20th-21st April, 2013 - London

Football Medicine The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

The Isokinetic Medical Group, a FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, is proud to announce that the 22nd International Sports Rehabilitation and Traumatology Conference will return to London following last year’s success. Whilst the previous conference focused exclusively on the knee, in 2013 we will concentrate on footballers’ muscle and tendon injuries. An outstanding selection of Internationally recognised experts in Football Medicine will converge to share their knowledge and expertise in a wide range of areas. Furthermore, we hope to continue our commitment of promoting research and scientific sharing by organising this meeting in conjunction with the FIFA & UEFA Medical Committees, F-MARC, The FA and The Premier League Doctors’ Association.

Fleming Room

Session 1

The Landscape

Chairs:	Stefano Della Villa (ITA), Michel D'Hooghe (BEL)
9:15	FIFA's F-MARC strategies for prevention	Jiri Dvorak (SUI)
9:30	Epidemiology of muscle and tendon injuries in elite football players	Jan Ekstrand (SWE)
9:45	Muscle injury prevention	Roald Bahr (NOR)
10:00	Muscle injuries: developments over the last 30 years	Hans Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt (GER)
10:15	Muscle injuries: the proposal of a new classification system	Peter Ueblacker (GER)
10:30	Discussion
11:00	Break

Session 2

Groin Pain

Chairs:	Per Holmich (DEN), Damian Griffin (UK)
11:30	Groin pain : A clinical overview	Peter Brukner (AUS)
11:45	Sportsmens' groin: diagnosis and therapy	Ulrike Muschaweck (GER)
12:00	The prevalence of hip abnormalities in elite soccer players	Bert Mandelbaum (USA)
12:15	Does the sportsman's hernia exist?	Chris Bradshaw (AUS)
12:30	Return to sport following groin pain/pathology	Bryan English (UK)
12:45	Discussion
13:15	Lunch Break

Session 3

The Hamstrings Muscle Group

Chairs:	Fabrizio Margheritini (ITA), Kai Mithoefer (USA)
14:30	The hamstring muscle group injuries. Experiences after 20 years in Serie A	Fabrizio Tencone (ITA)
14:45	UEFA's study group report	Markus Walden (SWE)
15:00	Haamstrings injurires and risk factors in the Australian Football League 1992-2012	John Orchard (AUS)
15:15	Hamstring reattachment	Fares Haddad (UK)
15:30	Proximal hamstring avulsions in professional footballer	Bertrand Sonnery-Cottet (FRA)
15:45	Discussion
16:15	Break

Session 4

Foot and Ankle Tendons

Chairs:	Antonio Delcogliano (ITA), Graham Smith (UK)
16:45	The footballer's Achilles tendon	Francesco Benazzo (ITA)
17:00	Imaging and intervention in Achilles tendinopathy	Jerry Healy (UK)
17:15	Partial rupture and repair of the Achilles tendon	Mark Davies (UK)
17:30	Surgical treatments for ankle tendons	Sandro Giannini (ITA)
17:45	Strengthening the chain	Bill Knowles (USA)
18:00	Discussion
18:30	End of the day

Churchill Auditorium

Session 10

New Frontiers in Tendinous Interventions

Chairs:	Thor Einar Andersen (NOR), Jonathan Bell (UK)
11:30	Function is the key	James Calder (UK)
11:45	Biotechnology in the tendons healing	Alberto Gobbi (ITA)
12:00	Preservation of the Achilles tendon	Hakan Alfredson (SWE)
12:15	Shockwave therapy	Furio Danelon (ITA)
12:30	Discussion
13:00	Lunch Break

Session 11

Imaging

Chairs:	John King (UK), Mario Padron (ESP)
14:30	Imaging muscles and tendons - Current trends and the future	Simon Blease (UK)
14:45	Groin pain and FAI imaging	Mario Padron (ESP)
15:00	The role of ultrasound for the sports physician	Pierpaolo Zunarelli (ITA)
15:15	Imaging and surgery	Dimitrios Tsoukas (GRE)
15:30	Discussion
16:00	Break

Session 12

Upper Limb Injuries

Chairs:	Simon Kemp (UK), Riccardo Minola (ITA)
16:45	Goalkeepers and labral injuries	Andrew Wallace (UK)
17:00	Tendon lesions and the healing process	Alessandro Castagna (ITA)
17:15	Lessons from American Football	Michael Axe (USA)
17:30	Shoulder tendons and PRP	Pietro Randelli (ITA)
17:45	Discussion
18:30	End of the day

Fleming Room

Session 5

PRP Therapy in Muscle and Tendon Injuries

Chairs:	João Espregueira Mendes (POR), Claudio Zorzi (ITA)
8:30	The use of platelet rich plasma: current scientific evidence	Nicola Maffulli (ITA)
8:45	PRP experiences in muscle and tendon injuries: clinical experience with footballers	Ramon Cugat (ESP)
9:00	PRP in patellar tendon pathology	Elizaveta Kon (ITA)
9:15	Discussion
9:30	End of the session

Session 6

Tendon Injury Interventions

Chairs:	Paolo Adravanti (ITA), Tom Crisp (UK)
9:30	Tendon injuries: history of interventions	Mike Hutson (UK)
9:45	The timing of interventions in elite football	Kristof Sas (BEL)
10:00	The management of tendon injuries	Lynn Snyder-Mackler (USA)
10:15	Exercise and conservative treatment in patellar tendinopathy	Michele Gemignani (ITA)
10:30	Discussion
11:00	Break

Session 7

The Infrapatellar Tendon

Chairs:	Nicola Maffulli (ITA), Maurilio Marcacci (ITA)
11:30	The infrapatellar tendon: a clinical overview	Christian Schneider (GER)
11:45	Case studies from La Liga	Daniel Medina (ESP)
12:00	The infrapatellar tendon: surgical repair techniques	Stefano Zaffagnini (ITA)
12:15	Patellar tendon surgery: can they return to full function?	Andy Williams (UK)
12:30	Rehabilitation principles in football: the infrapatellar tendon	Jon Fearn (UK)
12:45	Discussion
13:15	Lunch Break

Session 8

Injuries to the Quadriceps Femoris Muscle Group

Chairs:	Donato Rosa (ITA), Richard Higgins (UK)
14:30	Complex anatomy of the rectus femoris	Alex Nieper (UK)
14:45	Injuries to the quadriceps femoris muscle group: return to training criteria	Luis Serratosa (ESP)
15:00	The treatment of a quadriceps tear	Marco Zanobbi (UK)
15:15	Surgery of the quadriceps muscle: indication, tecnique, rehabilitation, results	Stefan Hinterwimmer (GER)
15:30	Injuries to the quadriceps group, conservative and surgical treatment	Andrea Ferretti (ITA)
15:45	Discussion
16:15	Break

Session 9

FIFA Medical Centres of Excellence - Case Reports

Chairs:	Lars Peterson (SWE), Hakim Chalabi (QAT)
16:30	FIFA Case Report from Italy: return to play after Achilles tendon surgery	Matthew Stride (UK)
16:40	FIFA Case Report from Belgium: posterior impingement of the ankle: the flexor hallucis longus tendon as the key	Pieter D'Hooghe
16:50	FIFA Case Report from Czech Republic: unusual juvenile osteochondrosi dissecans of the knee	Jiri Chomiak (CZE)
17:00	FIFA Case Report from Qatar : acute groin injuries in the footballer: an unsolved dilemma	Cristiano Eirale (QAT) & Pieter D'Hooghe (QAT)
17:10	FIFA Case Report from Germany: persistent groin pain following osteitis pubis in amateur football player	Werner Krutsch (GER)
17:20	FIFA Case report from Sweden: 18 year old football player in a lower division	Magnus Forssblad (SWE)
17:30	Discussion
18:00	End of the session

Churchill Auditorium

Session 13

Lessons from Rugby

Chairs:	Jesus Olmo (ESP), Julian Widdowson (UK)
8:30	Experiences from the Southern hemisphere	Craig Roberts (RSA)
8:45	Muscle injuries in Rugby and Football	Gianluca Melegati (ITA)
9:00	Experience from the Six Nations	Phil Batty (UK)
9:15	Discussion
9:30	End of the session

Session 14

Young Female football players

Chairs:	Gary Lewin (UK), Steve Lewis (UK)
9:30	Youth female football players	Elvire Servien (FRA)
9:45	Considerations in the care of female football players	Anita Biswas (UK)
10:00	Overuse injuries in young footballers	Piero Volpi (ITA)
10:15	Discussion
10:45	Break

Session 15

Injury Prevention

Chairs:	Mark Bender (UK), Gino Kerkhoffs (NED)
11:30	Injury prevention with the FIFA 11+ and more	Nicolas Mathieu (SUI)
11:45	The prevention of recurring muscle injuries	Kyriakos Tsapralis (ITA)
12:00	Perfecting the rehabilitation process	Holly Silvers (USA)
12:15	The role of the chiropractor	Franco Cento (ITA)
12:30	Discussion
13:00	Lunch Break

Session 16

The Spine and Muscular Injuries

Chairs:	Charlotte Cowie (UK), Michael Mayer (GER)
14:30	Lessons from Track & Field	Juan Manuel Alonso (ESP)
14:45	Lumbar instability, videofluoroscopic analysis and prolotherapy injections in football	Simon Petrides (UK)
15:00	The role of spinal stability in the prevention of musculo-tendineous injuries of the extremities in soccer	Clive Lathey (UK)
15:15	Soft tissue injuries of and around the spine	Michael Mayer (GER)
15:30	Discussion
16:00	Break

Session 17

Physical Therapies for muscle & tendon injuries

Chairs:	Nicola Phillips (UK), Nikos Tzouroudis (UAE)
16:30	The role of therapeutic exercises	Karen Hambly (UK)
16:45	The importance of physical therapies in the management of a complex tendinopathy	Steve Kemp (UK)
17:00	Which modality to choose and when	Phil Glasgow (UK)
17:15	Experiences from both South Africa and the United Kingdom	Wayne Diesel (UK)
17:30	Discussion
18:00	End of the Day

Parallel Events

University College London (UCL) Symposium

SATURDAY, 20TH APRIL, 2013
THAMES ROOM

Chairs:	Fares Haddad (UK), Sam Oussedik (UK)
11:30	Achilles and patellar tendinopathy - Evidence for treatment	Hakan Alfredsson (SWE)
11:50	The genetic approach to tendon and muscle pathology	Hugh Montgommery (Uk)
12:10	The use of vibration in the management of muscle and tendon injuries	Marco Cardinale (UK)
12:40	Muscle repair strategies	Ken Van Sommeren (UK)
13:00	Stem cells – their role in repair	Steve Harridge (UK)
13:20	Discussion
13:30	End of the Symposium

ECOSEP Workshop on the Diagnosis of Hamstring Injuries

SATURDAY, 20TH APRIL, 2013
THAMES ROOM

Chairs:	Nicola Maffulli (UK), Kyriakos Tsapralis (ITA)
16:45	Muscle Injuries in Sports	Nicola Maffulli (UK)
17.00	SEM Physicians diagnostic approach for Hamstring Injuries	Panagiotis Kouloumentas (GRE)
17:15	Hamstring injuries classification: anatomival, clinical or imagining orientated?	Nikos Malliaropoulos (GRE)
17:30	Imaging Diagnosis for Hamstring Injuries	Otto Chan (UK)
17:45	Discussion
18:00	End of the Workshop

Italian Society of Muscles, Ligaments and Tendons

SUNDAY, 21ST APRIL, 2013
THAMES ROOM

Chairs:	Nicola Maffulli (UK)
9:30	Muscles Injuries: Time for a new Classification	Nicola Maffulli (UK)
9:45	Treatment of Rotator Cuff Tears: From molecular biology to surgery	Francesco Oliva (ITA)
10:00	Training and detraining effects on tendon structure: new possible therapeutic strategies	Antonio Frizziero (ITA)
10:15	MSC for Tendons Problems: new, but is there any evidence?	Michele Abate (ITA)
10:30	Doc, I have done everything, and my tendon still hurts	Nicola Maffulli
10:45	Discussion
11:15	End of the workshop

Supporting Organisation

In 2013, BASEM will celebrate its 60th Year. Formed by a group of doctors, mostly those who were acting as medical advisers to the Governing Bodies of sport, the aim of the organisation has always been to support and promote the discipline of Sport and Exercise Medicine in the UK, especially through education. BASEM has many strong international relationships and is one of the core groups involved with the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Saturday, 20th April, 2013

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Orthopaedics

Chairs:	Angelo De Carli (ITA), Gergely Panics (HUN)
11:30	Platelet-rich plasma and TGF-beta antagonist act sinergistically in treatment of muscle injuries	Kelc R, Vogrin M (Maribor, Slovenia)
11:40	PRP injections for plantar fasciitis in football/rugby	Clough T, Kumar V (Wigan, United Kingdom)
11:50	Anterior instability in soccer players: results of the Latarjet procedure	Neyton L, Cerciello S, Edwards TB, Walch G (Lyon, France)
12:00	High volume image guided injection: useful in a rugby shoulder injury?	Morton S, Ghozlan A, Price J, Chan O, Morrissey D (London, United Kingdom)
12:10	Anterior instability in rugby players: results of the Latarjet-Patte procedure	Neyton L, Young A, Dawidziak B, Visona E, Hager JP, Fournier Y, Walch G (Lyon, France)
12:20	Return to sport in footballers following hip arthroscopy	Dimitrakopoulou A, Villar RN, Brennan K, Paikray M, Bajwa AS (Cambridge and London, United Kingdom)
12:30	Discussion
13:00	End of the session

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Protocols & epidemiology

Chairs:	Diana Bianchedi (ITA), Helen Millson (UK)
PC01	Musculo-tendinous injuries in football & futsal during the European Maccabi Games	Broman D, Fearn R, Wittenberg M (London, United Kingdom)
PC02	Low-field MR scanner can be useful for the sport physician in the management of muscle injury?	Miceli M, Ridolfi M, Cedrini F, Milani S, Zunarelli P (Bologna, Italy)
PC03	Return to play after adductor muscles injuries	D'Orsi G, Paolella C, De Sario G, Fazzini D, Cattani A, Roi GS (Rimini and Bologna, Italy)

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Case reports 1 (Tendons)

Chairs:	Lorenzo Boldrini (ITA), Lluis Til I Perez (ESP)
PA01	Diagnosis and treatment of iliopsoas tendinopathy	Zuppardo S, D'Angella M, Laiolo E, Nanni G (Grosseto and Bologna, Italy)
PA02	Platelet-rich fibrin matrices and conventional methods in Achilles tendon tears	Alviti F, Mangone M, Bridgett L, Stigliano S, Giarraguni M, Gurzì M, Santilli V (Rome, Italy and North Ryde, Australia)

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Functional assessment

Chairs:	Marco Narici (UK), Giulio Sergio Roi (ITA)
14:30	The biomechanical effects of varying speed and load during eccentric and concentric loading of triceps surae complex	Chaudhry S, Screen HRC, Woledge R, Morrissey D (London, United Kingdom)
14:40	High speed running for strengthening the hamstrings of football players	Lee JWY, Yung PSH, Chan HCK, Chan KM (Hong Kong, China)
14:50	Eccentric hamstring weakness and EMG deficits after repeat sprint running are related	Timmins RG, Opar DA, Williams MD, Schache AG, Dear NM, Shield AJ (Brisbane and Melbourne, Australia; Glamorgan, United kingdom)
15:00	Hamstring muscle activation during the Nordic Hamstring exercise	Bourne MN, Opar DA, Williams MD, Al Najjar A, Shield AJ (Brisbane, Australia; Wales, United Kingdom)
15:10	A novel field test of eccentric hamstring strength: a reliability and injury study	Opar DA, Williams MD, Piatkowski T, Timmins RG, Shield AJ (Brisbane and Melbourne, Australia; Glamorgan, United Kingdom)
15:20	The biomechanics of long-standing adduction-related groin pain	Kloskowska P, Morrissey D, Alty J, Graham J, Malliaras P, Woledge R (London and Reading, United Kingdom)
15:30	Isometric strength of the preferred and non-preferred leg in youth soccer players	Bambaeichi E, Rahnama N, Daneshjoo A (Isfahan, Iran)
15:40	Muscle strain implication from sprinting biomechanics of soccer players and sprinters	Chan HCK, Lee JWY, Yung PSH, Chan KM (Hong Kong)
15:50	Isokinetic testing of U17, U20 and professional Brazilian soccer players	Herdy C, Simão R, Novaes J, Alkimim R, Selfe J, Vasconcellos F, Melo D, Pedrinelli A (Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo Brazil; Preston, United Kingdom; Porto, Portugal)
16:00	The Haefni HHE 1.0 system. A new isokinetic and pleokinetic device	Olmo J (Madrid, Spain)
16:10	Discussion
16:30	End of the session

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Case reports muscle

Chairs:	Gianni Nanni (ITA), Ralph Rogers (UK)
16:45	The rehabilitation of a football player with quadriceps femoris trauma	Tohaneanu AAA, Avramescu E.T, Dragomir M, Tohaneanu LL (Craiova, Romania)
16:55	Delayed proxiaml rectus femoris reconstruction in three high-level athletes	Bajwa AS, Villar RN (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
17:05	Su Jok Acu therapy. Non invasive treatments for musculotendineous injuries in football	Benson M (Eastbourne, United Kingdom)
17:15	Discussion
17:30	End of session

Sunday, 21st April, 2013

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Protocols & epidemiology

Chairs:	Diana Bianchedi (ITA), Helen Millson (UK)
9:00	Patellar tendinopathy risk factor questionnaire and its potential use in soccer	Morton S, Malliaras P, Barton C, Chan O, Valle X, Langberg H, Morrissey D (London, United Kingdom; Melbourne, Australia; Barcelona, Spain; Copenhagen, Denmark)
9:10	Effects of Harmoknee injury prevention training on isometric strength of young soccer players	Rahnama N, Daneshjoo A, Shojaei M (Isfahan, Iran)
9:20	Innovative prevention protocol for muscle strain reinjury in elite football players	Malliaropoulos N, Kakavas G, Papastratis I, Nanos V (Athens, Greece)
9:30	Differences in musculotendineous injury rates between soccer clubs: a prospective study	Stubbe JH, Stege JP, Van der Knaap ETW, Van Beijsterveldt AMC, Hofstetter H, Verhagen EALM4, Van Mechelen W (Leiden and Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
9:40	Differences in musculotendineous injuries between Dutch amateur and professional soccer players	Van Beijsterveldt AMC, Stubbe JH, Van der Knaap ETW, Schmikli SL, Van de Port IGL, Backx FJG (Utrecht, Leiden and Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
9:50	Muscle injuries among amateur football players during competitive matches	Owoeye OBA, Aiyegbusi AI, Akinsola OJ, Fapojuwo OA, Badru OA, Anike RA, Akinbo SRA (Lagos, Nigeria)
10:00	Epidemiology of muscle injuries in a Greek sub-elite professional football team	Tzoanos G, Manidakis N, Tsavalas N, Chardaloumpas D, Kalliakmanis A (Heraklion and Athens, Greece)
10:10	The importance of cooperation between the medical team regarding the optimal return to sports	Schäferhoff P, Klein P, Dewitz H, Becker G, Maierstein K (Cologne, Germany)
10:20	Tendinopathies: the commonest obstacle to football as a career in West Africa	Nnamdi CO (Brikama, Gambia)
10:30	Extracorporeal shock wave therapy in lower limb tendinopaties	Mani-Babu S, Barton C, Waugh C, Maffulli M, Screen H, Morrissey D (London, United Kingdom)

10:40	Discussion
11:00	Break

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Case reports 2 (Muscles)

Chairs	Kirsty Burrows (UK), Antoni Turmo (ESP)
PB01	Severe rectus femoris strain during a football match, after a telemark skiing week	Cilli P, Tencone F (Turin, Italy)
PB02	Ultrasound-guided invasive physical therapy methods for treatment of adductor muscle strain	Peçanha CH, Botti L, Tavares L (Puebla, Mexico and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
PB03	Rehabilitation of a professional football player after medial gastrocnemius tear	Rivaroli S (Milan, Italy)

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Functional assessment

Chairs:	Marco Narici (UK), Giulio Sergio Roi (ITA)
PE01	Lower limb functional asymmetry: differences between selected and recreational young soccer players	Sannicandro I, Rosa AR, Cofano G (Foggia, Italy)
PE02	Lower limb functional asymmetry and sprint performance in young soccer players	Sannicandro I, Cofano G, Rosa AR (Foggia, Italy)
PC03	Reliability and validity of a novel field based hamstring strength test for association football	Lee JWY, Yung PSH, Li C, Chan HCK, Chan KM (Hong Kong, China)
PE04	Restoring proprioceptive ability at the half time of a soccer game	Gioftsidou A, Malliou P, Pafis G, Beneka A, Roka S, Mavromoustakos S, Sovatzidis A, Godolias G (Komotini and Thessaloniki, Greece)
PE05	Changes in leg stiffness following football fatigue in female youth players	De Ste Croix M, Priestley A, Lloyd R, Oliver J (Gloucester and Cardiff, United Kingdom)
PE06	Preseason isokinetic evaluation of a Brazilian professional soccer team	Abreu FCG, Nishimura RI, Rodrigues CEB, Sandoval R, Iralah R, Mendes ET (Campinas SP, Brazil)
PE07	Relationship between "Y balance test" scores and soft tissue injury incidence in a soccer team	Calvo Gonell A, Pina Romero JA, Estelles Fontestad JL, Herrero Corraliza R, Marcos Morta J, Peña Duque JD (Vila-real and Castellón, Spain)
PE08	Change in knee isokinetic strength and ball speed with Kinesio Tape on quadriceps in recreational soccer players	Yau QKC, Yung PSH, Li R, Chan SM, Chan KM (Hong Kong, China)
PE09	Isokinetic testing of U17, U20 and professional Brazilian soccer players	Herdy C, Simao R, Novaes J, Alkimim R, Selfe J, Vasconcellos F, Melo D, Pedrinelli A( Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo Brazil; Preston, United Kingdom; Porto,Portugal)

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Orthopaedics

Chairs:	Angelo De Carli (ITA), Vincenzo Madonna (ITA)
PF01	Transplantation of IGF II gene transfected ES cells in muscle injury mouse model	Aoki H, Suzuki N (Kawasaki, Japan)
PF02	Achilles tendinopathy in football players: is there a role for Platelet Rich Plasma injection?	Sammut L (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
PF03	Holistic approach to hamstring muscle injury in football players	Zolezzi D, Cuzzilla M, Campofiorito F, Bufloni A, Federici E, Pereira MT (Lavagna, Italy)