The Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports and
Exercise Medicine invite you to attend their Biennial
Conference:
Physios in Sport – Promoting Excellence
Friday the 1st and Saturday the 2nd July 2011
The main conference will be held within the Julian Hodge Building of Cardiff University, which is a modern
building with a fabulous tiered lecture theatre and state of the art audio visual equipment not to mention free
on-site parking!
The four main themes for the conference will be
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Shoulder

Cervical Spine

Fascia/tissue

Injury prevention & performance
Confirmed Faculty:

Prof. Lennard Funk, BSc MSc FRCS(Tr&Orth) FFSEM(UK)
Shoulder & Upper Limb Surgeon, UK

Mark Bennett – Strength and Conditioning Coach, Ospreys Rugby, Swansea

Dr Mario Bizzini, FIFA, Zurich

Dr Henning Langberg, Associate Professor, Copenhagen University , Denmark

Dr Andrea Fusco – Genova, Italy

Anna Frohm – Elite Sports Centre, Swedish Sports Confederation, Sweden

Stephen Mutch – Edinburgh

James Earls – Director, Kinesis UK/Ultimate Massage Solutions
The conference will be a mix of keynote presentations and parallel sessions. We have an exciting mix
of parallel sessions - although as yet we are finalising the exact mix between halls. This will be
confirmed very soon so watch out for the updated version in the next month or so.
You are invited to submit an abstract for this conference (Deadline May 1st 2011).
Emphasis will be on oral and poster presentations of original research, case studies and clinical commentaries
along with selected plenary presentations. Deadline for submission is May 1st, 2011. All abstracts will be peerreviewed by the conference scientific committee. Abstracts selected for oral (platform) presentation will be
limited to ten minutes, to be followed by a five-minute discussion period. Some abstracts will be presented in
poster format and displayed throughout the duration of the conference.
Authors will be notified electronically of an acceptance decision by May 30th, 2011
Instructions for Authors
Abstract submissions should be in the following format:

Research reports require a structured abstract containing a maximum of

300 words, divided into 6 sections with the following headings (in this order):

Study Design, Objectives, Background, Methods and Measures, Results, Conclusion.

The abstract for case studies should have 5 sections with the following headings:
Study Design, Background, Case Description, Outcomes and Discussion.

Clinical commentaries require an abstract that is not structured.
All abstracts for the ACPSM annual conference 2011 must be submitted electronically via email to
Dr Nicola Phillips: phillipsn@cardiff.ac.uk
Abstracts approved by the scientific panel will appear in the conference proceedings, with selected presentations
published in Physical Therapy in Sport, which is the official journal of Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in
Sport & Exercise Medicine.
Provisional programme below – for more information contact
acpsmcourses@hotmail.co.uk
Friday 1st July
From
8.00
9.10
9.50
10.40
11.15
12.30
1.30
2.15
3.00
3.30
4.15
6.30
Julien Hodge Lecture Theatre
Registration within exhibition
Keynote - James Earls - Fascia
Keynote – Prof Len Funk – Surgical
considerations in the overhead athlete
Morning Coffee & Exhibition
Dr Henning Langberg – Achilles
Tendinopathy Management
Lunch and exhibition
AGM
Free Papers
Afternoon tea & Exhibition
– Prof L. Funk
A Shoulder Assessment: Differential
Diagnosis
Keynote – Guest speaker to be
confirmed
Excellence in Performance
Drinks reception – Cardiff Museum
followed by optional conference social
evening at Tiger Tiger
Breakout 1
Breakout 2
Dr Mario Bizzini –
Injury Prevention in
Football
Andrea Fusco –
Management of
Shoulder Injury
Free Papers
Free Papers
Fascia
Cspine PT
Saturday 2nd July
Julien Hodge Lecture Theatre
From 8.00
a.m.
9.10
9.50
10.40
11.15
Breakout
2
Stephen Mutch
tbc Injury
Prevention &
Performance Groin Injury
Prevention –
Dr
Andrea
Fusco –
Managing
shoulder
injury in
sport
Parallel B
Mike Smith
Measuring
Shoulder Function
Parallel C
Speaker
to be
confirmed
Registration within exhibition
Keynote - Anna Frohm
Injury Prevention & Performance –
Keynote – Mark Bennett -Managing Strength and
Conditioning in Professional Rugby
Morning Coffee & Exhibition
Dr Henning Langberg –
Achilles Tendinopathy Management
12.30
1.30
Lunch and exhibition
Parallel Session A
Dr Mario Bizzini
Injury Prevention in Football
2.10
Keynote – Dave Reddin
Performance
Afternoon tea & Exhibition
Keynote – Speaker to be confirmed
Closing address and award prizes
2.50
3.30
4.30
Breakout 1
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