SIG of Sports Meeting during Modtissimo 2018

The Portuguese Textile Cluster organized a meeting with the SIG of Sport during the Modtíssimo to reflect on the structure of the Strategic Agenda 2030, where two external experts were invited, Professor Paulo Pires (High Performance Coach, http://www.beapt.pt/en ) and Dr. António Cunha (Medical Physiatrist of Sports Medicine) who shared with the group their vision in terms of how textiles can help in high performance sport and what characteristics, in their perspective, should be integrated into the clothing of sport as a tool to support training. They also shared needs and challenges in terms of tools to support the practice of high performance sport in order to help recover from possible sports injuries.