical assistants and dieticians.

The department sees more than 10,000 patients every year including recreational athletes, competitive athletes, people who just want to get fit, and patients who may benefit from physical fitness such as heart, diabetes, cancer and obesity patients. The department performs a wide range of medical diagnostic which helps determine physical fitness and general health. The specialists of the department provide thorough and holistic medical fitness advice based on medical diagnosis.

In order to ensure safe exercises, diagnostic procedures such as cardiac ultrasound, stress echocardiography, lactate test, and spiroergometry (use of electrocardiograms to measure the respiratory response of a person to exercise) are used to ensure patients’ wellbeing. The department of Prevention and sports medicine at Rechts der Isar university hospital are among the pioneers of "sports as medicine" and use physical training as a type of therapy ("sport on prescription").

The department serves mainly as an out-patient department to care for more than 10,000 patients in maintaining health status and performance levels.

The department of Prevention and sports medicine at Rechts der Isar university hospital provide services in the following fields of medicine: