Provisional agenda for the 5th MuscleTech Network Workshop 14th and 15th October 2013

Research on Muscle and Tendon Injuries: From scientific evidence to clinical practice

9:30/9:45

Institutional opening speeches

9:00/9:30

Technical office registration

Jordi Monés, FCB

Eusebi Cima, LEITAT Technological Center

Xavier Gasó, EGARSAT

Ivan Tibau, Catalonia´s Sports Secretariat at the Generalitat de

Catalunya

Maite Fandós, Barcelona City Council

Rodrigo Messi, Fundación Leo Messi

Monday 14

M14

9:45/10:00

Welcome. MuscleTech Network, moving forward.

Gil RodasScientific Director of MuscleTech Network, Senior Researcher and Sports

Medicine Specialist at the Medical Services Futbol Club Barcelona.

Meritxell de la VargaCoordinator Manager of MuscleTech Network and Senior Researcher and

Medicinal Chemistry specialist at LEITAT Technological Centre.

11:30/13:00

Key note lectures

Chairman: Nicola Maffulli

Lars EngebretsenProfessor and Director of Research at Orthopedic Center, Ullevaal University

Hospital and University of Oslo Medical School and Professor and Co-Chair

of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Oslo, Norway.

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PRPs in Muscle and Tendon Injuries.

M14

10:00/11:00

Key note lectures

Chairman: Gil Rodas

Jiri DvorakFIFA Chief Medical Officer, FIFA Medical Assessment and Research Centre,

and Department of Neurology, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland.

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Risk management: FIFA’s approach for protecting the health of

professional football players.

Jill CookProfessor Monash University , Melbourne Australia.

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Managing Tendinopathy in season.

Lluis TilSenior Researcher and Sports Medicine & Orthopedics - FCBarcelona;

Olympic Training Center (CAR); Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa (CST).

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Football Club Barcelona Injury Study. Follow up Five years.

11:00/11:30

Coffee break

Richard L. LieberProfessor and Vice Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of

California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA.

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Intraoperative measurement and biomechanical studies of human muscle.

Johnny Huard

Henry J. Mankin Professor and Vice-chair for Musculoskeletal Cellular Therapeutics

in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and in the Departments of Microbiology

and Molecular Genetics, Pathology and Physical Medicine, Bioengineering, and

Rehabilitation. Director of the Stem Cell Research Center. Deputy Director of the

McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, United States of America.

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Stem cells in muscle and tendon injuries.

Ricard PrunaSenior Researcher and Sports Medicine Specialist at the Medical Services

Futbol Club Barcelona.

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Single nucleotide polymorphisms in non-contact soft tissue injuries:

Influence on degree of injury and recovery time.

M14

13:00/13:30

Poster session presentation

13:30/15:00

Lunch & poster session

15:00/16:00

Key note lectures

Chairman: Nicola Maffulli

Samuel R. WardAssociate Professor in the Departments of Radiology, Orthopaedic Surgery

and Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego.

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Imaging musculoskeletal injuries—strengths and weaknesses of the

different image modalities.

16:30/17:00

Coffee break & viewing of poster

presentation

17:30/20:00

Experts corner: return to sport in muscle

injuries. From scientific to practical

experienceChairman: Roald Bahr

17:00/17:30

Key note lecture

Roald Bahr Professor & Chair of Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of

Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway.

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This is how you can prevent hamstring strain injuries.

M14

Georges KolourisMelbourne Radiology clinic, Australia. Collaborator of Thomas Jefferson

University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA.

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Update in MRI. Influence on management of Return to Sport in muscle

injuries and in tendinopathies.

Xavier Alomar Creu Blanca Radiology Clinic. Barcelona.

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Update in MRI. New classification in Rectus Femoris injuries.

Return to sport in adductors injuries.

From scientific to practical experience

Per Hölmich: Associate professor and Head of Arthroscopy Center Amager,

Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark & Head of Sports Groin Pain Center,

Aspetar Hospital, Doha, Qatar.

Ricard Pruna: Presentation two special cases and promotes debate.

Return to sport rectus femoris injuries.

From scientific to practical experience

Ramon Balius: Senior Researcher and Sports Medicine Specialist at

the Sport Catalan Council . Generalitat de Catalunya.

Xavier Yanguas: Presentation of two special cases and discussion.

Return to sport in gastrocnemius injuries and soleus

injuries. From scientific to practical experience

Miguel Khoury: M.D. University of Buenos Aires.

Gil Rodas: Presentation of special cases and discussion.

Return to sport in hamstring injuries.

From scientific to practical experience

Johannes Leonardus Tol: Sports Medicine physician,

Coordinator of Clinical Research, Aspetar.

Lluis Til: Sports Medicine & Orthopedics - FCBarcelona; Olympic

Training Center (CAR); Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa (CST). Presentation of

two special cases and discussion

M14

10:30/11:30

Expert’s corner: randomized clinical

trials in tendinopathies

Chairman: Henning Langberg

Return to sport progression: beyond eccentric

exercise

Peter Mallarias: Research Fellow, LaTrobe University and Queen Mary,

University of London. Clinical Director, Complete Sports Care.

9:00/9:30

Technical office

Tuesday 15

9:30/10:30

Key note lectures

Chairman: Gil Rodas

Samuel R. WardAssociate professor in the Departments of Radiology, Orthopaedic Surgery and

Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego.

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Physiological and mechanical adaptation of muscle to tendon rupture.

Henning LangbergProfessor at the Institute of Health University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen,

Denmark.

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From basic science to rehabilitation of tendinopathy – What have we learned?

T15

RCT in excentrical exercise. From theory to practice

Dylan Morrissey: Senior Clinical Lecturer and Consultant

Physiotherapist Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine William Harvey

Research Institute Bart’s and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry

Queen Mary University of London

Daniel Medina: Presentation of two special cases and discussion.

RCT in shock wave. From theory to practical

Michael Harbo: Clinical Expert in Sports Physiotherapy.

Shockwave therapy in the management of

tendon disorders: Fact and fiction

Antoni Morral: Professor of Physical Therapy. School of Health

Science Blanquerna, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain.

T15

11:30/12:00

Coffee break

12:00/13:30

Expert’s corner

RCT in HVI. From theory to practice

Anders Boesen: Team Doctor of FC. Copenhagen,.PhD at the Faculty

of Health Sciences at University of Copenhagen.

Lluis Til: Presentation of our experience and discussion.

RCT in PRPs. From theory to practice

Henning Langberg

Ramon Cugat: Presentation of our experience and discussion

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Unit at the “Mutua Montañesa”, Head of Service of “Mutualidad de Futbolistas”

of the Catalan Football Federation at the Trauma Institute Quiron Garcia Cugat

Foundation and Senior Researcher and Sports Medicine Specialist at the

Medical Services Futbol Club Barcelona.

13:30/15:00

Lunch & poster session

15:00/16:30

Visit FCB Museum

T15

13:00/13:30

Poster session presentation

RCT in stem cells. From theory to practice

Roger Smith

Johnny Huard: Henry J. Mankin Professor and Vice-chair for Musculoskeletal Cellular Therapeutics in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

and in the Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Pathology and

Physical Medicine, Bioengineering, and Rehabilitation. Director of the Stem Cell

Research Center. Deputy Director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative

Medicine, United States of America.

Robert Soler and Lluis Orozco: Presentation of our

experience and discussion

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Regenerative Tissue Therapy Institute at the Teknon Medical Centre (ITRT),

Barcelona, Spain.

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Attendance:

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Phone: +34 93 788 23 00

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