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.

Thursday

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

Friday

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

Saturday

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

12.30 – 13.00

Norway

Closing of Congress