11.05-12.00 Andersen, Ekstrand, Lafortune, Junge Mandelbaum, Serratosa, Fuller: Panel discussion – how do we implement this knowledge into the team’s training program?

09.15 Saga Hall C >

SYMPOSIUM: Preventing lower limb overuse injuries – Mission impossible?

Chair: Karim Khan(Canada)

09.15-09.40 Khan: Stress fracture prevention – can we make even more progress?

09.40-10.10 Michael Kjær (Denmark): Preventing tendinopathies

10.10-10.40 Peter Magnusson (Denmark): Musculoskeletal stretching – the panacea?

10.40-11.10 Willem van Mechelen (Netherlands): Preventing lower limb overuse injuries – What works, what doesn’t?

11.10 - 11.25 Khan: The gap in athlete care – Why isn’t the research implemented in practice?

11.25-12.00 Khan, Bennell, Magnusson, Kjær, van Mechelen: Panel discussion: Blue skies – What is needed to make quantum leaps forward?

09.15 Auditorium A >

SYMPOSIUM: Injury prevention at the community level

Chair: Caroline Finch (Australia)

09.15 -09.25 Finch: Community sports injury prevention - is it so different?

09.25-09.45 Claude Goulet (Canada): Lessons learned from 25 years of involvement in safety promotion in sports – The experience of the government of Québec

09.45-10.05 Patria Hume(New Zealand): The New Zealand Sport Smart injury prevention programme

10.05-10.25 Alex Donaldson (Australia): Are community clubs practicing what we preach? – The sports safety policies and practices of community sports clubs in Sydney, Australia

10.25-10.45 Børge Ytterstad (Norway): Sports injury prevention at the community level – Experiences from a Norwegian WHO Safe Community

10.45-12.00 Questions and open discussion

09.15 Auditorium B & Jacob Vaage >

WORKSHOPS

Auditorium B >

09.15-10.15 Grethe Myklebust (Norway, chair) & Odd-Egil Olsen (Norway): Practical knee injury prevention programs: The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center program for team handball (workshop A - repeat)

10.30-12.00 M. Sarah Rose (Canada): Practical aspects of the statistical analysis of dependent data in sports (workshop D - repeat)

Jacob Vaage >

10.30-12.00 Romain Meeusen (Belgium, chair), Randall W. Dick (USA), Willem Meeuwisse (Canada), Elke Cumps (Belgium) & Evert Verhagen (Netherlands): Internet-based registration of sports-related injuries (workshop O)

12.00 Exhibition & Poster Hall (Valhall) >

LUNCH

13.00 Saga Hall A/B >

SYMPOSIUM: Preventing groin injuries

Chair: Per Hölmich(Denmark)

13.00-13.10 Per Hølmich Introduction

13.10-13.30 Jan Ekstrand(Sweden): Epidemiology of groin injuries

13.30-13.50 Geoffrey Verrall(Australia): Groin pain – where is the pathology?

13.50-14.10 Carolyn Emery (Canada): Risk factors for groin injuries

14.10-14.30 Per Hölmich: Preventing groin injuries – a critical appraisal of groin injury prevention (with sound)

14.30-14.40 Per Renström(Sweden): Future directions for groin injury prevention research

14.40-15.00 Hölmich, Ekstrand, Verrall, Emery, Renström: Panel discussion – Future research needs

13.00 Saga Hall C >

SYMPOSIUM: Basketball injury prevention

Chair: Elizabeth Arendt (USA)

13.00-13.10 Arendt: Epidemiology of basketball injuries

13.10-13.20 James Slauterbeck (USA): ACL Injuries in basketball - mechanisms of Injuries

13.20-13.40 John Bergfeld (USA): Ankle sprains in basketball, does intervention prevent Injury?

13.40-14.00 Mario Lafortune(USA): Footwear in basketball, can it help prevent injury?

14.00-14.20 Arendt: Patella and overuse Injuries, part of the game?

14.20-14.40 Slauterbeck: Review of existing intervention programs for basketball injuries

14.40-15.00 Arendt, Slauterbeck, Lafortune, Bergfeld: Summary and Discussion

13.00 Auditorium A >

FREE COMMUNICATIONS

Chairs: Lars Engebretsen (Norway) & Odd-Egil Olsen (Norway)

13.00-13.10 S Heir, T Krosshaug, A Ekeland (Norway): The incidence and trends of ACL injuries in World Cup freestyle skiing during a 10 year period (#70)

13.10-13.20 T Hewett, G Myer, K Ford, K Wanstrath, M Scheper (USA): Sex differences in hip adduction motion and torque in collegiate athletes (#74)

13.20-13.30 K Kitaoka, Y Maruhashi, R Nakamura, A Okano, T Tsuyama, Y Shima, K Tomita (Japan): Configuration of the tibial lateral condyle as an intrinsic risk factor for a non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injury (#89)

13.30-13.40 T Krosshaug, JR Slauterbeck, R Bahr (Norway): Three-dimensional biomechanical analysis of non-contact ACL injuries (#93)

13.40-13.50 GD Myer, KR Ford, LB Jensen, EH Timothy, E Hewett (USA): The effects of plyometric versus dynamic balance training on landing force and center of pressure stabilization in female athletes (#108)

13.50-14.00 G Myklebust, R Bahr (Norway): Alarming increase in ACL injuries among female team handball players after the end of successful intervention study - a two-year follow-up (#109)

14.00-14.10 J Parkkari, H Haapasalo, P Kannus, M Palvanen, A Natri, M Järvinen (Finland): Active living and risk of knee injuries (#117)

13.00 Auditorium B & Jacob Vaage >

WORKSHOPS

Auditorium B >

13.00-14.30 John Anderson (Australia, chair), David Janda (USA), Claude Goulet (Canada), Darrin Goulding (New Zealand) & Fredrik Bendiksen (Norway): Forum - Sports injury prevention – who pays the bills? (workshop P)

Jacob Vaage >

13.00-14.30 Romain Meeusen (Belgium, chair), Randall W. Dick (USA), Willem Meeuwisse (Canada), Elke Cumps (Belgium) & Evert Verhagen (Netherlands): Internet-based registration of sports-related injuries (workshop O - repeat)

15.00 Exhibition & Poster Hall (Valhall) >

COFFEE BREAK

15.30 Saga Hall A/B >

SYMPOSIUM: Preventing spine injuries

Chair: Jo Hannafin(USA)

15.30-15.50 Kjersti Storheim(Norway): Low back pain – an occupational hazard for elite athletes?

15.50-16.10 Timothy Hosea (USA): Biomechanics of repetitive overload to the lumbar spine

16.10-16.30 Allison McGregor (England): Is spine injury in rowing preventable?

16.30-16.50 Leif Swärd(Sweden): Physical training and thoracolumbar spine injury in young athletes – focus on prevention

16.50-17.10 Robert Cantu (USA): Catastrophic spine injury in American football – effect of athlete education and rule changes

17.10-17.30 Storheim, Hosea, McGregor, Swärd: Panel discussion – Future goals for spine injury prevention research

15.30 Saga Hall C >

SYMPOSIUM: Racquet sports injury prevention

Chair: Per Renstrøm (Sweden)

15.30-15.40 Renström: Tennis – what a game

15.40-15.50 Renström: Risk factors for injury in the lower extremity

15.50-16.10 Babette Pluim (Netherlands): Prevention of shoulder injuries

16.10-16.30 Uffe Jörgensen (Denmark): Traumatic injuries in badminton. Can Achilles tendon injury be prevented?

16.30-16.50 Tönu Saartok (Sweden): Playing every day – how do you recover?

16.50-17.00 Renström, Pluim, Jörgensen, Saartok: Panel discussion – where do we go from here?

15.30 Auditorium A >

SYMPOSIUM: Methodology of sport injury registration: What are the key pieces of the puzzle?

Co-chair: Willem Meeuwisse (Canada) & Caroline Finch (Australia)

15.30-15.50 David Chalmers (New Zealand): What is the objective? – Surveillance vs project-based registration

15.50-16.10 Finch: Surveillance and data collection methods in different populations

16.10-16.25 Roald Bahr(Norway): What is an injury? – Reporting definition vs. injury definition

16.25-16.40 Meeuwisse: Key components of collection and classification of injuries

16.40-17.00 Sarah Rose (Canada): Understanding the data: best practice for multivariate analysis

17.00-17.30 Chalmers, Finch, Bahr, Meeuwisse, Rose: Panel discussion – Establishing consistent methods of sport injury registration

15.30 Auditorium B >

WORKSHOPS

Auditorium B >

15.30-16.25 Giuliano Cerulli (Italy, chair), Auro Caraffa (Italy)& Piero Volpi (Italy): Practical knee injury prevention programs: The Italian way (football) (workshop B - repeat)

16.30-17.35 Holly Silvers (USA, chair) & Tim Hewett (USA): Practical knee injury prevention programs: The US experience (Santa Monica PEP program & Cincinnati Children’s DNA Training program) (workshop C - repeat)

Jacob Vaage >

15.30-17.00 Charles Kimmel (USA, chair) & Gene Elizabeth Verel (USA): Taping and bracing; an art work of prevention (NATA workshop) (workshop E - repeat)

17.30 Saga Hall >

KEYNOTE LECTURE: Willem Meeuwisse (Canada): Where do we go from here?