The main programme will be held in three large rooms: Tribuna, Auditorio and Suroeste. It will be divided in Traditional Sessions, Open Debates and Next Generation Leaders according to the following colour codes.
| TRADITIONAL SESSIONS |
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| OPEN DEBATES |
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| NEXT GENERATION LEADERS |
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| Exploring the borders of hip & groin pain |
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| Timing | Speech | Speaker |
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08:30 |
Trajectories of hip and groin issues: where are we going?
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Dijkstra P (QAT) |
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08:45 |
Growth-related hip and groin injuries in football: future directions
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Andersen TE (NOR) |
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09:00 |
How to manage the footballer's FAI in 2025
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Kemp J (AUS) |
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09:15 |
An anatomy driven work up for acute groin injuries
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Schilders E (UK) |
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09:30 |
Understanding groin injuries using AI
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Richter C (GER) |
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09:45 |
Discussion |
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| Touching the ground in 2025: Achilles & calf |
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| Timing | Speech | Speaker |
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10:30 |
The future of Achilles tendon surgery for football players
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Maffulli N (ITA) |
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10:45 |
Achilles tendon rupture: from injury to return to play
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Van Dijk N (NED)
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11:00 |
Quantifying Achilles tendon loading through wearables |
Van Hooren B (NED) |
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11:15 |
Modern approaches to calf muscle injuries
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O'Neill S (UK) |
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11:30 |
Avoiding the "flat-tire": functional recovery for full calf potential
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Glasgow P (IRL) |
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11:45 |
Discussion |
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| Present & future of ACL injury management |
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| Timing | Speech | Speaker |
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12:00 |
What the future holds for ACL injuries
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Webster K (AUS)
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12:15 |
New trends in understanding ACL injury mechanism and patterns |
Della Villa F (ITA) |
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12:30 |
Adapting ACL surgery for the increased demands of the game
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Musahl V (USA) |
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12:45 |
The future is now: integration of surgery & post surgical strategies to reach the top
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Zaffagnini S (ITA) |
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13:00 |
ACL rehabilitation in 2030: how it will look like
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Hamrin Senorski E (SWE) |
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13:15 |
Discussion |
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| Neurocognitive aspects of football injuries |
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| Timing | Speech | Speaker |
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15:00 |
The perceptual cognitive aspects of football injuries: a new perspective |
Jordet G (NOR)
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15:15 |
Hardware and software interactions: how the brain affects biomechanics
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Myer G (USA) |
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15:30 |
Lost in transmission: how a change in central motor drive compromises muscle
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Lepley L (USA) |
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15:45 |
Neuroplasticity over time: a moving target for neurocognitive interventions
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Chaput M (USA)
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16:00 |
Neurocognitive enriched late-stage rehabilitation: where are we now?
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Gokeler A (GER) |
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16:15 |
Discussion |
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| Pushing the limits for patellar tendon in Football |
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| Timing | Speech | Speaker |
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17:00 |
Patellar tendinopathy: a persistent issue for the football player?
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Bahr R (NOR) |
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17:15 |
The complex extensor mechanism adaptation in the young player |
Holden S (IRL)
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17:30 |
New trends in surgical approach to the patellar tendon
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Lempainen L (FIN) |
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17:45 |
Integrating biomechanics in functional recovery for patellar tendon injuries
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Boldrini L (ITA) |
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18:00 |
Present and future of patellar tendinopathy management |
Rio E (AUS) |
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18:15 |
Discussion |
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| Modern approach to early stages after knee surgery |
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| Role | Panel |
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CHAIR |
Arundale A (USA) |
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PRESENTER |
Surdyka N (USA) - Modern approach to early stages after knee surgery
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DEBATERS |
Sonnery-Cottet B (FRA), Delcogliano M (SUI), Ek L (ITA)
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| Second ACL prevention: criteria VS time |
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| Role | Panel |
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CHAIR |
Arundale A (USA) |
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PRESENTER |
Fink C (AUT) - Second ACL prevention: criteria VS time |
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DEBATERS |
Margheritini F (ITA), Myer G (USA), Ek L (ITA)
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| Any news in ACL injury management? |
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| Role | Panel |
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CHAIR |
Reider B (USA) |
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PRESENTER |
Grassi A (ITA) - Any news in ACL injury management?
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DEBATERS |
De Carli A (ITA), Snyder-Mackler L (USA)
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| Patellar dislocation: surgery VS non surgery |
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| Role | Panel |
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CHAIR |
Reider B (USA) |
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PRESENTER |
Arendt E (USA) - In season patellar dislocations in footballers: present vs future knee function, what is important for RTP decisions?
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DEBATERS |
Servien E (FRA), Thompson S (UK) |
| Meniscus repair in high-level Football players |
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| Role | Panel |
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CHAIR |
Kon E (ITA) |
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PRESENTER |
Williams R (USA) - Meniscus repair in high-level football players
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DEBATERS |
Getgood A (QAT), Piskopakis A (GRE)
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| New frontiers in joint pain control |
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| Role | Panel |
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CHAIR |
Kon E (ITA) |
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PRESENTER |
Sas K (BEL) - New frontiers in joint pain control |
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DEBATERS |
Johnson R (UK), Laver L (ISR)
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| ICRS SESSION - Meniscus preservation and sport |
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| Timing | Speech | Speaker |
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14:00 |
Meniscus discovery series: from anatomy to lesions, to orthobiologics
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Kon E (ITA)
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14:12 |
Can we suture the meniscus in the athlete?
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Papacostas E (QAT) |
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14:24 |
Can we undertake meniscus transplantation in an athlete?
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Spalding T (UK) |
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14:36 |
Meniscus: new frontiers
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Filardo G (SUI)
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14:48 |
Discussion |
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| What’s new in football orthobiologics |
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| Timing | Speech | Speaker |
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15:00 |
Exploring the future of orthobiologics in Sports Medicine
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Chahla J (USA) |
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15:15 |
Allogenic stem cells as the future of regenerative medicine |
Saris D (USA) |
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15:30 |
Artificial intelligence and mixed reality in football orthopaedics
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Guillen Vicente I (ESP) |
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15:45 |
The use of adipose-derived stem cells in football medicine |
Screpis D (ITA) |
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16:00 |
PRP, PPP and the future of injectable orthobiologics
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Cugat R (ESP) |
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16:15 |
Discussion |
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| Shoulder instability in footballers: a rising issue? |
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| Timing | Speech | Speaker |
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17:00 |
Understanding shoulder instability in athletes: diagnosis and biomechanical aspects
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Michener L (USA)
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17:15 |
New surgical trends in shoulder instability |
Marcheggiani Muccioli GM (ITA) |
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17:30 |
Surgical management of top football players
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Porcellini G (ITA) |
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17:45 |
Criteria-based return to play after shoulder stabilization |
Danelon F (ITA)
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18:00 |
Neurocognitive enriched testing & rehabilitation: new data
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Davies G (USA) |
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18:15 |
Discussion |
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| The future of football rehabilitation |
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| TIMING | SPEECH | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
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10:30 |
KEYNOTE LECTURE - The future of AI in Football Medicine |
Samuelsson K (SWE) |
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10:45 |
The emotional journey of shattered dreams and new horizons after ACL re-rupture
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Hamrin Senorski R (SWE) |
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10:55 |
Evaluation of eccentric and concentric force during vertical jump after ACLr |
Moiroux-Sahraoui A (FRA) |
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11:05 |
Significant variability across 4 different hamstring strength tests after ACLr
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Högberg J (SWE) |
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11:15 |
Patients with ACL reconstruction perform Nordic hamstring exercise ineffectively |
Norte G (USA)
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11:25 |
Changes in movement patterns following neuromuscular training in ACL patients |
Tamer I (TUR)
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11:35 |
Graft laxity variation with early open kinetic chain after ACL reconstruction |
Forelli F (FRA) |
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11:45 |
Discussion |
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| Hamstrings: cutting the risk and improving Return to Play |
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| TIMING | SPEECH | SPEAKER |
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12:00 |
KEYNOTE LECTURE - The new frontiers of hamstring injuries in football players |
Mendiguchia J (ESP) |
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12:15 |
Association of baseline clinical & MRI findings and RTP after hamstring injury
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Mokkenstorm M (NED)
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12:25 |
Brain connectivity differences in footballers with previous hamstring injury |
Correia JP (POR)
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12:35 |
Risk factors for rerupture after proximal hamstring avulsion injury
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Bohu Y (FRA) |
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12:45 |
Hamstring injury: compensatory role of adductor magnus after biceps femoris tear
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Advani D (UK) |
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12:55 |
Eccentric strength deficits and not isometric persist after hamstring injuries
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Tomaghelli L (ARG) |
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13:05 |
Hamstring injuries in athletes. MRI-Ultrasound fusion to assess healing |
Wong-On M (ESP) |
|
13:15 |
Discussion |
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| ISAKOS SESSION - ACL injuries in youth football |
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| Timing | Speech | Speaker |
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14:00 |
New frontiers in the management of ACL injuries in youth football |
Chahla J (USA)
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|
14:12 |
Early surgery or delayed reconstruction in pediatric ACL injuries? |
Cohen M (BRA) |
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14:24 |
Is the quadriceps tendon a good autograft option for ACL reconstruction in the young athlete? |
Musahl V (USA) |
|
14:36 |
Why, when and how to add LEAT in the young athlete with ACL tear |
Espregueira-Mendes J (POR)
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|
14:48 |
Discussion |
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| Innovation in football injury prevention & biomechanics |
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| TIMING | SPEECH | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
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15:00 |
KEYNOTE LECTURE - Preventing knee injuries in football: what is important? |
Powers C (USA) |
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15:15 |
Effects of cognitive demands on biomechanics during cuttings in female athletes
|
Ebner C (GER) |
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15:25 |
Cognitive training: a gateway to injury prevention and sports performance |
Gomez-Chereguini L (ESP) |
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15:35 |
Biomechanical differences between elite adolescent and professional athletes |
Bencke J (DEN)
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15:45 |
Neurocognitive perturbations in noncontact ACL injuries in football |
Nitri M (ITA)
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15:55 |
Video analysis of ACL injuries in female professional football players |
Lundberg S (SWE) |
|
16:05 |
Biomechanical differences in sport-specific and standard jumps in mixed reality
|
Woergoetter S (AUT) |
|
16:15 |
Discussion |
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| Current trends in hip & groin pain |
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| TIMING | SPEECH | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
|
17:00 |
KEYNOTE LECTURE - Groin injuries in football players: what I have learned so far
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Holmich P (DEN)
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17:15 |
KEYNOTE LECTURE - Towards the future of surgical approach to the hip joint for footballers |
Khanduja V (UK)
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17:30 |
5-year outcomes of arthroscopy for FAI with concomitant dysplasia in athletes |
Mullins K (IRL) |
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17:40 |
Mechanisms of severe thigh muscle-tendon injuries in professional football
|
Jokela A (FIN) |
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17:50 |
Video analysis of anterior thigh muscle injuries in german male football |
Klein C (GER) |
|
18:00 |
Evaluation of clinical tests to diagnose iliopsoas tendinopathy |
Vandeputte FJ (BEL) |
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18:10 |
Association between peak and endurance adductor strength in female athletes |
Quintana Cepedal M (ESP) |
|
18:20 |
Discussion |
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