In the past few years, the sporting medical check-up has been increasing in popularity. There are even moves to make it mandatory for anyone who is affiliated to a sports club.
Currently, the sporting medical check-up is mandatory for all members of 10 of the 95 Belgian sporting federations. The idea behind the sporting medical check-up is to prevent heart-attacks among sports people. When you think that 1 in 20,000 young sports people are at risk, you quickly come to realise that this is certainly not an unnecessary luxury.