Medicine + Physiotherapy in Sports Tomorrow 2021

SPORTS TOMORROW CONGRESS | TRACK PARTNERS

How to manage injuries in female football players

Are you looking to take your career in sports injury management to the next level?

In this edition of Sports Tomorrow Congress, Medicine and Physiotherapy join into one interrelated track to focus on personalized treatments and strategies for female and male athletes for two days. This innovative space will allow you to be a driver of change in the management of sports injuries as well as being able to exchange and learn from new ideas.

To start off the day enjoy an opening ceremony with top doctors from the FC Barcelona medical team, such as Dr. Gil Rodas, Head of Health & Wellness at Barça Innovation Hub.

Topics explored in the Medicine-Physiotherapy track include:

How to manage injuries in female footballers: The FC Barcelona approach. Exploring the female physiology: hormonal profiles, the impact of menstrual cycle and oral contraceptives.
Prevention and management of injuries in female footballers: including conservative and surgical management of ACL deficient knees.
Muscle and tendon injuries in female football.
Medical management of young, developing female football players.
Return to play for the female football player.
Unique guide on tendon injuries, including insights from FC Barcelona’s Medical department and leading sports medical professionals.

Learn more about managing future challenges in sports injuries and rehabilitation

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8 NOV 2021

08:30	OPEN DOORS
09:00	OPENING CEREMONY Eva Ferrer + Gil Rodas
09:30	Are women really all that different from men when it comes to sports injuries? Celeste Geertsema
09:50	How to manage women’s football players: FCB approach Eva Ferrer
10:10	TOPIC 1: GENERAL OVERVIEW OF WOMEN’S PHYSIOLOGY Chair: Eva Ferrer Moderator: Toña Lizarraga GENERAL OVERVIEW OF WOMEN’S PHYSIOLOGY Anthony C. Hackney
10:30	The menstrual cycle, is it really that important? Georgie Bruinvels
10:50	Sex and gender differences in sport Meghan Keating
11:10	COFFEE BREAK
11:40	What about oral contraceptive use on performance and injuries Kirsty Elliott-Sale
12:00	Is there a hormonal profile specific to the female footballer? Nicky Keay
12:20	TOPIC 2: PREVENTING INJURIES IN FEMALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS Chair: Celeste Geertsema Moderator: Lluis Til INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY IN WOMEN’S FOOTBALL ELITE Markus Walden
12:40	The complexity of injury and including the athlete voice and context Caroline Bolling
13:00	Training Load and Player Monitoring in High-Level women’s field hockey player: injury prevention role Esther Morencos
13:20	LUNCH BREAK
13:20	CANON SPEAKER CORNER: Role of Diagnostic Imaging in Sports Medicine – Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Lluis Til + Sandra Mechó
14:20	Making sense of the prevention debate. What should clinicians do? Tania Pizzari
14:40	Football boots – implications on performance and injury Katrine Kryger
15:00	The influence of the menstrual cycle on muscle injuries and strength and power performance Blanca Romero
15:20	FIFA Prevention strategies Liesel Geertsema
15:40	WHY ARE THERE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN’S AND WOMEN’S FOOTBALL ACL INJURY? Celeste Geertsema
15:40	TOPIC 3: ACL INJURY OUTCOMES IN FEMALE FOOTBALL Chair: Liesel Geertsema + Jordi Puigdellivol
16:00	EPIDEMIOLOGY IN FC BARCELONA Javier Yanguas
16:20	Conservative and surgical management of ACL deficient knees in women’s football Hege Grindem
16:40	Systematic video analysis of ACL injuries in professional FEMALE football (soccer) Francesco Della Villa
17:00	FAIR Anterior ACL project Elisa Nédélec
17:20	Primary and secondary prevention of ACL injury in female footballers Holly Silvers
17:40	Special tips in Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction rehabilitation programs in team sport athletes Silvia Ortega Cebrian
18:00	The athlete’s perspective – what it takes to reach the top in women’s sport Caroline Graham Hansen
18:15	Round table: Rehabilitation Process Moderator: Lluis Til + Xavier Linde Andrea Esteban + Laura Díaz + Sara Mérida + Laura Rafols
19:15	Meet and greet networking session with refreshments

9 NOV 2021

08:30	OPEN DOORS
09:00	TOPIC 4: MUSCLE AND TENDON INJURIES IN FEMALE FOOTBALL Chair: Xavier Valle Moderator: Carles Pedret
09:05	FC Barcelona injury epidemiology and managing muscle and tendon injuries in women’s football elite Eva Ferrer
09:25	Sex-based differences in muscle arhcitecture and metabolism Clara Prats
09:50	Muscle and tendon injuries rehabilitation process : same-same or different Laia Martínez + Roger Gironés + Roger Ollé
10:15	Skeletal muscle cell adaptation to exercise and tissue injury Abigail Mackey
10:35	Tendon injuries: comparison between men and women Jill Cook
10:50	COFFEE BREAK
11:20	Injury predictions: Is this possible? Alan McCall
11:40	INJURY PREDICTIONS: THIS IS POSSIBLE Juan Ramón González
12:05	TOPIC 5: MANAGE OF YOUTH FEMALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS Chair: Dai Sugimoto Moderator: Eva Ferrer + Gil Rodas Youth and adults differences in sport – implications for ensuring youth athletes are happy and healthy Kathryn Ackerman
12:30	What differences in maturation process in female and male youth players? Dai Sugimoto
12:55	Eating disorders in elite sports: prevalence, risk factors and prevention Eduardo Serrano Troncoso
13:15	Apophysitis: how to manage children football players Lluis Til + Mindaugas Gudelis
13:35	How to optimize staff’s performance Tatiana Ferreira
13:55	FCB Tendon Guide Alan McCall + Gil Rodas
14:15	LUNCH BREAK
14:15	CANON SPEAKER CORNER: Role of Diagnostic Imaging in Sports Medicine – Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Lluis Til + Sandra Mechó
15:40	TOPIC 6: RETURN TO PLAY FOR THE FEMALE FOOTBALL PLAYER Chair: Helena Herrero Moderator: Francesco Della Villa Helping players achieve readiness for Return to Play Ritan Mehta
16:05	How to manage a concussion episode in the female player Edwin Goedhart
16:30	Body & Mind balance: Helping players achive readiness for return to play Clare Ardern
16:50	How can biomechanics help female in the RTP process. Ventura Ferrer
17:15	Return to Play in young female players? Javier Nuñez Villar
17:40	FC Barcelona approach Laura Rafols
17:50	Juventus approach Pilar Hueso
18:05	Return to play: Psychologist approach Rocío Pomares
18:20	Round Table Chair: Helena Herrero Moderator: Francesco Della Villa Return to play, return for ever?
18:40	PRESENTATION OF STUDIES/PROJECTS. AWARDING PRIZES TO THE BEST
19:00	Meet and greet networking session with refreshments