The program is ready!!! A spectacular line-up of no less than 76 internationally respected speakers from 13 countries has lined up to make the 1st World Congress on Sports Injury Prevention next year a truly memorable event. We invite you to join us in beautiful Oslo to enjoy a spectacular scientific program. Dont miss it!
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| The conference will be held at the beautiful Holmenkollen Park Hotel |
The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center has taken the initiative to organize the first sports medicine congress dedicated to the prevention of sports injuries. We expect to attract a large international group of scientists, physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers, coaches and sports officials. But remember to register early attendance is limited to 500 participants on a first come, first serve basis!
The Scientific Committee has selected the best from many excellent proposals for symposia and topics to include:
Injury-specific prevention approaches including Ankle sprains, Knee ligament injuries (ACL), Head & neck injuries, Hamstring strains, Groin injuries, and others focusing on:
- Risk factors
- Injury mechanisms
- Prevention methods
Sport-specific injury prevention methods including Soccer, Team handball, Basketball, Ice hockey, Racquet sports, Alpine skiing & snowboarding, Volleyball, and others focusing on:
- Injury patterns
- Injury mechanisms
- Prevention methods
Among the highlights of the congress are the keynote presentations:
- Roald Bahr, MD PhD, Professor & Chair, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Oslo, Norway & Lars Engebretsen, MD PhD, Professor & Co-Chair, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center; Chair, Orthopeadic Center, Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo, Norway: Sports injury prevention the need for an evidence-based approach
- Jan Ekstrand, MD PhD, Professor,Linköping Medical Center, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden: Looking back 25 years in sports injury prevention
- Gordon O. Matheson, MD PhD, Professor, Orthopedic Surgery (Sports Medicine) at the Stanford University Medical Center,Stanford, California, USA: Prevention vs. Cure the team physician perspective
- Caroline Finch,Professor, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Director, NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia: Research methods in sports injury prevention
- Jiri Dvorak, MD, Professor of Neurology, Schulthess Clinic Zurich, Switzerland, Chairman, FIFA Medical Assessment and Research Center (F-MARC): Development and implementation of an injury prevention program in soccer a global undertaking
- Willem Meeuwisse, MD PhD, Professor, University of Calgary, Sport Medicine Centre, Calgary, Canada: Where do we go from here?
Take this opportunity to experience the late sunny evenings in Oslo around Midsummer Nights Eve!
More details about the congress here: www.klokeavskade.no/Congress2005.
If you have further questions, please contact the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center at Congress2005@nih.no.