Patent ID: 8019624
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for assessing an injury to an athlete, the method comprising: receiving historical data associated with the athlete; receiving performance data from a functional assessment of the athlete wherein the functional assessment is designed based on at least one of the following: a sport of the athlete, a position of the athlete, and the injury of the athlete; calculating, by the computer, utilizing a data source, mined data associated with injuries similar to the injury being assessed, wherein the mined data is calculated by the data source utilizing a plurality of table structures within a database management system, the plurality of table structures comprising athlete, injury and treatment data, the mined data comprising at least one of the following: compiling the historical data and the performance data with the mined data for use in a creation of data relationships, statistical analysis, and data modeling employed in predicative analysis; querying, by the computer, the data source for the mined data; receiving, by the computer, the mined data as predictive data relevant to the injury; and analyzing at least one of the following: the historical data, the performance data, the mined data, and the predictive data to produce the predictive analysis associated with the athlete, wherein the analysis of the mined data produces a predictive analysis comprising an assessment of future athletic performance of the athlete for at least one year after the injury.