The University of Lausanne, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and the Universities of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES-SO) have been commissioned by the International Olympic Committee to send a 33-person delegation to the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, which will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 2-16 October 2018. The delegation is being sent as part of the YOG's Education Program and will consist of students from UNIL's Institute of Sports Science (ISSUL) as well as osteopathy students from the Fribourg School of Health Sciences (HEdS-FR). The students will be supervised by specialists from their respective schools. Drawing on the universities' expertise, the delegation will examine over 4,000 athletes aged 15 to 18 who are scheduled to take part in this third edition of the Summer YOG. The examinations will include full evaluations of the athletes' musculoskeletal systems and posture. The results will be used to give athletes personalized advice for improving their physical performance and preventing injury. All this data will be managed using a special digital platform being provided by an EPFL start-up.
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