Since smart phones have been developed, significant advances in the function of mobile phone due to the development of software, hardware and accessories have been reached. Till now, smart phones have been engaged in daily life with an increasing impact. As a new medical model, mobile phone medicine is emerging and has found widespread applications in medicine, especially in diagnosing, monitoring and screening various diseases. In addition, mobile phone medical application shows great potential trend to improve healthcare in resource-limited regions due to its advantageous features of portability and information communication capability. Nowadays, the scientific and technological issues related to mobile phone medicine have attracted worldwide attention. In this review, we summarize state-of-the-art advances of mobile phone medicine with focus on its diagnostics applications in order to expand the fields of their applications and promote healthcare informatization.
Aiming at the practical requirements of point-of-care testing, dynamic functional monitoring of athletes, precise diagnosis and treatment of sports injuries, and rapid anti-doping screening for competitive sports, microfluidic technology, with the prominent advantages of miniaturization, high throughput, low sample consumption and fast response, has become a critical interdisciplinary technical tool for advancing the scientization of competitive sports. This review systematically summarizes recent research progress and typical applications of microfluidic technology in key fields of competitive sports, including anti-doping detection, monitoring of athletes’ physiological and psychological status, management of sports injuries, development of intelligent sports equipment, and bionic research of exercise physiology. The technical characteristics and scenario adaptability of diverse microfluidic systems are further compared and analyzed. The development paths and application prospects of the integration between microfluidic technology and competitive sports are discussed. This review intends to provide theoretical basis and technical references for the scientific development of competitive sports in China.
