Agenda for the 5th MuscleTech Network Workshop 14th and 15th October 2013. Join us on Twitter! #MTN13

1. Agenda for the
5th MuscleTech
Network
Workshop
14th and 15th
October 2013
Research on Muscle
and Tendon Injuries:
From scientific evidence
to clinical practice
#MTN13

3. 9:00/9:25
Institutional opening speeches
8:30/9:00
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
To be confirmed, Barcelona City Council
Monday 14
M14
9:25/9:30
Welcome. MuscleTech Network,
moving forward.
Gil Rodas
Scientific Director of MuscleTech Network, Senior Researcher and Sports
Medicine Specialist at the Medical Services Futbol Club Barcelona.
Meritxell de la Varga
Coordinator Manager of MuscleTech Network and Senior Researcher and
Medicinal Chemistry specialist at LEITAT Technological Centre.

4. 11:30/13:00
Key note lectures
Chairman: Nicola Maffulli
Richard L. Lieber
Professor 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.
M14
9:30/11:00
Key note lectures
Chairman: Gil Rodas
Jiri Dvorak
FIFA 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.
Lluis Til
Senior 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.
Lars Engebretsen
Professor 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.
11:00/11:30
Coffee break

5. 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 Pruna
Senior 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
13:30/14:30
Lunch & poster session
14:30/16:00
Key note lectures
Chairman: Nicola Maffulli
Samuel R. Ward
Associate 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.
Xavier Alomar
Creu Blanca Radiology Clinic. Barcelona.
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Update in MRI. New classification in Rectus Femoris injuries.

6. 16:40/17:10
Coffee break & viewing of poster
presentation
16:00/16:40
Experts corner: return to sport in
muscle injuries. From scientific to
practical experience
Chairman: Roald Bahr
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
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.

7. 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.
17:10/19:10
Experts corner: return to sport in
muscle injuries. From scientific to
practical experience
Chairman: Roald Bahr
M14

8. 8:30/9:00
Technical office
Tuesday 15
9:00/10:30
Key note lectures
Chairman: Gil Rodas
Samuel R. Ward
Associate 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 Langberg
Professor 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?
Jill Cook
Professor Monash University , Melbourne Australia.
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Managing Tendinopathy in season.
T15

9. 10:30/11:10
Expert’s corner
Chairman: Henning Langberg
11:40/12:50
Expert’s corner
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.
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.
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.
T15
11:10/11:40
Coffee break

10. T15
12:50/15:00
Expert’s corner
Chairman: Gil Rodas
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.
PRP (platelet rich plasma) injections
can prevent surgical treatment of lateral
epicondylitis: Prospective analysis of 48
patients in work compensation environment
Dr. Xavier Casanova Canals: Upper Extremity Orthopaedic
and Trauma surgeon in EGARSAT.
RCT in stem cells. From theory to practice
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.

11. T15
15:00/16:00
Lunch & poster session
16:00/17:30
Visit FCB Museum

12. Auditori 1899
Seu Social
Avinguda Diagonal
Avinguda de Joan XXIII
CarrerdelaMaternitat
Travessera de les Corts
Avingudad’AristidesMaillol
HotelPrincesaSofia
Car access
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Phone: +34 93 788 23 00
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