Conference program
Program
Day 1
Big stage
Amphi theatre
Dance room
09.00 - 10.00: Registration & Coffee
10.00 - 10.30: Opening of conference
10.30 - 11.55: Rethinking ACL Care: Cognition, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation
Anders Stålman (SWE) – Beyond the Graft: The Role of LET in Modern ACL Reconstruction — An Evidence Update
Sebastiano Nutarelli (SUI) – State of the Art of ACL-R Rehabilitation: Tempting Illusions, Promising Research, and Actual Foundations
Carl-Johan Boraxbekk (SWE) – Mind over Muscle: Rethinking ACL treatment from the neck up
Alli Gokeler (NED) – Cognition in ACL Injury and Rehabilitation: Emerging Evidence or Missing Link?
Chair: Eric Hamrin Senorski (SWE)
12.00 - 13.00: Are we missing something in MCL treatment?
Kristian Samuelsson (SWE) – Getting the MCL Right: Accurate Diagnosis and When Surgery Truly Matters
Eric Hamrin Senorski (SWE) – Rebuilding the MCL: Rehabilitation Strategies That Actually Translate to Sport
Chair: Paul Neuman (SWE)
10.30 - 11.45: Shoulder injuries in throwing sports
Jesper Bencke (DK) – How do we throw? Implications for shoulder injury prevention
Martin Asker (SWE) – Progression of exercises and return to sports for the throwing athlete
Jo Gibson (UK) – Shoulder Instability in Throwers: Insights & opportunities
Chair: Kajsa Johansson
12.00 - 13.00 Running injury: focus on footwear and mechanics
Toni Arndt (SWE) – The role of footwear
Hannah Rice (UK/NOR) – Running injury mechanics: can we prevent overuse injuries?
Chair: Amanda Lahti (SWE)
10.30 - 11.45: Going deep: Diving
Oskar Frånberg (SWE) – Diving physiology -current uses and future opportunies
Oscar Plogmark (SWE) – Diving and decompression sickness
Johan Andersson (SWE) –Breath-hold diving: Challenges in going deeper and longer
Chair: David Nordlund (SE)
12.00 - 13.00 Nutrition
Special challenges for para-athletes and military divers. Same same but different?
Emma Lindblom (SWE) – Nutrition for the para-athlete
Clara Sjöblom (SWE) – Nutrition for a military diver
Chair: Louise Brunkwall (SWE)
13.00 - 14.00: LUNCH BREAK
14.00 - 15.30: Pediatric biomechanics and injuries
Karin Gravare Silbernagel (USA) – Heel pain in young athletes – is that different than Achilles tendinopathy in young adults?
Sasha Carsen (CAN) – Growth, load and vulnerability: a modern understanding of the adolescent knee and injury
Daniel Benoit (SWE) – The importance of pubertal development in adolescent athletes: is recovery from ACL injury enough for return to play?
Chair: Martin Hägglund (SWE)
14.00 - 15.30: Football physiology
Jens Bangsbo (DK) – Effect of intensified training in football
Tommy Lundberg (SWE) – Growth spurt in young players – physiological effects affecting the game
Peter Edholm (SWE) – Hot and cold for recovery after football
Chair: Apostolos Theos (SWE)
14.00 - 15.30: Foot Biomechanics and Minimally Invasive Management of Career-Threatening Injuries
Toni Arndt (SWE) – Foot Biomechanics
Jouko Kivioja (SWE) – The Athletic Foot & Ankle: Minimally Invasive Techniques for Ligament and Tendon Injuries. Arthroscopy, Endoscopy and Ultrasound-Guided Strategies for Faster Return to Sport
Ilka Kamrad (SWE) & Fredrik Svensson (SWE) – OCD in talus and stress fracture in naviculare bone – 2 diagnoses to end a career
Chair: Jessica Erichsen (SWE)
15.30 - 16.00: COFFEE BREAK
16.00 - 16.45: Keynote - James A. Pawelczyk
Effects of spaceflight and future directions: the first three human missions to Mars
James A. Pawelczyk (USA)
Associate Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology at Penn State University. A NASA Payload specialist who flew on the STS-90 Space Shuttle mission.
16.50 - 17.40 SCIF Award ceremony & lecturers
18.00 - 18.45: Poster walk
18.45 - 20.30: Get together with social program
Join us for a relaxed social get-together featuring a welcome drink, light bites, and entertainment. This is a great opportunity to unwind after the sessions, connect with fellow participants, and engage in informal conversations. Enjoy the atmosphere, mingle with colleagues and speakers, and build new professional connections in a welcoming setting.
Day 2
Big stage
Amphi theatre
Dance room
08.00 - 08.25: Pehr Henrik Ling 250 years. Meet the father of scientific physical education and physiotherapy
This year marks the 250th birthday of the gymnast, poet, and fencing master Pehr Henrik Ling (1776–1839). During the second half of the 19th century and well into the 20th, Ling’s name was a major global point of reference in physical education as well as medical practice. The main reason for this was the scientifically grounded system of gymnastics he developed and implemented at the school he founded in 1813: the Royal Central Institute of Gymnastics (today, the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences).
In this presentation, the vast international impact of Ling’s system will be commemorated—for example, that the concept of kinesiology is a literal linguistic invention by an RCIG alumnus, and that all the first schools training physiotherapists (outside Sweden) were modeled after the RCIG’s curriculum.
Anders Ottosson, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies
University of Gothenburg
08.30 - 10.00: ACL injury prevention, mechanics and rehab
Tron Krosshaug (NOR) – Mechanisms of ACL Injury
Mette Kreutzfeldt Zebis (DK) – How muscle performance and exercise choice may influence ACL injury risk
Charlotte Häger (SWE) – Capturing sensorimotor control following ACL-injury – mission impossible?
Joanna Kvist (SWE) – Can the ACL heal to restore functional knee stability?
Chairs: Daniel Benoit (SWE) & Sasha Carsen (CAN)
08.30 - 10.00: Muscle injuries, from Mechanism to Management
Sebastiano Nutarelli (SUI) – Updates on the impact of kinematics, fatigue and gender on hamstrings muscle injuries risk
Kristian Thorborg (DK) – Hamstring muscle injury prevention and treatment
Markus Waldén (SWE) – The Complex link between ACL injuries and muscle injuries
Chair: Susanne Hansson (SWE)
08.30 - 10.00: Working hard: Effects on the body of extreme loads
James A. Pawelczyk (USA) – Is breathing primal or fashionable?
Maria Hårdstedt (SWE) – Swimming induced pulmonary edema (SIPE) – Working hard in Vansbro
Johan Andersson (SWE) – Fran-lung. Pulmonary edema caused by cross-fit
Chair: David Nordlund
10.00 - 10.30: COFFEE BREAK
10.30 - 11.15: Keynote - Alli Gokeler
Cognitive Demands and ACL Rehabilitation: Are We Addressing What Athletes Really Face?
Alli Gokeler (NED)
Post-doc Dept. Applied Neuroscience Exerc & Sports University Paderborn.
11.30 - 12.30: Honorary member lecture: H-C Holmberg
Quattro Stagioni — Olympic Elite Sport
in Practice and Science
A 40-Year Journey: Practitioner • Coach • Researcher (1985–2025)
H-C Holmberg is Professor of Sport Science and has held adjunct professorships in both Physiotherapy and Machine Elements/Sports Technology. Following an early career in musculoskeletal clinical practice and service as Head of Education and Training at the Swedish Ski Association, he earned a PhD in Medical Science from Karolinska Institutet in 2005. He founded the Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre at Mid Sweden University and played a pivotal role in its establishment and development from 2006 to 2020, with responsibilities in both leadership and research. Parallel to and following this tenure, he has established and further developed an extensive global academic network, holding distinguished research and professorship positions at other universities in Sweden as well as internationally in Norway, the USA, Canada, Slovenia and Italy.
From 1998 to 2022, Holmberg served within the Swedish Olympic Committee, including the final 17 years as Head of Research and Development. He has held international positions of trust within the European College of Sport Science (ECSS), serving as a member of its Scientific Committee and Scientific Board, and served on the board of the Swedish Research Council for Sport Science. In recognition of his contributions, he was honored with the Minor Award from the Swedish Central Association for the Promotion of Athletics in 2006, followed by their Major Award in 2013. Holmberg has authored approximately 300 peer-reviewed articles and 50 scholarly book chapters. He remains deeply engaged in the international scientific community, with a focus on strategic development and mentorship.
12.30 - 13.30: LUNCH BREAKS + board meetings with/without lectures
12.45 - 13.15: Annual board meeting for Physician section
12.35 - 13.15: Annual board meeting for Physiotherapist section. With lecture!
Karin Gravare Silbernagel (USA) – Tendon Science to Clinical Practice: New Insights Every Physical Therapist Should Know
12.45 - 13.15: Annual board meeting for Naprapath section
13.30 - 15.00: Paper presentation - Trauma/Orthopedics + Biomechanics
Sofi Sonesson (SWE) – Thirty-Four Years After ACL Injury: Symptomatic Osteoarthritis and Surgical Management Associated with Worse Knee Function
Andy Smith (USA) – Tendon Structure and Lower Extremity Function’s Relationship in Achilles Tendinopathy is mediated by Prediabetes Risk
Jakob Lindskog (SWE) – Impact of GJH and graft choice on second ACL injury and postoperative outcomes at return to sport after primary ACL-R
Joanna Kvist (SWE) – Adding self-directed psychological support to usual rehabilitation following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction did not increase return to sport rates
Lasse Mausehund (NOR) – Females unload the knee more than males after ACL injury during sport-specific cutting maneuvers
Ellen Åkesson (SWE) – Increased fracture incidence in young individuals with type 1 diabetes
Kalle Torvaldsson (SWE) – Injury patterns among Swedish Olympic athletes
Johan Högberg (SWE) – Greater eccentric hamstring to concentric quadriceps strength ratio at 6 months postoperatively is associated with reduced odds of revision ACL-R
Chair: Eric Hamrin Senorski (SWE) & Paul Neuman (SWE)
13.30 - 15.00: Paper presentation - Physiology/Medicine/Miscellaneous
Axel Bramell (SWE) – Non-invasive pressure-volume loops by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging at rest and during exercise in heart failure
Julia Starck (SWE) – Plasma Mitochondrial-Derived Microprotein levels are influenced by biological maturity and acute aerobic exercise
Linnea Corell (SWE) – Aerobic capacity is associated with cardiac dimensions in individuals with cerebral palsy
Claudia Seiler (SWE) – Cardiac findings in swimming-induced pulmonary edema – implications for acute assessment
Martin Hägglund (SWE) – Mental health symptoms in Swedish Olympic athletes
Tankeng Leonard Tanko (CAM) – Mental Health and Return to Performance After Injury in African Professional Football
Josefin Löwing (SWE) – Frame Running in Preschool Children with Cerebral Palsy Boosts Running Performance
Eva Andersson (SWE) – Short- & long-term fitness effects in seniors of 8-week exercise repeated over two consecutive years
Chair: Apostolos Theos (SWE) & Katarina Steding Ehrenborg (SWE)
13.30 - 15.00: MoRe Lab Workshop at the University
These workshops will take place in the MoRe Lab at Lund University!
Bring lunch to go from the lunch station
Workshop 1: Treadmill running analysis
Workshop 2: Biodex/strength analysis
Workshop 3: Functional testing and EMG
Tron Krosshaug (NOR), Jesper Bencke (DK), Hannah Rice (UK/NOR) & Elese St Louis (CAN/SWE) Nicholas Ryan (UK/SWE)
15.00 - 15.30: COFFEE BREAK
15.30 - 17.00: A Modern Approach to Meniscal Pathology: Biomechanics, Transplantation, and Advanced Repair
Anders Stålman – Meniscal Transplantation: Synthesizing the Evidence and Defining Best Candidates
Kristian Samuelsson – Biomechanics of the knee with meniscal injuries
Riccardo Cristiani – Advanced meniscal surgeries
Chair: Markus Waldén
15.30 - 17.00: Considerations around the female athlete
Mette Kreutzfeldt Zebis (DK) – Same game, different terms
Karin Gravare Silbernagel (USA) – Are female tendon injuries different than males?
Daniel Benoit (SWE) – Should females strive to match male neuromuscular control and biomechanics?
Chair: Charlotte Häger (SWE)
15.30 - 17.00: Going high: High altitude and space
Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalo (SWE) – The Ultimate Clinical Trial: What Astronauts Teach Us About Human Biology
Daniele Cardinale (SWE) – Hypoxic Methods in Elite Sport: Traditional, Modern, and Emerging Strategies
Carsten Lundby (DK) – Hematological adaptations to prolonged high altitude exposure
Chair: Katarina Steding-Ehrenborg (SWE) & Jessica Norrbom (SWE)
17.10 - 18.00: Swedish Society Exercise and Sports Medicine (SFAIM) annual board meeting
19.00: BANQUET
- Welcome drink served at 19.00
- 3 course dinner with wine pairing
- Entertainment during and after the dinner
- AlfaCare presents the award for best oral presentation
- Dancing
Day 3
Big stage
Amphi theatre
09.00 - 10.00: Delphi study on stage - ACL injuries
Seeking consensus between clinicians treating ACL-injuried patients
Swedish network for ACL injuries
Björn Barenius (SWE)
Håkan Gauffin (SWE)
09.00 - 10.00: Tendon injury, from the inside out!
Hanna Isaksson (SWE) – Biology and biomechanics of Achilles tendon unloading
Håkan Alfredson (SWE) – Achilles and Patellar Tendinopathy-Ultrasound-guided surgery based on histology findings
Chair: Karin Gravare Silbernagel (USA)
10.00 - 10.30: COFFEE BREAK
10.30 - 11.15: Keynote - Karin Gravare Silbernagel
Management of tendinopathy is more than load control
Karin Gravare Silbernagel (USA)
Professor of physiotherapy at the University of Delaware
11.30 - 13.00: Current trends and evidence-based practice in hip arthroscopic surgery and rehabilitation for patients with hip-related pain
Kristian Thorborg (DK) – Hip and Groin Pain in Athletes Anno 2026
Anders Pålsson (SWE) – Diagnostics and impairments in patients with hip-related pain
August Estberger (SWE) – Factors influencing hip range of motion assessment
Ioannis Kostogiannis (SWE) – Patient selection, indications, and current evidence for arthroscopic surgery in patients with hip-related pain
Chair: Eric Hamrin Senorski (SWE) & Susanne Hansson (SWE)
11.30 - 13.00: Shoulder biomechanics and performance for various athlete populations
Tron Krosshaug (NO) – Biomechanical analysis and rationale for common shoulder rehab exercise protocols
Kristina Fagher (SWE) – Risk factors and prevention strategies for shoulder injuries in para athletes
Sasha Carsen (CAN) – The pediatric athlete’s upper extremity: Injury, prevention, surgical advances and a developmental model of risk
Chair: Tobias Lundgren (SWE)
13.15 - 13.30: END OF CONFERENCE
Day 1
09.00 - 10.00: Registration & Coffee
10.00 - 10.30: Opening of conference
10.30 - 11.55: Rethinking ACL Care: Cognition, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation
Anders Stålman (SWE) – Beyond the Graft: The Role of LET in Modern ACL Reconstruction — An Evidence Update
Sebastiano Nutarelli (SUI) – State of the Art of ACL-R Rehabilitation: Tempting Illusions, Promising Research, and Actual Foundations
Carl-Johan Boraxbekk (SWE) – Mind over Muscle: Rethinking ACL treatment from the neck up
Alli Gokeler (NED) – Cognition in ACL Injury and Rehabilitation: Emerging Evidence or Missing Link?
Chair: Eric Hamrin Senorski (SWE)
12.00 - 13.00: Are we missing something in MCL treatment?
Kristian Samuelsson (SWE) – Getting the MCL Right: Accurate Diagnosis and When Surgery Truly Matters
Eric Hamrin Senorski (SWE) – Rebuilding the MCL: Rehabilitation Strategies That Actually Translate to Sport
Chair: Paul Neuman (SWE)
13.00 - 14.00: LUNCH BREAK
14.00 - 15.30: Pediatric biomechanics and injuries
Karin Gravare Silbernagel (USA) – Heel pain in young athletes – is that different than Achilles tendinopathy in young adults?
Sasha Carsen (CAN) – Growth, load and vulnerability: a modern understanding of the adolescent knee and injury
Daniel Benoit (SWE) – The importance of pubertal development in adolescent athletes: is recovery from ACL injury enough for return to play?
Chair: Martin Hägglund (SWE)
15.30 - 16.00: COFFEE BREAK
16.00 - 16.45: Keynote - James A. Pawelczyk
Effects of spaceflight and future directions: the first three human missions to Mars
James A. Pawelczyk (USA)
Associate Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology at Penn State University. A NASA Payload specialist who flew on the STS-90 Space Shuttle mission.
16.50 - 17.40 SCIF Award ceremony & lecturers
18.00 - 18.45: Poster walk
18.45 - 20.30: Get together with social program
Join us for a relaxed social get-together featuring a welcome drink, light bites, and entertainment. This is a great opportunity to unwind after the sessions, connect with fellow participants, and engage in informal conversations. Enjoy the atmosphere, mingle with colleagues and speakers, and build new professional connections in a welcoming setting.
Day 2
08.00 - 08.25: Pehr Henrik Ling 250 years. Meet the father of scientific physical education and physiotherapy
This year marks the 250th birthday of the gymnast, poet, and fencing master Pehr Henrik Ling (1776–1839). During the second half of the 19th century and well into the 20th, Ling’s name was a major global point of reference in physical education as well as medical practice. The main reason for this was the scientifically grounded system of gymnastics he developed and implemented at the school he founded in 1813: the Royal Central Institute of Gymnastics (today, the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences).
In this presentation, the vast international impact of Ling’s system will be commemorated—for example, that the concept of kinesiology is a literal linguistic invention by an RCIG alumnus, and that all the first schools training physiotherapists (outside Sweden) were modeled after the RCIG’s curriculum.
Anders Ottosson, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies
University of Gothenburg
08.30 - 10.00: ACL injury prevention, mechanics and rehab
Tron Krosshaug (NOR) – Mechanisms of ACL Injury
Mette Kreutzfeldt Zebis (DK) – How muscle performance and exercise choice may influence ACL injury risk
Charlotte Häger (SWE) – Capturing sensorimotor control following ACL-injury – mission impossible?
Joanna Kvist (SWE) – Can the ACL heal to restore functional knee stability?
Chairs: Daniel Benoit (SWE) & Sasha Carsen (CAN)
10.00 - 10.30: COFFEE BREAK
10.30 - 11.15: Keynote - Alli Gokeler
Cognitive Demands and ACL Rehabilitation: Are We Addressing What Athletes Really Face?
Alli Gokeler (NED)
Post-doc Dept. Applied Neuroscience Exerc & Sports University Paderborn.
11.30 - 12.30: Honorary member lecture: H-C Holmberg
Quattro Stagioni — Olympic Elite Sport
in Practice and Science
A 40-Year Journey: Practitioner • Coach • Researcher (1985–2025)
H-C Holmberg is Professor of Sport Science and has held adjunct professorships in both Physiotherapy and Machine Elements/Sports Technology. Following an early career in musculoskeletal clinical practice and service as Head of Education and Training at the Swedish Ski Association, he earned a PhD in Medical Science from Karolinska Institutet in 2005. He founded the Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre at Mid Sweden University and played a pivotal role in its establishment and development from 2006 to 2020, with responsibilities in both leadership and research. Parallel to and following this tenure, he has established and further developed an extensive global academic network, holding distinguished research and professorship positions at other universities in Sweden as well as internationally in Norway, the USA, Canada, Slovenia and Italy.
From 1998 to 2022, Holmberg served within the Swedish Olympic Committee, including the final 17 years as Head of Research and Development. He has held international positions of trust within the European College of Sport Science (ECSS), serving as a member of its Scientific Committee and Scientific Board, and served on the board of the Swedish Research Council for Sport Science. In recognition of his contributions, he was honored with the Minor Award from the Swedish Central Association for the Promotion of Athletics in 2006, followed by their Major Award in 2013. Holmberg has authored approximately 300 peer-reviewed articles and 50 scholarly book chapters. He remains deeply engaged in the international scientific community, with a focus on strategic development and mentorship.
12.30 - 13.30: LUNCH BREAK
13.30 - 15.00: Paper presentation - Trauma/Orthopedics + Biomechanics
Sofi Sonesson (SWE) – Thirty-Four Years After ACL Injury: Symptomatic Osteoarthritis and Surgical Management Associated with Worse Knee Function
Andy Smith (USA) – Tendon Structure and Lower Extremity Function’s Relationship in Achilles Tendinopathy is mediated by Prediabetes Risk
Jakob Lindskog (SWE) – Impact of GJH and graft choice on second ACL injury and postoperative outcomes at return to sport after primary ACL-R
Joanna Kvist (SWE) – Adding self-directed psychological support to usual rehabilitation following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction did not increase return to sport rates
Lasse Mausehund (NOR) – Females unload the knee more than males after ACL injury during sport-specific cutting maneuvers
Ellen Åkesson (SWE) – Increased fracture incidence in young individuals with type 1 diabetes
Kalle Torvaldsson (SWE) – Injury patterns among Swedish Olympic athletes
Johan Högberg (SWE) – Greater eccentric hamstring to concentric quadriceps strength ratio at 6 months postoperatively is associated with reduced odds of revision ACL-R
Chair: Eric Hamrin Senorski (SWE) & Paul Neuman (SWE)
15.00 - 15.30: COFFEE BREAK
15.30 - 17.00: A Modern Approach to Meniscal Pathology: Biomechanics, Transplantation, and Advanced Repair
Anders Stålman – Meniscal Transplantation: Synthesizing the Evidence and Defining Best Candidates
Kristian Samuelsson – Biomechanics of the knee with meniscal injuries
Riccardo Cristiani – Advanced meniscal surgeries
Chair: Markus Waldén
17.10 - 18.00: Swedish Society Exercise and Sports Medicine (SFAIM) annual board meeting
19.00: BANQUET
- Dinner
- Live band with dancing
- Special guest appearance
Day 3
09.00 - 10.00: Delphi study on stage - ACL injuries
Seeking consensus between clinicians treating ACL-injuried patients
Swedish network for ACL injuries
Björn Barenius (SWE)
Håkan Gauffin (SWE)
10.00 - 10.30: COFFEE BREAK
10.30 - 11.15: Keynote - Karin Gravare Silbernagel
Management of tendinopathy is more than load control
Karin Gravare Silbernagel (USA)
Professor of physiotherapy at the University of Delaware
11.30 - 13.00: Current trends and evidence-based practice in hip arthroscopic surgery and rehabilitation for patients with hip-related pain
Kristian Thorborg (DK) – Hip and Groin Pain in Athletes Anno 2026
Anders Pålsson (SWE) – Diagnostics and impairments in patients with hip-related pain
August Estberger (SWE) – Factors influencing hip range of motion assessment
Ioannis Kostogiannis (SWE) – Patient selection, indications, and current evidence for arthroscopic surgery in patients with hip-related pain
Chair: Eric Hamrin Senorski (SWE) & Susanne Hansson (SWE)
13.15 - 13.30: END OF CONFERENCE
Day 1
09.00 - 10.00: Registration & Coffee
10.00 - 10.30: Opening of conference
10.30 - 11.45: Shoulder injuries in throwing sports
Jesper Bencke (DK) – How do we throw? Implications for shoulder injury prevention
Martin Asker (SWE) – Progression of exercises and return to sports for the throwing athlete
Jo Gibson (UK) – Shoulder Instability in Throwers: Insights & opportunities
Chair: Kajsa Johansson
12.00 - 13.00 Running injury: focus on footwear and mechanics
Toni Arndt (SWE) – The role of footwear
Hannah Rice (UK/NOR) – Running injury mechanics: can we prevent overuse injuries?
Chair: Amanda Lahti (SWE)
13.00 - 14.00: LUNCH BREAK
14.00 - 15.30: Football physiology
Jens Bangsbo (DK) – Effect of intensified training in football
Tommy Lundberg (SWE) – Growth spurt in young players – physiological effects affecting the game
Peter Edholm (SWE) – Hot and cold for recovery after football
Chair: Apostolos Theos (SWE)
15.30 - 16.00: COFFEE BREAK
16.00 - 16.45: Keynote - James A. Pawelczyk - Big Stage
Effects of spaceflight and future directions: the first three human missions to Mars
James A. Pawelczyk (USA)
Associate Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology at Penn State University. A NASA Payload specialist who flew on the STS-90 Space Shuttle mission.
16.50 - 17.40 SCIF Award ceremony & lecturers - Big Stage
18.00 - 18.45: Poster walk
18.45 - 20.30: Get together with social program
Join us for a relaxed social get-together featuring a welcome drink, light bites, and entertainment. This is a great opportunity to unwind after the sessions, connect with fellow participants, and engage in informal conversations. Enjoy the atmosphere, mingle with colleagues and speakers, and build new professional connections in a welcoming setting.
Day 2
08.00 - 08.25: Pehr Henrik Ling 250 years. Meet the father of scientific physical education and physiotherapy - Big Stage
This year marks the 250th birthday of the gymnast, poet, and fencing master Pehr Henrik Ling (1776–1839). During the second half of the 19th century and well into the 20th, Ling’s name was a major global point of reference in physical education as well as medical practice. The main reason for this was the scientifically grounded system of gymnastics he developed and implemented at the school he founded in 1813: the Royal Central Institute of Gymnastics (today, the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences).
In this presentation, the vast international impact of Ling’s system will be commemorated—for example, that the concept of kinesiology is a literal linguistic invention by an RCIG alumnus, and that all the first schools training physiotherapists (outside Sweden) were modeled after the RCIG’s curriculum.
Anders Ottosson, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies
University of Gothenburg
08.30 - 10.00: Muscle injuries, from Mechanism to Management
Sebastiano Nutarelli (SUI) – Updates on the impact of kinematics, fatigue and gender on hamstrings muscle injuries risk
Kristian Thorborg (DK) – Hamstring muscle injury prevention and treatment
Markus Waldén (SWE) – The Complex link between ACL injuries and muscle injuries
Chair: Susanne Hansson (SWE)
10.00 - 10.30: COFFEE BREAK
10.30 - 11.15: Keynote - Alli Gokeler - Big Stage
Cognitive Demands and ACL Rehabilitation: Are We Addressing What Athletes Really Face?
Alli Gokeler (NED)
Post-doc Dept. Applied Neuroscience Exerc & Sports University Paderborn.
11.30 - 12.30: Honorary member lecture: H-C Holmberg - Big Stage
Quattro Stagioni — Olympic Elite Sport
in Practice and Science
A 40-Year Journey: Practitioner • Coach • Researcher (1985–2025)
H-C Holmberg is Professor of Sport Science and has held adjunct professorships in both Physiotherapy and Machine Elements/Sports Technology. Following an early career in musculoskeletal clinical practice and service as Head of Education and Training at the Swedish Ski Association, he earned a PhD in Medical Science from Karolinska Institutet in 2005. He founded the Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre at Mid Sweden University and played a pivotal role in its establishment and development from 2006 to 2020, with responsibilities in both leadership and research. Parallel to and following this tenure, he has established and further developed an extensive global academic network, holding distinguished research and professorship positions at other universities in Sweden as well as internationally in Norway, the USA, Canada, Slovenia and Italy.
From 1998 to 2022, Holmberg served within the Swedish Olympic Committee, including the final 17 years as Head of Research and Development. He has held international positions of trust within the European College of Sport Science (ECSS), serving as a member of its Scientific Committee and Scientific Board, and served on the board of the Swedish Research Council for Sport Science. In recognition of his contributions, he was honored with the Minor Award from the Swedish Central Association for the Promotion of Athletics in 2006, followed by their Major Award in 2013. Holmberg has authored approximately 300 peer-reviewed articles and 50 scholarly book chapters. He remains deeply engaged in the international scientific community, with a focus on strategic development and mentorship.
12.30 - 13.30: LUNCH BREAK + Annual board meeting with lecture
12.35 - 13.15: Annual board meeting for Physiotherapist section. With lecture!
Karin Gravare Silbernagel (USA) – Tendon Science to Clinical Practice: New Insights Every Physical Therapist Should Know
13.30 - 15.00: Paper presentation - Physiology/Medicine/Miscellaneous
Axel Bramell (SWE) – Non-invasive pressure-volume loops by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging at rest and during exercise in heart failure
Julia Starck (SWE) – Plasma Mitochondrial-Derived Microprotein levels are influenced by biological maturity and acute aerobic exercise
Linnea Corell (SWE) – Aerobic capacity is associated with cardiac dimensions in individuals with cerebral palsy
Claudia Seiler (SWE) – Cardiac findings in swimming-induced pulmonary edema – implications for acute assessment
Martin Hägglund (SWE) – Mental health symptoms in Swedish Olympic athletes
Tankeng Leonard Tanko (CAM) – Mental Health and Return to Performance After Injury in African Professional Football
Josefin Löwing (SWE) – Frame Running in Preschool Children with Cerebral Palsy Boosts Running Performance
Eva Andersson (SWE) – Short- & long-term fitness effects in seniors of 8-week exercise repeated over two consecutive years
Chair: Apostolos Theos (SWE) & Katarina Steding Ehrenborg (SWE)
15.00 - 15.30: COFFEE BREAK
15.30 - 17.00: Considerations around the female athlete
Mette Kreutzfeldt Zebis (DK) – Same game, different terms
Karin Gravare Silbernagel (USA) – Are female tendon injuries different than males?
Daniel Benoit (SWE) – Should females strive to match male neuromuscular control and biomechanics?
Chair: Charlotte Häger (SWE)
17.10 - 18.00: Swedish Society Exercise and Sports Medicine (SFAIM) annual board meeting
19.00: BANQUET
- Dinner
- Live band with dancing
- Special guest appearance
Day 3
09.00 - 10.00: Tendon injury, from the inside out!
Hanna Isaksson (SWE) – Biology and biomechanics of Achilles tendon unloading
Håkan Alfredson (SWE) – Achilles and Patellar Tendinopathy-Ultrasound-guided surgery based on histology findings
Chair: Karin Gravare Silbernagel (USA)
10.00 - 10.30: COFFEE BREAK
10.30 - 11.15: Keynote - Karin Gravare Silbernagel - Big Stage
Management of tendinopathy is more than load control
Karin Gravare Silbernagel (USA)
Professor of physiotherapy at the University of Delaware
11.30 - 13.00: Shoulder biomechanics and performance for various athlete populations
Tron Krosshaug (NO) – Biomechanical analysis and rationale for common shoulder rehab exercise protocols
Kristina Fagher (SWE) – Risk factors and prevention strategies for shoulder injuries in para athletes
Sasha Carsen (CAN) – The pediatric athlete’s upper extremity: Injury, prevention, surgical advances and a developmental model of risk
Chair: Tobias Lundgren (SWE)
13.15 - 13.30: END OF CONFERENCE
Day 1
09.00 - 10.00: Registration & Coffee
10.00 - 10.30: Opening of conference
10.30 - 11.45: Going deep: Diving
Oskar Frånberg (SWE) – Diving physiology -current uses and future opportunies
Oscar Plogmark (SWE) – Diving and decompression sickness
Johan Andersson (SWE) –Breath-hold diving: Challenges in going deeper and longer
Chair: David Nordlund (SE)
12.00 - 13.00 Nutrition
Special challenges for para-athletes and military divers. Same same but different?
Emma Lindblom (SWE) – Nutrition for the para-athlete
Clara Sjöblom (SWE) – Nutrition for a military diver
Chair: Louise Brunkwall (SWE)
13.00 - 14.00: LUNCH BREAK
14.00 - 15.30: Foot Biomechanics and Minimally Invasive Management of Career-Threatening Injuries
Toni Arndt (SWE) – Foot Biomechanics
Jouko Kivioja (SWE) – The Athletic Foot & Ankle: Minimally Invasive Techniques for Ligament and Tendon Injuries. Arthroscopy, Endoscopy and Ultrasound-Guided Strategies for Faster Return to Sport
Ilka Kamrad (SWE) & Fredrik Svensson (SWE) – OCD in talus and stress fracture in naviculare bone – 2 diagnoses to end a career
Chair: Jessica Erichsen (SWE)
15.30 - 16.00: COFFEE BREAK
16.00 - 16.45: Keynote - James A. Pawelczyk - Big Stage
Effects of spaceflight and future directions: the first three human missions to Mars
James A. Pawelczyk (USA)
Associate Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology at Penn State University. A NASA Payload specialist who flew on the STS-90 Space Shuttle mission.
16.50 - 17.40 SCIF Award ceremony & lecturers - Big Stage
18.00 - 18.45: Poster walk
18.45 - 20.30: Get together with social program
Join us for a relaxed social get-together featuring a welcome drink, light bites, and entertainment. This is a great opportunity to unwind after the sessions, connect with fellow participants, and engage in informal conversations. Enjoy the atmosphere, mingle with colleagues and speakers, and build new professional connections in a welcoming setting.
Day 2
08.00 - 08.25: Pehr Henrik Ling 250 years. Meet the father of scientific physical education and physiotherapy - Big Stage
This year marks the 250th birthday of the gymnast, poet, and fencing master Pehr Henrik Ling (1776–1839). During the second half of the 19th century and well into the 20th, Ling’s name was a major global point of reference in physical education as well as medical practice. The main reason for this was the scientifically grounded system of gymnastics he developed and implemented at the school he founded in 1813: the Royal Central Institute of Gymnastics (today, the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences).
In this presentation, the vast international impact of Ling’s system will be commemorated—for example, that the concept of kinesiology is a literal linguistic invention by an RCIG alumnus, and that all the first schools training physiotherapists (outside Sweden) were modeled after the RCIG’s curriculum.
Anders Ottosson, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies
University of Gothenburg
08.30 - 10.00: Working hard: Effects on the body of extreme loads
James A. Pawelczyk (USA) – Is breathing primal or fashionable?
Maria Hårdstedt (SWE) – Swimming induced pulmonary edema (SIPE) – Working hard in Vansbro
Johan Andersson (SWE) – Fran-lung. Pulmonary edema caused by cross-fit
Chair: David Nordlund
10.00 - 10.30: COFFEE BREAK
10.30 - 11.15: Keynote - Alli Gokeler - Big Stage
Cognitive Demands and ACL Rehabilitation: Are We Addressing What Athletes Really Face?
Alli Gokeler (NED)
Post-doc Dept. Applied Neuroscience Exerc & Sports University Paderborn.
11.30 - 12.30: Honorary member lecture: H-C Holmberg - Big Stage
Quattro Stagioni — Olympic Elite Sport
in Practice and Science
A 40-Year Journey: Practitioner • Coach • Researcher (1985–2025)
H-C Holmberg is Professor of Sport Science and has held adjunct professorships in both Physiotherapy and Machine Elements/Sports Technology. Following an early career in musculoskeletal clinical practice and service as Head of Education and Training at the Swedish Ski Association, he earned a PhD in Medical Science from Karolinska Institutet in 2005. He founded the Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre at Mid Sweden University and played a pivotal role in its establishment and development from 2006 to 2020, with responsibilities in both leadership and research. Parallel to and following this tenure, he has established and further developed an extensive global academic network, holding distinguished research and professorship positions at other universities in Sweden as well as internationally in Norway, the USA, Canada, Slovenia and Italy.
From 1998 to 2022, Holmberg served within the Swedish Olympic Committee, including the final 17 years as Head of Research and Development. He has held international positions of trust within the European College of Sport Science (ECSS), serving as a member of its Scientific Committee and Scientific Board, and served on the board of the Swedish Research Council for Sport Science. In recognition of his contributions, he was honored with the Minor Award from the Swedish Central Association for the Promotion of Athletics in 2006, followed by their Major Award in 2013. Holmberg has authored approximately 300 peer-reviewed articles and 50 scholarly book chapters. He remains deeply engaged in the international scientific community, with a focus on strategic development and mentorship.
12.30 - 13.30: LUNCH BREAK + Annual board meeting without lecture
12.45 - 13.15: Annual board meeting for Naprapath section
13.30 - 15.00: MoRe Lab Workshop at the University
These workshops will take place in the MoRe Lab at Lund University!
Bring lunch to go from the lunch station
Workshop 1: Treadmill running analysis
Workshop 2: Biodex/strength analysis
Workshop 3: Functional testing and EMG
Tron Krosshaug (NOR), Jesper Bencke (DK), Hannah Rice (UK/NOR) & Elese St Louis (CAN/SWE) Nicholas Ryan (UK/SWE)
15.00 - 15.30: COFFEE BREAK
15.30 - 17.00: Going high: High altitude and space
Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalo (SWE) – The Ultimate Clinical Trial: What Astronauts Teach Us About Human Biology
Daniele Cardinale (SWE) – Hypoxic Methods in Elite Sport: Traditional, Modern, and Emerging Strategies
Carsten Lundby (DK) – Hematological adaptations to prolonged high altitude exposure
Chair: Katarina Steding-Ehrenborg (SWE) & Jessica Norrbom (SWE)
17.10 - 18.00: Swedish Society for Sports and Activity (SFAIM) annual board meeting
19.00: BANQUET
- Dinner
- Live band with dancing
- Special guest appearance
Day 1
10.30 - 11.45: Hip and groin pain assessment in athletes
Kristian Thorborg (DK)
Clinical Professor Copenhagen Unitversiy
12.00 - 13.00 IAA Workshop: Knee arthrofibrosis diagnostics & decision-making
Sebastiano Nutarelli (SUI)
PhDc at UCD Dublin (IRE), MS Biomechanics, Sports Rehab co-founder & EUKAF Coord. (CH), Master’s in Clinical & Sports Biomechanics Program Coord. at University of Camerino (ITA)
14.00 - 15.30: When “Looks Good” Isn’t Good Enough: Objective tools for safer ACL RTP - In association with VALD
Alli Gokeler (NED)
Post-doc Dept. Applied Neuroscience Exerc & Sports University Paderborn. Amsterdam Collaboration Health Safety Sports, Amsterdam UMC
Day 2
08.30 - 10.00: TBA
13.30 - 15.00: MoRe Lab Workshop at the University
These workshops will take place in the MoRe Lab at Lund University!
Bring lunch to go from the lunch station
Workshop 1: Treadmill running analysis
Workshop 2: Biodex/strength analysis
Workshop 3: Functional testing and EMG
Tron Krosshaug (NOR), Jesper Bencke (DK) & Nicholas Ryan
15.30 - 17.00: Work-shop: Navigating Sports Concussion Rehabilitation with Hjärntrappan 2.0
Are you up to date with the newest standards in sports concussion rehabilitation?
This workshop takes you through the transition from theory to practice using the updated Hjärntrappan 2.0 framework, Sweden’s latest evidence-based guideline for sports concussion rehabilitation. Time to leave initial ‘total rest’ protocols. Advance the knowledge you need to guide patients safely from injury to return-to-sports. A combination of theory, hands-on practice and clinical reasoning.
Kajsa Johansson (SWE)
Chair of the Swedish Sports Concussion Society (SSCS)
Senior Associate Professor, Unit of Physiotherapy at Linköping University
Head of the unit for injuries related to physical activity and sports (MIE),
Region Östergötland, Sweden
Day 1
10.30 - 11.45: Ultrasound-guided tendon surgery and rehabilitation
Håkan Alfredson (SWE)
Professor at Umeå University
Markus Waldén (SWE)
Associate professor at Linköping University
12.00 - 13.00 Sport-injuries in foot and ankle, case discussions
Fredrik Svensson (SWE)
Orthopedic specialist
Ilka Kamrad (SWE)
Orthopedic specialist
14.00 - 15.30: The future of doping - what are the success factors in today's anti-doping
The workshop aims at discussions om what have we have done the last years to win the struggle against the dopers and what we need to to better towards the future development of doping.
Åke Andrén Sandberg (SWE) Professor emeritus in surgery and an expert in doping and anti-doping issues. Past president of Swedish anti-doping agency and former chairman of Swedish Sports Medicine Association.
Day 2
08.30 - 10.00: Shoulder diagnostics in the throwing athlete
Martin Asker (SWE)
Associate professor Sophia Hemmet
13.30 - 15.00: MoRe Lab Workshop at the University
These workshops will take place in the MoRe Lab at Lund University!
Bring lunch to go from the lunch station
Workshop 1: Treadmill running analysis
Workshop 2: Biodex/strength analysis
Workshop 3: Functional testing and EMG
Tron Krosshaug (NOR), Jesper Bencke (DK) & Nicholas Ryan
15.30 - 17.00: Para athletes heath – what you need to know as a sports medicine clinician
Kristina Fagher (SWE)
Associate Professor at Lund University
Jan Lexell (SWE)
Professor at Lund University
Meet Our Speakers
Keynotes
Alli Gokeler (NED)
Post-doc Dept. Applied Neuroscience Exerc & Sports University Paderborn. Amsterdam Collaboration Health Safety Sports, Amsterdam UMC
James A. Pawelczyk (USA)
Associate Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology at Penn State University. A NASA Payload specialist who flew on the STS-90 Space Shuttle mission.
Karin Gravare Silbernagel (USA)
Professor of physiotherapy at the University of Delaware
Honorary Speaker
H-C Holmberg
Professor of Sport Science and has held adjunct professorships in both Physiotherapy and Machine Elements/Sports Technology.
Speakers
Sebastiano Nutarelli
PhDc at UCD Dublin (IRE), MS Biomechanics, Sports Rehab co-founder & EUKAF Coord. (SUI), Master's in Clinical & Sports Biomechanics Program Coord. at University of Camerino (ITA)
Eric Hamrin Senorski
Associate Professor of Physiotherapy, University of Gothenburg (SWE)
Daniel Benoit
PhD in Biomechanics, Head of The MoRe laboratory at Lund University (SWE)
Katarina Steding-Ehrenborg
Associate professor in Clinical Physiology, Physiotherapist, Lund University (SWE)
Martin Asker
Associate professor in Medical Science, Certified Sports Medicine Therapist, Karolinska Institute (SWE)
Jesper Bencke
MSc, PhD Laboratory Manager at Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre (DK)
Markus Waldén
MD, Associate professor at the Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University (SWE)
Tron Krosshaug
Professor at the Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NOR)
Charlotte Häger
Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University (SWE)
Anders Stålman
MD., PhD in Orthopaedics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (SWE)
Riccardo Cristiani
MD., PhD in Orthopaedics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (SWE)
Kristian Samuelsson
MD, Professor at the Department of Orthopaedics, University of Gothenburg (SWE)
Maria Hårdstedt
MD., PhD at Centre for Clinical Research Dalarna, Uppsala University (SWE)
Oskar Frånberg
Associate Professor, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola (SWE)
Carsten Lundby
Professor of Integrative Physiology The Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics
Johan Andersson
PhD, Physiologist, senior lecturer at Lund University (SWE)
Emma Lindblom
Nutritionist, IOC dip. SP.Nut, Bosön Stockholm (SWE)
Kristian Thorborg
Clinical Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Copenhagen University (DK)
Ioannis Kostogiannis
MD., PhD., Skåne University Hospital, Lund University (SWE)
Jens Bangsbo
Dr. Sci., PhD., UEFA pro-license coach, Professor of Human Physiology and Exercise Physiology, Head of Copenhagen Centre of Team Sports and Health (DK)
Tommy Lundberg
Associate professor, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (SWE)
Peter Edholm
PhD, assistant lecturer, Halmstad Högskola (SWE)
Daniele Cardinale
Affiliated Researcher, Karolinska Institutet Performance Developer Officer, Swedish Sports Confederation (Riksidrottsförbundet) (SWE)
Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalo
Associate professor, Karoliska Institute, Stockholm (SWE)
Clara Sjöblom
Nutritionist, PhD-student in Military Nutrition, Lund University (SWE)
Oscar Plogmark
MD, Diving doctor Swedish Armed Forces, PhD-student, Lund University (SWE)
August Estberger
Physiotherapist, PhD-student in Orthopaedics, Lund University (SWE)
Anders Pålsson
PhD, Physiotherapist, Lund University (SWE)
Mette Zebis
Head of Research & Affiliate Professor at University College Copenhagen & Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital University of Copenhagen (DK)
Kristina Fagher
Physiotherapist and associate professor at Lund University (SWE)
Ilka Kamrad
Orthopedic specialist focusing on foot and ankle; team physician for the Swedish Gymnastics Federation since 2022.
Sasha Carsen
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Ottawa; (Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario) (CAN)
Carl Johan Boraxbekk
Clinical Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine (Neurology), University of Copenhagen (DK)
Hanna Isaksson
Professor in Biomechanics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lunds universitet (SWE)
Jo Gibson
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, Consultant Shoulder Physiotherapist Shoulder Success Ltd Wirral, UK
Toni Arndt
Professor in Biomechanics, Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan (GIH), Stockholm (SWE)
Hannah Rice
Professor in Biomechanics, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NIH), Oslo (NOR)
Jouko Kiviaja
Orthopaedic Surgeon (Foot & Ankle), Aleris Hand & Fot / Sophiahemmet (SWE)
Joanna Kvist
Professor in Physiotherapy, Linköpings universitet (SWE)
Håkan Alfredsson
Professor emeritus, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation (Sports Medicine), Umeå universitet (SWE)
David Nordlund
Researcher, Lund Cardiac MR Group; Specialty registrar, Clinical Physiology (Lund), Lunds universitet (SWE)
Fredrik Svensson
Orthopedic specialist, Capio Ortopediska Huset (SWE)