The impressive program of #SPORTSKONGRES features 6 parallel sessions (rooms: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Ballroom C, The View 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.
Selected sessions are recorded and published as Video On Demand (VOD) right after the congress, available for 6 months. There is no live streaming in 2027. When announced, look out for the 
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Thursday
08.30 – 09.45
Check-in
09.45 – 10.00
Norway/Finland
Opening of congress
10.00 – 11.00
Norway/Finland
KEY NOTE LECTURE
Let us talk about the decisions that technology cannot make.
Aaron Baggish
Chair: TBA
11.00 – 11.30
Break
11.30 – 12.30
Norway/Finland
Small Symposium
Playing It Safe? Is prevention supporting performance
Speakers:
Nicol van Dyk, PT, PhD
Roald Bahr
Chair: TBA
Sweden
Small Symposium
Breathing under pressure: Respiratory Challenges in Athletes
Speakers:
Prof. Hege Clemm, MD, PhD
Katja Mjøsund
Chair: TBA
Denmark
Small Symposium
Treatment of inguinal-related groin pain in athletes
Speakers:
Mikkel Ammentorp Pedersen, PT
Prof. Per Hölmich, MD, DMSc
Chair: TBA
Ballroom C
Small Symposium
Questioning the Evidence on Carbohydrate Loading: Challenging Old Assumptions and Exploring New Insights
Speakers:
José Areta
Joachim Nielsen
Chair: TBA
The View
Applied session
Communication: Why words matter
Speakers:
Ass. Prof. Alessio Bricca
Rasmus Østergaard Nielsen
Chair: TBA
Iceland
Applied session
The sports science on stage: Performance and injury prevention in elite dance
Speakers:
Henrik Aagaard
Eva Wetke
TBA
Chair: TBA
12.30 – 13.15
Lunch
13.15 – 14.45
Norway/Finland
Large Symposium
Can you outrun the injuries?
Speakers:
Rasmus Østergaard Nielsen
Karsten Hollander
Claire Minshull
Chair: TBA
Sweden
Large Symposium
Fit but at Risk? Cardiac screening and sudden events in athletes
Speakers:
Aaron Baggish
Matilda Frisk Torell, MD, PhD
Athlete (TBA)
Chair: TBA
Denmark
Large Symposium
Individualized treatment of patients with patellofemoral instability
Speakers:
Per Arne Waaler
Prof. Kristoffer W. Barfod, MD, PhD
Trine Hysing-Dahl, PT, PhD
Chair: TBA
Ballroom C
Large Symposium
Growth related injuries in young athletes
Speakers:
Mads Karlsson, MD
Stine Opstrup Kristensen
Kasper Krommes, PT, PhD
Chair: TBA
The View
Applied session
When the RCT Isn’t Possible: How Do We Do Good Science in Elite Sport?
Speakers:
Roald Bahr
Eric Post
Chair: TBA
Iceland
Applied session
Breathing under pressure: Exercise testing of respiratory challenges in Athletes
Speakers:
Prof. Hege Clemm, MD, PhD
Petrine Solli
Chair: TBA
14.45 – 15.15
Coffee break
15.15 – 16.15
Norway/Finland
Oral presentations
Speakers:
Chair: TBA
Sweden
Oral presentations
Speakers:
Chair: TBA
Denmark
Oral presentations
Speakers:
Chair: TBA
Ballroom C
Oral presentations
Speakers:
Chair: TBA
16.15 – 16.45
Coffee Break
16.45 – 18.15
Norway/Finland
Large Symposium
History and future of Achilles Tendon Rupture treatment
Speakers:
Niek van Dijk
Mike Carmont
Rikke Høffner, PT, PhD
Chair: TBA
Sweden
Large Symposium
High-risk stress fracture of the spine: Pathology, rehabilitation, and operative treatment strategies
Speakers:
TBA
Ella Virkki
Prof. Fiona Wilson, PT
Chair: TBA
Denmark
Large Symposium
Time to wake up! The overlooked role of sleep problems in people with injuries and musculoskeletal pain
Speakers:
Eivind S. Skarpsno
Liesbet de Baets
Henrik B. Vægter
Chair: TBA
Ballroom C
Large Symposium
Return to Sport After ACL Injury: Who Makes It Back – and Who Doesn’t?
Speakers:
Ass. Prof. Eric Hamrin Senorski, PT, PhD
Francesco Della Villa
Prof. Mette Zebis
Chair: TBA
The View
Applied session
Patellofemoral instability: practical assessment and rehabilitation
Speakers:
Trine Hysing-Dahl, PT, PhD
Per Arne Waaler
Chair: TBA
Iceland
Applied session
ECG Interpretation in Athletes: Hands-on exercise testing with live demonstration and case-based learning
Speakers:
Matilda Frisk Torell, MD, PhD
Chair: TBA
18.15 – 19.30
The View & Iceland
General Assemblies
DIMS · The View
DSSF · Iceland
19.30 – 20
Ballroom C
Get together
20 – 21
The #sportskongres Poster Walk
Norway, Sweden & Denmark
Friday
8.00 – 9.15
Norway/Finland
Small Symposium
Ankle instability: From prevention to treatment.
Speakers:
Niek van Dijk
Connie Linnebjerg
Chair: TBA
Sweden
Small Symposium
Age is just a number: Biobanding between talent development, fairness, and injury risk
Speakers:
Sean Cumming
Tommy Lundberg
Chair: TBA
Denmark
Small Symposium
The Achilles Paradox: When the tendon heals, but performance does not?
Speakers:
Maria Sukanen
Annelie Brorsson
Chair: TBA
Ballroom C
Small Symposium
Mechanisms of adaptation and haemodynamics of blood flow restriction exercise: from clinical populations to elite athletes
Speakers:
Marcos Martin-Rincon
Prof. Per Aagaard, PhD
Chair: TBA
The View
Applied Session
Strength training for runners (GYM SESSION)
Speakers:
Claire Minshull
Chair: TBA
Iceland
Applied Session
Applied session: Diagnostics in groin pain – integrating clinical and imaging approaches
Speakers:
Prof. Per Hölmich, MD, DMSc
Solveig Thorarinsdottir
Chair: TBA
9.15 – 9.30
Coffee Break
9.30 – 10.30
Norway/Finland
Oral presentations
Speakers:
Chair: TBA
Sweden
Oral presentations
Speakers:
Chair: TBA
Denmark
Oral presentations
Speakers:
Chair: TBA
Ballroom C
Oral presentations
Speakers:
Chair: TBA
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.30
Norway/Finland
Large Symposium
Can we predict tendinopathy in athletes?
Speakers:
Dan Cushman
Anne-Sofie Agergaard, PT, PhD
Prof. Michael Kjær, MD
Chair: TBA
Sweden
Large Symposium
Are some athletes prone to ACL-injury based on their anatomy? The influence of knee morphology and alignment
Speakers:
Mirco Herbort
Stephan Oehme
Ass. Prof. Eric Hamrin Senorski, PT, PhD
Chair: TBA
Denmark
Large Symposium
The hormonal transitions shape performance, health, and training across the female athlete lifespan
Speakers:
Ass. Prof. Mette Hansen, PhD
Margo Mountjoy
Moa Henriksson
Chair: TBA
Ballroom C
Large Symposium
Atraumatic Shoulder Pain: Current Understanding and Future Perspectives
Speakers:
TBA
Ass. Prof. Behnam Liaghat, PT, PhD
Ass. Prof. Adam Witten, MD, PhD
Chair: TBA
The View
Applied Session
Strength training in youth athletes with a focus on spinal bone injury – how to load without overloading? (GYM SESSION)
Speakers:
Nicolay Morland
Prof. Fiona Wilson, PT
Chair: TBA
Iceland
Applied Session
Heat stress: Threat or therapeutic tool?
Speakers:
TBA
Lars Nybo
Chair: TBA
12.30 – 13.15
Lunch
13.15 – 14.45
Norway/Finland
Large Symposium
Youth sport for longevity: Inclusive pathways to elite performance and long-term participation
Speakers:
Moa Jederström
Ida Lindman
Eric Post
Chair: TBA
Sweden
Large Symposium
Gender, hormonal supplements, and eligibility in Sport
Speakers:
Stéphane Bermon
Tommy Lundberg
Rikke Rønholt Albertsen
Chair: TBA
Denmark
Large Symposium
Hamstring Injuries: What Actually Matters?
Speakers:
Prof. Kristian Thorborg, PT, PhD
Monika Bayer, PhD
Prof. Lasse Lempainen, MD, PhD
Chair: TBA
Ballroom C
Large Symposium
Injury in Competitive Alpine Skiing: Prevention, Acute Management, and Return to Snow
Speakers:
TBA
Marc Strauss, MD
Ass. Prof. Kristina Fagher, PT, PhD
Chair: TBA
The View
Applied Session
BFR in practice – for patients and elite athletes
Speakers:
Thomas Cortebeeck
Chair: TBA
Iceland
Applied Session
Ultrasound of the athlete’s tendon: normal adaptation, early pathology, or future injury?
Speakers:
Dan Cushman
TBA
Chair: TBA
14.45 – 15.15
Coffee Break
15.15 – 16.15
Norway/Finland
Small Symposium
Acute and long-term prevention of sports-related concussion
Speakers:
Prof. Eva Ageberg, PT, PhD
Niklas Marklund
Chair: TBA
Sweden
Small Symposium
How to overcome arthrogenic muscle inhibition after surgery
Speakers:
Bertrand Sonnery-Cottet
Francesco Della Villa
Chair: TBA
Denmark
Small Symposium
Beyond Tissue Healing: Pain, Psychology, and Return to Performance for Injured Athletes
Speakers:
Ass. Prof. Morten Høgh, PT
Carsten Oldengaard
Chair: TBA
Ballroom C
Small Symposium
Scientific Publishing Today – Implications for Young Researchers and Their Manuscript Writing
Speakers:
Ass. Prof. Clare Ardern, PT, PhD
Prof. Tim Meyer, MD, PhD
Prof. Michael Kjær, MD
Chair: TBA
The View
Applied Session
When imaging is not an option: testing in management of hamstring injuries
Speakers:
Nicol van Dyk, PT, PhD
Prof. Kristian Thorborg, PT, PhD
Chair: TBA
Iceland
Applied Session
See a tear – Treat a patient: From MRI findings to clinical decision-making in meniscal injuries
Speakers:
Hideyuki Koga
Philip Hansen, MD, PhD
Chair: TBA
16.15 – 16.45
Break
16.45 – 18.00
Norway/Finland
Oral presentations – Competition
Chair: TBA
19.30 –
Gala dinner and Party
Saturday
9.00 – 10.00
Norway/Finland
Small Symposium
DEBATE: Lateral extra‑articular procedures in the knee — is there a right or wrong way?
Speakers:
Bertrand Sonnery-Cottet
Eivind Inderhaug, MD, PhD
Chair: TBA
Denmark
Small Symposium
Clean sport in 2027: Emerging (Anti) Doping Methods and Clinical Implications
Speakers:
Katja Mjøsund
TBA
Chair: TBA
The View
Applied Session
Achilles rupture rehabilitation monitoring in practice
Speakers:
Annelie Brorsson
Rikke Høffner, PT, PhD
Maria Sukanen
Chair: TBA
Iceland
Applied Session
Return to sports after pregnancy
Speakers:
Nina-Margrethe Theodorsen
Chair: TBA
10.00 – 10.15
Break
10.15 – 11.15
Norway/Finland
Small Symposium
The Olympic champion’s journey: Building and rebuilding performance over the long term
Speakers:
Viktor Axelsen, Athlete
Niels Christian Kaldau, MD
Chair: TBA
Sweden
Small Symposium
Treatment of traumatic shoulder dislocations in the athlete
Speakers:
Berte Bøe
Josephine Olsen Kipp
Chair: TBA
Denmark
Small Symposium
Return to sport after FAIS: are we asking the wrong questions?
Speakers:
Prof. Kristian Thorborg, PT, PhD
Ida Lindman
Chair: TBA
The View
Applied Session
Assessing and treating costa 1 related shoulder dysfunction
Speakers:
Ass. Prof. Behnam Liaghat, PT, PhD
Birgitte Hougs Kjær, PT, PhD
Chair: TBA
Iceland
Applied Session
Management and evaluation of concussion in athletes with and without disability
Speakers:
Niklas Marklund
Eric Post
Chair: TBA
11.15 – 11.30
Break
11.30 – 12.30
Norway/Finland
KEY-NOTE LECTURE
The healthy elite athlete – From paradox to clinical practice
Speaker:
Margo Mountjoy
Chair: TBA
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