CUTTING EDGE IN SPORTS MEDICINE:
PROGRAMME - FRIDAY 3rd AUGUST 2007

9.00 am Opening/Welcome

9.30 am Knee injuries – chair Dr Kay Crossley

• Dr Kay Crossley –“Hip function and patellofemoral pain: Implications for clinical practice”
• Mr Julian Feller – “Gait analysis and ACL reconstruction”
• Mr Hayden Morris – “Minimally Invasive, Selective Bundle ACL Reconstruction”

10.30 Morning tea

11.00 Groin pain session – chair Dr Peter Brukner

• Dr Peter Brukner – “Chronic groin pain –the unified theory”
• Dr Chris Bradshaw –“The English experience in managing groin pain”
• Dr Andrew Jowett –“The Contribution of hip joint pathology to groin pain in sport”
• Dr George Koulouris –“Making sense of groin imaging”
• Anthony Schache-“Recent research advances in groin anatomy: Implications for the pathophysiology and clinical management of groin pain in athletes”

12.30 Lunch

1.30 pm FC Better lecture: Tom Best “Muscle Stretch Injury and Inflammation: Friend or Foe”

3.00 pm Afternoon tea

3.30 pm “Future directions in sports medicine – using genes, stem cells and robotics to maintain our future warriors” Chair Dr Andrew Jowett

• Dr Tom Best -“Cell therapy for muscle regeneration and repair: The cure or the problem?”
• Dr Paul McCrory “The future of sports and exercise medicine”
• Mr Hayden Morris –“Future directions in ACL surgery”
• Prof Silviu Itescu (Mesoblast) “A role for stem cells in treating sports injuries”
• Panel discussion

5.30 pm close

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