10.10-10.40 Klaus Bak(Denmark): Shoulder instability in throwing sports – mechanisms and prevention. Traumatic shoulder injuries and their prevention

10.40-11.10 Peter Rheinlænder (Denmark): Shoulder and injury prevention

11.10-11.40 Janda: Prevention of traumatic injuries in baseball and throwing sports

11.40-12.00 Krogsgaard, Janda, Bak, Rheinlænder: Roundtable - Injury prevention in throwing sports

09.15 Auditorium A >

FREE COMMUNICATIONS

Chairs: Arne Ekeland (Norway) & Stig Heir (Norway)

09.15-09.25 BW Benson, WH Meeuwisse (Canada): The risk of concussion associated with mouthguard use among professional ice hockey players (abstract #9)

09.25-09.35 R Braham, C Finch, A McIntosh, P McCrory (Canada): Community football players attitudes towards protective equipment (#16)

09.35-09.45 JHM Brooks, CW Fuller, SPT Kemp (UK): The incidence, severity and nature of cervical injuries in professional rugby union (#18)

09.45-09.55 S Gianotti, K Quarrie, W Hopkins (New Zealand): The prevention of serious injuries in New Zealand rugby union (#59)

09.55-10.05 S Sulheim, A Ekeland, R Bahr (Norway): Helmets reduce the risk of head injuries in alpine skiing disciplines and snowboarding (#131)

10.05-10.15 T Zazryn, P Cameron, P McCrory (Australia): A prospective cohort study of injury risk factors in amateur and professional boxing (#149)

09.15 Auditorium B & Jacob Vaage >

WORKSHOPS

Auditorium B >

09.15-10.45 Jan Ekstrand (Sweden, chair), Astrid Junge (Switzerland), Colin Fuller (England), Thor Einar Andersen (Norway): Forum - Establishing guidelines for injury registration in elite football (workshop J)

11.00-12.00 Saakje Mulder (Netherlands, chair), Wieke Ormel (Netherlands) & Thomas Henke (Germany): International agreements on data collection and data analysis (workshop K)

Jacob Vaage >

11.00-12.00 Charles Kimmel (USA): The pre-participation sports physical exam (NATA workshop) (workshop F - repeat)

12.00 Exhibition & Poster Hall (Valhall) >

LUNCH

13.00 Saga Hall >

KEYNOTE LECTURE: Caroline Finch (Australia): Research methods in sports injury prevention

14.15 Saga Hall A/B >

SYMPOSIUM: Prevention of alpine skiing and snowboarding injuries

Chair: Robert J. Johnson (USA)

14.15-14.40 Jasper Shealy (USA): Helmets, head injuries & death: epidemiologic evidence

14.40-15.05 Steinar Sulheim(Norway): Injury patterns and risk factors for injuries among skiers and snowboarders

15.05-15.30 Arne Ekeland(Norway): The importance of skiing/snowboarding ability in prevention of alpine skiing and snowboarding injuries

15.30-15.55 Bruce Beynnon(USA): Risk factors for knee ligament injuries in alpine skiers

15.55-16.15 Shealy, Sulheim, Ekeland, Beynnon: Panel discussion: Where do we go from here?

14.15 Saga Hall C >

SYMPOSIUM: Preventing hamstring Injuries

Chair: Geoffrey Verrall(Australia)

14.15-14.20 Verrall: Introduction

14.20-14.30 Lars Engebretsen (Norway): Science of hamstring injury – Epidemiology and Pathophysiology

14.30-14.40 Per Aagaard(Denmark): Science of hamstring injury – Intrinsic muscle factors

14.40-14.50 Verrall: Science of hamstring injury – risk factor assessment, imaging studies

14.50-15.05 Engebretsen: Treatment and rehabilitation

15.05-15.15 Verrall: Returning to sport - performance and timing

15.15-15.25 Aagaard: Art of prevention – from the laboratory

15.25-15.35 Arni Arnason (Iceland): The Icelandic/Norwegian hamstring injury prevention program

15.35-15.45 Verrall: The Australian rules hamstring injury prevention program

15.45-16.15 Aagaard, Arnason, Engebretsen, Verrall: Panel discussion – Can hamstring injuries be prevented? What is the optimum program? Can better rehabilitation prevent reinjuries?

14.15 Auditorium A >

SYMPOSIUM: Application of injury surveillance and risk management in sport

Chair: Randall W. Dick (USA)

14.15-14.20 Randall W. Dick:) Introduction

14.20-14.30 Colin Fuller(England): The role of risk management in evidence-based injury prevention

14.30-14.55 Randall W. Dick(USA): Application of injury surveillance to risk management in a sport association: The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) model

14.55-15.20 Steve Marshall (USA): Linking risk management and injury epidemiology – The experience of little league baseball in the United States

15.20-15.45 Colin Fuller(England): Risk management in evidence-based injury prevention – Examples from professional soccer and rugby

15.45-16.15 Dick, Marshall, Fuller, Caroline Finch, Willem Meeuwisse: Panel discussion – Practical applications of risk management to sport

14.15 Auditorium B >

FREE COMMUNICATIONS

Chairs: Sverre Mæhlum (Norway) & Thor-Einar Andersen (Norway)

14.15-14.25 J Ekstrand, M Hägglund, T Timpka (Sweden): Artificial turf vs natural grass. Is there a difference in injury risk? (abstract #34)

14.25-14.35 CA Emery, WH Meeuwisse, S Hartmann (Canada): A comparison of risk factors for injury in indoor and outdoor soccer (#37)

14.35-14.45 AH Engebretsen, G Myklebust, I Holme, L Engebretsen, R Bahr (Norway): Prevention of injuries among male football players – a prospective, randomized intervention study targeting players with previous injuries or reduced function (#42)

14.45-14.55 O Faude, A Junge, W Kindermann , J Dvorak (Germany/Switzerland): Injuries in elite female soccer players (#45)

14.55-15.05 M Hägglund, M Waldén, J Ekstrand (Sweden): Decreased re-injury rate in football players with controlled rehabilitation (#66)

15.05-15.15 M Hägglund, M Waldén, J Ekstrand (Sweden): Injury prediction in professional football (#67)

15.15-15.25 J Agel, E Arendt, B Bershadsky (USA): Hormonal therapy and ACL injury (abstract #1)

16.15 Exhibition & Poster Hall (Valhall) >

COFFEE BREAK

16.45 Saga Hall A/B >

SYMPOSIUM: Prevention of alpine skiing and snowboarding injuries (cont.)

16.45-17.10 Stig Heir(Norway) & Tron Krosshaug (Norway): Mechanisms for serious knee injuries among elite freestyle skiers

17.10-17.35 Johnson: The ACL injury in alpine skiing and its prevention

17.35-18.00 Carl Ettlinger (USA):·Ski-boot-binding function and its relationship to lower extremity injuries

18.00-18.25 Veit Senner (Germany): Safety standards in ski rental and measures to improve it

18.25-18.45 Heir, Krosshaug, Johnson, Ettlinger, Senner: Panel discussion – where do we go from here?

16.45 Saga Hall C >

SYMPOSIUM: Volleyball injury prevention

Chair: Jonathan C. Reeser (USA)

16.45-16.50 Reeser: Introduction

16.50-17.10 William W. Briner (USA): The epidemiology of volleyball injuries

17.10-17.30 Evert Verhagen(Netherlands): Prevention of ankle injuries

17.30-17.50 Roald Bahr(Norway): Prevention of knee injuries

17.50-18.10 Reeser: Prevention of shoulder injuries

18.10-18.30 Tor Inge Askeland(Norway): Injury prevention from a coaching perspective

18.30-18.45 Briner, Verhagen, Bahr, Askeland, Reeser: Panel discussion – Practical considerations in the prevention of volleyball injuries

16.45 Auditorium A >

WORKSHOPS

16.45-17.40 Mario Bizzini (Switzerland, chair) & Astrid Junge (Switzerland): An injury prevention program in amateur football: The F-MARC 11 (workshop G - repeat)

17.45-18.45 Per Hölmich (Denmark, chair) & Odd-Egil Olsen (Norway): Running a randomized prevention study: Pitfalls and problems (workshop L)

16.45 Auditorium B >

WORKSHOPS

16.45-17.40 Paul McCrory (Australia): Neuropsychological testing in concussion (workshop M)

17.45-18.45 Paul McCrory (Australia): Pre-participation assessment for concussion (workshop N)

20.00 Saga Hall >
The Banquet
Hosted by Norsk Tipping AS