FOOTBALL MEDICINE ADVANCED COURSE
SCORE FOR YOUR SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
9, 10 and 11 March 2023
FC PORTO STADIUM | Portugal
3
DAYS
3
KEYNOTES
11
SYMPOSIA
690€
PROMOTIONAL PRICE
3
PRACTICAL SESSIONS
TRIPLE 5
EXPERIENCE
FOOTBALL MEDICINE ADVANCED COURSE
SCORE FOR YOUR SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Football medicine is a context-dependent exercise of knowledge, skills, communication and network. Beyond denominators as graduation degrees and personal skills, continuous training and immersion in advanced teaching experiences are decisive to follow and aim to improve specialists’ practice within the realm of football medicine.
Notably, led by an exceptional faculty team that can add the extra mile – or in our football language – a hat-trick supported in science, skills and factual experience.
The invited world renowned faculty team was carefully selected to ensure participants with a comprehensive and updated learning experience of the main and hot topics, that all doctors should be able to master and manage with ease. These, among other topics, will cover injury and illness prevention, pre-participation cardiovascular and musculoskeletal screening, differential diagnosis, critical workflow, treatment and return to play.
Academia Clínica Espregueira in partnership with Espregueira-Mendes Sports Centre – FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence alongside the beautiful city of Porto are calling and offering you 3 unforgettable days carefully planned with a grand programme on advanced football medicine. This will empower and certify you as an asset for players’ health and sports teams. After this, if your load doesn’t spike, we invite and challenge you to take part in the Football Medicine Advanced Course.
Join us to celebrate our common taste in knowledge and our collective quest for excellence in football medicine care!
Welcome to Porto – Portugal!
Course President
João Espregueira-Mendes
Organizing Committee
Ana Úrsula Martins MD | Cristina Valente MSc, PhD | Diogo Rodrigues-Gomes MD | Flávia Ribeiro MSc | Francisco Tavares PhD, MSc, CSCS, ASCA(L2) | João Pedro Araújo MD | Margarida Fernandes PT, DO | Maria João Sá MD | Nuno Loureiro MD | Pedro Prata MD | Rita Tomás MD | Rogério Pereira BHKin, PT | Sérgio Rodrigues-Gomes MD
March 9, 2023
1ST SYMPOSIA - PRE-PARTICIPATION NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR EVALUATION
Moderators – João Freitas and Nuno Loureiro
1st Keynote – A Life-saving one.
Jonathan Drezner
9:00am
We start with the heart. Preparticipation cardiovascular evaluation for SCD prevention.
Q&A
9:20am
José María Villalón
9:40am
Team Physician dilemma over the neuromusculoskeletal preparticipation evaluation: what, why and how to assess and measure.
Q&A
10:00am
Coffee break
10:20am
2ND SYMPOSIA - YOUTH FOOTBALL – PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Moderators – José Alberto Duarte and Francisco Tavares
Patrícia Coutinho
10:40am
Youth football – Is there a masterplan for performance enhancement?
Q&A
10:55am
Nuno Cerdeira
11:10am
Strength training periodization in youth football: processes and outcomes.
Q&A
11:25am
Eirik Halvorsen Wik
11:40am
Male elite youth footballers: growth and maturation as potential risk factors and injury profile changes through age.
Q&A
11:55am
Moderator – Hugo Gilberto
Nelson Puga, Rita Tomás, Filipe Almeida, Sérgio Rodrigues-Gomes and Telmo Firmino
12:10pm
Communication between coaches and medical team: challenges to overcome.
– Prognostic for athletes’ time away – preferences on the optimistic or pessimist approach?
– Risk of reinjury – is everyone aware of the odds?
– Soft tissue injuries and pain masking – are athletes competent to make voluntary decisions?
Q&A
12:40pm
12:55pm
Scientific menu explained: the meal you should be eating the day before the game.
Lunch break
1:00pm
3RD SYMPOSIA - MUSCULOSKELETAL MOST COMMON AND/OR SEVERE INJURIES – TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION
Moderators – Diogo Rodrigues Gomes, Ricardo Vidal and Isabel Crespo
2:15pm
Muscle Injuries in male elite footballers – a statistical, clinical and team performance analysis.
Q&A
2:30pm
First take of the triple 5 experience
Jonathan Drezner
2:45pm
Recognition and Management of Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
Moderator’s choice for Q&A kick-off
3:05pm
Q&A
3:10pm
Coffee break
3:45pm
Second take of the triple 5 experience
Joan C Monllau
4:05PM
Anterior knee pain – diagnosis and treatment.
Moderator’s choice for Q&A kick-off
4:25pm
Q&A
4:30pm
Adam Weir
5:05pm
Groin pain – key components for differential diagnosis and treatment.
Q&A
5:20pm
First practical session
João Freitas and Hélder Dores
5:35pm
ECG screening: procedures and interpretation.
Porto d’Honra
6:35pm
March 10, 2023
4TH SYMPOSIA - MUSCULOSKELETAL MOST COMMON AND/OR SEVERE INJURIES – TREATMENT, REHABILITATION AND RETURN TO PLAY
Moderators – Maria Miguel Carvalho and Pedro Cantista
Henrique Jones
9:00am
Medial collateral ligament injury: assessment and criteria for surgical treatment.
Q&A
9:15am
2nd Keynote
João Espregueira-Mendes
9:30am
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury. A road map to precision orthopaedics: diagnosis and therapeutic.
Q&A
9:50am
Philippe Neyret
10:10am
Meniscectomy or suture? Is the answer the same both for medial and lateral meniscus injury?
Q&A
10:25am
Coffee break
10:40am
Moderators – Maria João Sá and Inês Vieira
Third take of the triple 5 experience
Matthew Buckthorpe
11:00am
Late-stage rehabilitation and return-to-play training and testing process: landmarks for maximize success.
Moderator’s choice for Q&A kick-off
11:20am
Q&A
11:25am
Fourth take of the triple 5 experience
Adam Gledhill
12:00am
Psychological readiness to return to play after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: global approach and practical solutions for clinical practice.
Moderator’s choice for Q&A kick-off
12:20pm
Q&A
12:25pm
Scientific menu explained: the meal you should be eating the game day.
12:55pm
Lunch break
1:00pm
5TH SYMPOSIA - US AND MRI – PRECISE IMAGING, TIPS AND PEARLS REVEALED
Moderators – Sérgio Rodrigues-Gomes and João Pedro Araújo
Hamstrings Injuries: MRI contribution for rehabilitation and prognosis
3:30PM
Q&A
3:45PM
Coffee break
4:00PM
6TH SYMPOSIA - MEDICAL GOVERNANCE, LOAD MONITORING AND TRAINING RECOVERY
Moderators – Rita Tomás and Eduardo Oliveira
Eva Carneiro
4:20PM
Football Medical Governance: inclusion and athlete safeguarding as key to boost your team performance.
Q&A
4:35PM
Third practical session
Francisco Tavares
4:50PM
Load monitoring with GPS technology: Selecting metrics, defining standards and reporting data.
Q&A
5:30PM
João Brito
5:50PM
Training recovery and off-season detraining effects: how to achieve the first and mitigate the second.
Q&A
6:05PM
End of the second day
6:20PM
March 11, 2023
7TH SYMPOSIA - FROM PREVENTION TO SURGERY
Moderators – Marta Massada, Rogério Pereira and José Pedro Marques
Nicol van Dyk
9:00AM
Lower limb exercise-based injury prevention: facts you need to know and implement.
Q&A
9:15AM
3rd Keynote
Pieter D’Hooghe
9:30AM
Ankle lateral ligamentous complex injuries: what everyone should know for diagnostic and surgical purposes.
Q&A
9:50AM
Coffee Break
10:10AM
8TH SYMPOSIA - ACCLIMATIZATION ISSUES AND HEAD TRAUMA ON-PITCH MANAGEMENT
Moderators – Paulo Beckert and Pieter D’Hooghe
Basil Ribeiro
10:30AM
How to be safe and optimize performance during tournaments undertaken in hot ambient conditions: up-to-date recommendations.
Q&A
10:45AM
Zoran Bahtijarevic
11:00AM
Head trauma during training or match play: on-pitch assessment and return to play recommendations after concussion.
Q&A
11:15AM
9TH SYMPOSIA - FOOTBALLER NUTRITION AND ANTI-DOPING REGULATIONS – SAFETY, LAW AND EFFICACY
Moderators – Maria João Cascais and Mónica Sousa
Michel Baron D’Hooghe
11:30AM
FIFA anti-doping regulations – what is new for sanctions and to promote fair and healthy play?
Q&A
11:45AM
César Leão
12:00AM
Boosting performance on the table – legal, safe and effective supplements.
Q&A
12:15PM
Cláudia Marques
12:30PM
Microbiota-gut-brain axis – Health and performance enhancement insights for footballers.
Q&A
12:45PM
Lunch break
1:00PM
10TH SYMPOSIA - ILLNESS PREVENTION - ENDOCRINOLOGY AND NUTRITION. CONNECTING THE DOTS.
Moderators – Diana Santos-Ferreira, Adriana Lages
Lluís Til Pérez
2:30PM
Guidance on shielding and protecting players from illness. Ten commandments you should rely on.
Q&A
2:45PM
António Pedro Mendes
3:00PM
Nutritional facts associated with illness and injury: “ordered” eating advices for football players.
Q&A
3:15PM
Margo Mountjoy
3:30PM
Maximizing athlete health and performance: avoiding the “RED-S” card.
Q&A
3:45PM
Coffee Break
4:00PM
11TH SYMPOSIA - WOMEN’S FOOTBALL – HEALTH, PREVENTION AND NUTRITION IN THE FEMALE ATHLETE
Moderators – Francesco Della Villa and Maria Roriz
Fifth take of the triple 5 experience
Eva Ferrer
4:20PM
Women’s football illness and injury risk management: keeping healthy while excel in the pitch.
Moderator’s choice for Q&A kick-off
4:40PM
Q&A
4:45PM
Rogério Pereira
5:20PM
Knee injury prevention in female players: biomechanics and neurosciences interplay?
Q&A
5:35PM
Mireia Porta Oliva
5:50PM
Which are the nutritional secrets and challenges of those talented players you work with?
Q&A
6:05PM
Coffee Break
6:20PM
Moderators – Sérgio Rodrigues-Gomes, João Pedro Araújo and Sofia Florim
Second practical session
Carles Pedret
6:30PM
Ultrasound for medial gastrocnemius – technical procedures and classification
Q&A
7:10PM
Final whistle and Farewell!
7:30PM
Faculty
FAQ's
COURSE LOCATION?
FC Porto Museum Auditorium at FC Porto Stadium, Porto Portugal
REGISTRATION FEE?
Early registration – until 30/11/2023 – 690€
Late registration – between 01/12/2022 and 20/02/2023 – 890€
Attendees who have not completed an early or late registration by 16:00 CET on February 2023 are welcome and encouraged to attend, but will be required to register onsite in FC Porto Stadium, Porto, Portugal, at the onsite Course rates. Rates and hours will be posted at the website in case of availability.
TARGET AUDIENCE?
Medical doctors, Physiotherapists, Strength and conditioning coaches and other Football medicine stakeholders.
ACCEPTING PAYMENT IN INSTALLMENTS?
Yes, only within the early bird period.
70% – At the registration
30% – After 30 days
Approved by
Official support
- Diploma issued by a FIFA, ISAKOS, ESSKA and ICRS accredited centre.
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