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.
Again this year, selected sessions will be live-recorded and made available as Video On Demand (VOD) as an online supplement, offering extended access to key content during and after the congress. 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
Roald Bahr
Chair: TBA
Sweden
Small Symposium
Breathing under pressure: Respiratory Challenges in Athletes
Speakers:
Hege Clemm
Katja Mjosund
Chair: TBA
Denmark
Small Symposium
Treatment of inguinal-related groin pain in athletes
Speakers:
Mikkel Ammentorp Pedersen
Per Holmich
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:
Alessio Bricca
TBA
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
Mathilda Frisk
Patient interview (TBA)
Chair: TBA
Denmark
Large Symposium
Individualized treatment of patients with patellofemoral instability
Speakers:
Per Arne Waaler
TBA
Trine Hysing-Dahl
Chair: TBA
Ballroom C
Large Symposium
Growth related injuries in young athletes
Speakers:
Mads Karlsson
TBA
Kasper Krommes
Chair: TBA
The View
Applied session
The Painful Rotator Cuff: Rehabilitate, Augment or Operate?
Speakers:
TBA
Chair: TBA
Iceland
Applied session
Breathing under pressure: Exercise testing of respiratory challenges in Athletes
Speakers:
Hege Clemm
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 Höffner
Chair: TBA
Sweden
Large Symposium
High-risk stress fracture of the spine: Pathology, rehabilitation, and operative treatment strategies
Speakers:
TBA
TBA
Fiona Wilson
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
Are some athletes prone to ACL-injury based on their anatomy? The influence of knee morphology and alignment
Speakers:
Mirco Herbert
Stephan Oehme
Eric Hamrin Senorski
Chair: TBA
The View
Applied session
Heat stress: Threat or therapeutic?
Speakers:
TBA
Chair: TBA
Iceland
Applied session
ECG Interpretation in Athletes: Hands-on exercise testing with live demonstration and case-based learning
Speakers:
Mathilda Frisk
Chair: TBA
18.15 – 19.30
The View & Iceland
General Assemblies
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
RTS alway after achilles tendon rupture
Speakers:
TBA
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
Per Aagaard
Chair: TBA
The View
Applied Session
Applied session: Diagnostics in groin pain – integrating clinical and imaging approaches
Speakers:
Per Holmich
Solveig Thorarinsdottir
Chair: TBA
Iceland
Applied Session
Strength training for runners
Speakers:
Claire Minshull
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 A
Michael K
Chair: TBA
Sweden
Large Symposium
Return to Sport After ACL Injury: Who Makes It Back – and Who Doesn’t?
Speakers:
Eric Hamrin Senorski
TBA
Mette Zebis
Chair: TBA
Denmark
Large Symposium
The hormonal transitions shape performance, health, and training across the female athlete lifespan
Speakers:
Mette Hansen
Margo Mountjoy
Moa Henriksson
Chair: TBA
Ballroom C
Large Symposium
Atraumatic Shoulder Pain: Current Understanding and Future Perspectives
Speakers:
TBA
Behnam Liaghat
Adam Witten
Chair: TBA
The View
Applied Session
AI/Markerless kinematics
Speakers:
Chair: TBA
Iceland
Applied Session
Strength training in youth athletes with a focus on spinal bone injury – how to load without overloading?
Speakers:
Nicolay Morland
Fiona Wilson
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
TBA
Chair: TBA
Denmark
Large Symposium
Hamstring Injuries: What Actually Matters?
Speakers:
Kristian Thorborg
Monika Bayer
Lasse Lempainen
Chair: TBA
Ballroom C
Large Symposium
Injury in Competitive Alpine Skiing: Prevention, Acute Management, and Return to Snow
Speakers:
TBA
Marc Strauss
Kristina Fagher
Chair: TBA
The View
Applied Session
Patellofemoral instability: practical assessment and rehabilitation
Speakers:
Trine Hysing-Dahl
Per Arne Waaler
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:
Eva Ageberg
Niklas Marklund
Chair: TBA
Sweden
Small Symposium
How to overcome arthrogenic muscle inhibition after surgery
Speakers:
Bertrand Sonnery -Cottet
TBA
Chair: TBA
Denmark
Small Symposium
Beyond Tissue Healing: Pain, Psychology, and Return to Performance for Injured Athletes
Speakers:
Morten Høgh
Carsten Oldengaard
Chair: TBA
Ballroom C
Small Symposium
Scientific Publishing Today – Implications for Young Researchers and Their Manuscript Writing
Speakers:
Clare Ardern
Tim Meyer
Michael Kjaer
Chair: TBA
The View
Applied Session
Return to sports after pregnancy
Speakers:
Nina-Margrethe Theodorsen
Chair: TBA
Iceland
Applied Session
When imaging is not an option: testing in management of hamstring injuries
Speakers:
Nicol van Dyk
Kristian Thorborg
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
Chair: TBA
Sweden
Small Symposium
Optimising rehabilitation through motor learning: are we training the body or the brain?
Speakers:
Chair: TBA
Denmark
Small Symposium
Clean sport in 2027: Emerging (Anti) Doping Methods and Clinical Implications
Speakers:
Katja Mjøsund
TBA
Chair: TBA
The View
Workshop
BFR in practice – for patients and elite athletes
Speakers:
TBA
Chair: TBA
Iceland
Workshop
Management and evaluation of concussion in athletes with and without disability
Speakers:
Niklas Marklund
Eric Post
Chair: TBA
10.00 – 10.15
Break
10.15 – 11.15
Norway/Finland
Small Symposium
TBA: Athlete’s perspective
Speakers:
TBA
TBA
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:
Kristian Thorborg
Ida Lindman
Chair: TBA
The View
Workshop
Assessing and treating costa 1 related shoulder dysfunction
Speakers:
Behnam Liaghat
Birgitte Hougs Kjaer
Chair: TBA
Iceland
Workshop
Achilles rupture rehabilitation monitoring in practice
Speakers:
Annelie Brorsson
Rikke Høffner
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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