Programme 2024
The impressive program of #SPORTSKONGRES features 6 parallel sessions and workshops (rooms: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Ballroom, Top of Town and Iceland) with distinguished national and international speakers. All talks are in English. In each parallel session, you will be able to find a topic of interest, no matter if your interest lies with sports orthopedic surgery, sports rehabilitation, sports rheumatology, anti-doping or general practice of sports medicine.
08.30 – 9.45
Check-in
09.45 – 10.00
Norway
Opening of congress
10.00 – 11.00
Norway
KEY-NOTE LECTURE:
Sport-related concussion—myths, realities and recommendations for clinical practice
Kathryn Schneider, PT, Associate Prof.
Chair: Monika Bayer, PhD
11.00 – 11.30
Break
11.30 – 12.30
Norway
Small Symposium
Best practice in return to sport testing and decision-making
Speakers:
Clare Ardern, PT, Ass. Prof.
Matt Taberner, PhD
Chair: Behnam Liaghat, PT, Phd & Barb Hoogenboom, PT, Prof.
Sweden
Small Symposium
Translating biomechanics theory to practice: understand the exercises so you can design the best resistance training programs
Speakers:
Tron Krosshaug, Prof.
Mette Zebis, Assoc. Prof.
Chair: Jesper Bencke, PhD & Roula Kotsifaki, PT, PhD
Denmark
Small Symposium
Antidoping a friend or a villian – A session to understand antidoping guidelines, process and practice
Speakers:
Harri Helajärvi
Jan Lexell
Jacob Mørkeberg
Chair: Harri Helajärvi & Michael Kjær, MD, Prof.
Ballroom
Small Symposium
Arthrofibrosis – Pathological mechanism and treatment of the stiff joint
Speakers:
Sara Katrine Jandrup, Patient
Sebastiano Nutarelli, PT, PhD
Peter Fauø, MD
Chair: Sara Katrine Jandrup & Kristoffer Barfod, MD, Prof.
Top of Town
Workshop A
Imaging the healthy, the tendinopathic and the post-rupture Achilles tendon
Speakers:
Rikke Hoffner
Taija Finni
Chair: Ben Waller, PT, Adj. Prof.
Iceland
Workshop B
DSSF guideline on rehabilitation after shoulder injury
Speaker:
Julie Rønne Pedersen, PT, PhD-stud
Kristian Thorborg, PT, Prof.
Chair: Kristian Thorborg, PT, Prof
12.30 – 13.15
Lunch
13.15 – 14.45
Norway
Large Symposium
Optimising rehabilitation after ACL injury: neuroplastic changes and neurocognitive approaches
Speaker:
Charlotte Häger, PT, Prof.
Jan Wilke, Prof., PhD
Alli Gokeler, PT, PhD
Chair: Carl-Johan Boraxbekk & Monika Bayer
Sweden
Large Symposium
Hip instability: Fiction or a source of concern for athletes and clinicians?
Speakers:
Vikas Khanduja, MD
Julie Jacobsen, PT, PhD
Per Hölmich, MD, Prof.
Chair: Per Hölmich, Julie Jacobsen
Denmark
Large Symposium
Collaborating with patients, athletes and clinicians for real-world impact
Speakers:
Alex Culvin, PhD
Karin Rydevik, PT
Hege Grindem, PT, Assoc. Prof.
Chair: TBA
Ballroom
Large Symposium
Athlete-centred care and shared decision-making with elite athletes
Speakers:
Diane Slater, PT
Paul Dijkstra, MD, DPhil
Caroline Bolling, PT, PhD
Chair: Michael Rathleff, PT, Prof. & Kristian Lyng, PT, PhD-stud
Top of Town
Workshop C
Applying virtual reality in rehabilitation for shoulder pain
Speakers:
Niamh Brady, PT
Beate Dejaco, PT
Chair: Birgitte Hougs Kjær, PT, PhD
Iceland
Workshop D
DSSF guideline on rehabilitation after Achilles tendon injury
Speakers:
Christina Ramos, PT
Esben Kjeldgaard
Kristoffer Barfod, MD, Prof.
Chair: Kristian Thorborg, PT, Prof.
14.45 – 15.15
Coffee break
15.15 – 16.15
Norway
Oral presentations
Sweden
Oral presentations
Denmark
Oral presentations
Ballroom
Oral Presentations
Top of Town
Iceland
16.15 – 16.45
Coffee break
16.45 – 18.15
Norway
Large Symposium
How Achilles tendon ruptures occur and how to (surgically) treat them
Speaker:
René Svensson
Rasmus Kramer Mikkelsen
Taija Finni
Chair: Taija Finni & Kristoffer Barfod, MD, Prof.
Sweden
Large Symposium
How do you work to protect athletes’ health when you have limited resources?
Speaker:
Nonhlanhla Mkumbuzi, PT, PhD
Merete Møller, PT, Assoc. Prof.
Mariann Gajhede Knudsen, PT
Chair: Mette Zebis, Assoc. Prof. & Paul Dijkstra, MD, DPhil
Denmark
Large Symposium
Best practice for managing athletes’ pain
Speaker:
Julie Rønne Pedersen, PT, PhD-stud
Morten Høgh, PT, Assoc. Prof.
Fiona Wilson, PT, Prof.
Chair: Michael Rathleff, PT, Prof. & Evert Verhagen, Prof.
Ballroom
Large Symposium
Are females better than males in the long run?
Speaker:
Mette Hansen, PhD
Mads Münster Karlsson, MD
Anna Melin, PhD
Chair: Jesper Løvind Andersen PhD & Michael Kjær, MD, Prof.
Top of Town
Workshop E
Optimising rehabilitation after ACL injury: neuroplastic changes and neurocognitive approaches (linked workshop)
Speaker:
Jan Wilke, Prof., PhD
Alli Gokeler, PT, PhD
Chair: Charlotte Häger, PT, Prof. & Jesper Bencke, PhD
Iceland
Workshop F
Applying virtual reality in rehabilitation for shoulder pain (repeat)
Speaker:
Niamh Brady, PT
Beate Dejaco, PT
Chair: Birgitte Hougs Kjær, PT, PhD
18.15-19.30
General Assemblies
19.30 – 21.00
Get together
20.00 – 21.00
Poster Walk, Norway
Chairs:
Mikkel Bek Clausen, PhD, PT, DK
Julie Sandell Jacobsen, PhD, PT, DK
21.00 – 24.00
Afterparty, Ballroom C
08.00 – 09.15
Norway
Small Symposium
Clinical vs. laboratory tests for return to sport: what is feasible for your daily practice?
Speaker:
Matt Taberner, PhD
Roula Kotsifaki, PT, PhD
Chair: Mette Zebis PT, PhD & Jesper Bencke, PhD
Sweden
Small Symposium
Preventing post-traumatic knee osteoarthritis: clinical and research recommendations from OPTIKNEE
Speakers:
Jackie Whittaker, PT, Assoc. Prof.
May Arna Risberg, PT, Prof.
Chair: Ewa Roos & Charlotte Häger, PT, Prof.
Denmark
Small Symposium
Implementing effective injury prevention programs: what, where, how and with whom? (linked with workshop P)
Speakers:
Elisabeth Bandak, PT, PhD
Eva Ageberg, PT, Prof.
Chair: TBA
Ballroom
Small Symposium
Conquering compartment syndrome: making the diagnosis and choosing the best treatment
Speakers:
Sophia Lindorsson
Simon Døssing, MD
Chair: Michael Krogsgaard & Lars Konradsen
Top of Town
Workshop G
Practical load monitoring and dosage for tendons
Speaker:
Christian Couppé, PT, PhD
Miika Köykkä, PhD-stud
Chair: Ben Waller & Sinead Holden
Iceland
Workshop H
Athlete centred-care and shared decision-making (linked workshop)
Speaker:
Paul Dijkstra, MD, DPhil
Kristian Lyng, PT, PhD-stud
Chair: Diane Slater, PT & Niamh Brady, PT
09.30 – 10.30
09.15 – 09.30
Break
Norway
Oral presentations
Sweden
Oral presentations
Denmark
Oral presentations
Ballroom
Oral presentations
Top of Town
Iceland
10.30 – 11.00
Break
11.00 – 12.30
Norway
Large Symposium
Understand the female athlete’s physiology to help her perform and stay injury-free
Speakers:
Mette Hansen, Assoc. Prof.
Mikkel Skov Oxfeldt
Anna Katerina Melin
Chair: Eva Ageberg, PT, Prof. & Tobias Wörner, PT, PhD
Sweden
Large Symposium
Orthobiologics for treating knee osteoarthritis
Speakers:
Enrico Ragni, PhD
Jasmin Bagge, DVM, PhD, PhD
Kristoffer Barfod, MD, Prof.
Chair: Per Hölmich, MD, Prof.
Denmark
Large Symposium
Applying tendon loading principles to rehabilitation for tendinopathy: how much and when to load diseased tendons
Speaker:
Ann-Sofie Agergaard, PT, PhD
Mikkel Holm Jensen
Chloé Yeung
Chair: Monika Bayer, PhD & Taija Juutinen
Ballroom
Large Symposium
From identifying to managing sports-related concussion
Speaker:
Nina Feddermann-Demont, MD
TBA
Vincent Gouttebarge, PhD
Chair: TBA
Top of Town
Workshop I
OPTIKNEE recommendations for best practice in preventing post-traumatic osteoarthritis (linked workshop)
Speaker:
Jackie Whittaker, PT, Assoc. Prof.
Marie Pedersen, PT, PhD
Chair: May Arna Risberg, PT, Prof.
Iceland
Workshop J
Optimising rehabilitation after ACL injury: neuroplastic changes and neurocognitive approaches (linked workshop, repeat)
Speaker:
Jan Wilke, Prof., PhD
Ali Gokeler, PT, PhD
Chair: Charlotte Häger, PT, Prof. & Jesper Bencke, PhD
12.30 – 13.15
Lunch
13.15 – 14.45
Norway
Large Symposium
Exercise for osteoarthritis: high-value treatment or dubious dogma?
Speaker:
Marius Henriksen, PT, PhD
Jonas Thorlund, Prof.
Thomas Frydendal
Chair: TBA
Sweden
Large Symposium
Same, same but different: injuries and illnesses in elite para sport
Speaker:
Jan Lexell, MD, Prof.
Kristina Fagher
Athlete – TBA
Chair: TBA
Denmark
Large Symposium
Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome: surgery and rehabilitation
Speaker:
Per Hölmich, MD, Prof.
Signe Kirkegaard, PT, PhD
Kristian Thorborg, PT, Prof.
Tobias Wörner, PT, PhD
Chair: Signe Kirkegaard, PT, PhD, Kristian Thorborg, PT, Prof.
Ballroom
Large Symposium
Best practice in assessing, diagnosing and managing upper limb injuries in throwing sports
Speaker:
Krista Tapaninaho
Toni Luokkala
Miika Köykkä
Chair: Ben Waller, PT, Adj. Prof. & Birgitte Hougs Kjær, PT, PhD
Top of Town
Workshop K
Best practice for managing concussion: the latest from the Concussion In Sport Group (linked workshop)
Speaker:
TBA
Nina Feddermann-Demont, MD
Chair: Sinead Holden, Asst. Prof.
Iceland
Workshop L
Does your exercise target the muscles you think you’re targetting? (linked workshop)
Speaker:
Niels Nedergaard
Tron Krosshaug
Chair: Mette Zebis, PT, PhD & Jesper Bencke, PhD
14.45 – 15.15
Coffee break
15.15 – 16.15
Norway
Small Symposium
Navigating return to sport decisions with overhead athletes after shoulder injury
Speaker:
Ben Ashworth
Martin Asker
Chair: Merete Møller, PT, Assoc. Prof. & Behnam Liaghat, PT, PhD
Sweden
Small Symposium
The tendinopathy timeline– can athletes get back to their best performance?
Speakers:
Christian Couppé, PT, PhD
Håvard Visnes
Chair: Anne-Sofie Agergaard, PT, PhD & Stig Peter Magnusson, PT, Prof.
Denmark
Small Symposium
Co-ordinating a safe and effective return to school, sport and work after concussion
Speakers:
Kathryn Schneider, PT, Assoc. Prof.
Vincent Gouttebarge, Prof.
Chair: Lisbeth Lund Petersen & Sinead Holden
Ballroom
Large Symposium
Leadership and career pathways in sports medicine research and practice
TBA
TBA
Chair: Signe Kierkegaard-Brøchner & Julie Jacobsen
Top of Town
Workshop M
Assessing and diagnosing elbow injuries in throwing athletes
Speaker:
Krista Tapaninaho
Toni Luokkala
Chair: Ben Waller, PT, Adj. Prof.
Iceland
Workshop N
Using data to inform return to sport decisions after ACL injury (linked workshop)
Speaker:
Matt Taberner, PhD
Roula Kotsifaki, PT, PhD
Chair: Niels Nedergaard & Tron Krosshaug
16.15 – 16.45
Break
16.45 – 18.00
Norway
Oral presentations – Competition
Chairs:
Mikkel Bek Clausen, PhD, PT, DK
Julie Sandell Jacobsen, PhD, PT, DK
18.00 – 18.05
Announcement of Prize
19:30-
Galla dinner and party
09.00 – 10.00
Norway
Small Symposium
Best time for ACL surgery in athletes: early or late?
Speaker:
TBA
David Beard, PT, Prof.
Chair: TBA
Sweden
Small Symposium
Return on investment: How to approach the team sport warm-up for better and safer performance
Speakers:
Thomas Ødergård, PT
Torstein Dalen-Lorentsen, PhD
Chairs: Jackie Whittaker, PT, Assoc. Prof. & Britt Elin Øiestad, PT, Prof.
Denmark
Small Symposium
Making digital health work for managing musculoskeletal problems
Speakers:
Ben Waller, PT, Adj. Prof.
Alessio Bricca
Chairs: Clare Ardern, PT, Asst. Prof. & Diane Slater, PT
Ballroom
Top of Town
Workshop P
Best approaches to preventing injury in sport (linked workshop)
Speaker:
Eva Ageberg, PT, Prof.
Elisabeth Bandak, PT, PhD
Chair: Elisabeth Bandak, PT, PhD
Iceland
Workshop O
Supporting overhead athletes to return to play after shoulder injury (linked workshop)
Speaker:
Ben Ashworth, PT
Martin Asker, PhD
Chair: Beate Dejaco, PT & Behnam Liaghat, PT, PhD
10.00 – 10.15
Break
10.15 – 11.15
Norway
Small Symposium
Exercise during pregnancy: what to do, what not to do
Speaker:
Birgitte Sanda, MD, PhD
Lene Haakstad, Prof.
Chair: Britt Elin Øiestad, PT, Prof. & Karin Rydevik, PT
Sweden
Small Symposium
Artificial intelligence and machine learning in sports medicine and performance
Speakers:
Matthias Kempe, Asst. Prof.
Christophe Ley, Prof.
Chair: Malthe Roswall, PT & Niels Nedergaard
Denmark
Small Symposium
Exercise-induced cardiomyopathy
Speaker:
Hanne Rasmusen, MD
TBA
Chair: Michael Rathleff, PT, Prof. & Michael Kjær, MD, Prof.
Ballroom
Top of Town
Workshop Q
How to collaborate with patients, athletes and clinicians for real-world research impact
Speaker:
Hege Grindem, PT, Assoc. Prof.
Christian Moen, PhD-stud
Chair: Hege Grindem
Iceland
Workshop R
Best practice for managing concussion: the latest from the Concussion In Sport Group (linked workshop)
Speaker:
Kathryn Schneider, PT, Assoc. Prof.
TBA
Chair: Lisbeth Lund Pedersen, PT, PhD
11.15 – 11.30
Break
11.30 – 12.30
Norway
KEY-NOTE LECTURE
Found or lost in translation? From basic insight to clinical treatment of sports injuries
Speaker: Michael Kjær, MD, Prof. & Peter Magnusson, PT, Prof.
Chair: Mette Hansen