SITEMSH - SNOWSPORTS MEDICINE CONGRESS

SITEMSH and SCME Congress postponed

The 37th Congress of the International Society for Snowsports Medicine (SITEMSH) and the 9th Congress of the Catalan Society for Sports Medicine (SCME) have been postponed, in conformity with the recommendations of the Andorran Ministry of Health and following the healthcare instructions of the international Medical Associations that forbid medical professionals from participating in congresses and demonstrations.

The Congress of the SITEMSH and of the SCME was going to be held from April 1 to April 4 in Andorra and has been postponed due to the threat of coronavirus, in order to prevent the expansion of the virus, even though its impact on Andorra has been very low.

The new dates for the Congress, which is previewed to be held in autumn, will be published shortly.

The organizers will continue working in order to ensure that the convening of the congress on the new dates meets the expectations of all the exhibitors, speakers and participants.

Congrés SITEMSH i SCME posposats

El Congrés de la SITEMSH i de la Societat Catalana de Medicina de l’Esport (SCME), han estat posposats, d’acord amb les recomanacions del Ministeri de Salut andorrà i seguint les instruccions sanitàries dels Col·legis de Metges internacionals que prohibeixen la participació dels professionals mèdics en congressos i manifestacions.

El Congrés de la SITEMSH i de la SCME s’havien de celebrar de l’1 al 4 d’abril a Andorra i s’ha posposat a causa de la crisi del COVID-19, amb la voluntat de prevenir l’expansió del virus i minimitzar l’exposició dels professionals de la salut malgrat que, hores d’ara, a Andorra només s’ha confirmat un cas, d’un viatger procedent d’una zona afectada.

Les noves dates del congrés es comunicaran properament.

Des de l’organització es continuarà treballant per tal que la celebració del Congrés en les noves dates respongui a les expectatives de tots els expositors, ponents i participants.

37th Congress of the International Society for Snowsports Medicine
9th Congress of the Catalan Sports Medicine Society

Conference Rooms at Hotel Roc Blanc, Escaldes -Engordany, ANDORRA

Andorra

1st to 4th April 2020

The International Society for Snowsports Medicine - SITEMSH is the oldest European Scientific Society that is concerned with the study of winter sports pathologies, their treatment and prevention. Its history started in the 50's, when a group of experts from Alpine Countries (Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland) began to observe, collect and study the injuries occurring after winter sport accidents. They decided to meet every two years on behalf of a new Society named SITEMSH (Société Internationale de Traumatologie et de Médecine des Sports d’Hiver)

SCME, Catalan Society for Sports Medicine, congress gathers every 2 years specialists in the field of sports medicine but also physiotherapists, sports science specialists and other professionals interested in competition sport, health & sport, sport education…

Andorra has a long tradition in sports and has hosted important sport events:

Alpine World Cup and Alpine Europe Cup competitions
Speed Skiing: World Cup & World Championship
SBX World Cup
Ski Mountaineering World Cup
UCI mountain Bike World Cup
and other high level sport events…

Severe injuries in snowsports, ACL injuries, snowsports and impaired population, new snowsports activities, sports engineering (bindings, protective equipment, slope designs, ski lifts improvements...), sports medicine, altitude physiology and pathology…

Sports Medicine with a special focus on Mountain Sports

EMS, orthopaedic surgeons, ski patrollers, sports medicine specialists, rehabilitation specialists, physiotherapists, team physicians, sport engineers, regulator bodies (FIS), ski area operators, manufacturers sports scientists…

Dr Bernat Escoda (SITEMSH secretary; Andorra Ski Federation; Grandvalira – Pas de la Casa Ski Resort; Medisport-Andorra la Vella)
Dr Joan Torrens (SITEMSH secretary for Andorra; Grandvalira – Arcalís Ski Resort)
Dr Aleix Vidal (SITEMSH president; Baqueira Beret Ski Resort; TEKNON Medical Center Barcelona)
Dra Carme Mombiedro (Medisport-Andorra la Vella; Vallnord Pal Ski Resort)

DRAFT PROGRAM

1st to 4th April 2020 - Conference Center Hotel Roc Blanc
Escaldes -Engordany, ANDORRA

1st April Wednesday

Workshops (Ordino-Arcalís, Grandvalira Ski Resort) 15.00-18.00

Avalanche rescue: use of AVD
Avalanche dog demonstration
Injured immobilization /transportation (Ski-patrols)
Rescue material demonstration

Hypothermia management

19h Dinner at Restaurant La Coma d’Arcalís – Grandvalira Ski Resort

2nd April Thursday

(work language: English, Catalan, Spanish and French, with translation)
Conference Center Hotel Roc Blanc

Session: Snowsports Safety

Human factors in ski accidents (10´)
Dr Iñigo Soteras, Mountain Medicine, Medical Center Masella Ski Resort, CISA-IKAR
Safety in ski resorts. What do we expect from the users? (20´)
Cnel. Alberto Ayora, head of the “Comité de Seguridad de la Federación Española de Deporte de Montaña y Escalada (FEDME).”
The expert evidence in court procedures associated with ski accidents and outdoor activities (20´)
Iñigo Ayllon, lawyer, specialized in mountain and snowsports accidents
Collisions against obstacles during recreational snow sports: a preliminary epidemiological analysis (15´)
Marie Dorsemaine
Wearing rate of helmet in snow sports (15´)
Pr Yukio Urabe
État des lieux de la prise en charge des accidents de ski dans les Pyrénées Françaises (15¨)
Dr Jean-Dominique Laporte

Floor discussion (15´)

coffee break 10h20-10h40

Session: Snowsports and Functional Diversity 10h40-12h25

Introduction: sport and functional diversity. "Hospidepor" programm (15´)
Dr Josep Barrachina
Alpine and Nordic Skiing as paralympic sports (15´)
Dr Josep Oriol Martinez-Ferrer
Personal experience as Paralympic medallist in Sochi (15´)
Gabriel Gorce
Integració social a l’esport adaptat Social integration in adapted sport (15´)
Enric Garcia Faixó
Beyond evidence (15´)
Edu Carrera Mariscal

Floor Discussion (15´)

Lunch Break 12h25-14h

Session: Sports Engineering 14h-16h15

Snow Sports Engineering Issues (15´)
Christopher Brown
Ski Edges (15´)
Christopher Brown
Lenghts of training courses (15´)
Roger Brown
Practical measurement of special lateral heel release settings for special alpine ski-bindings associated with ACL integrity (15´)
Rick Howell
Spinal injury due to excessive range of motion in typical snowboarding backward falls (15´)
Wei Wei
How simulation with human model can be used to understand mechanisms leading to trauma in snowsport situation (15´)
Arnoux Pierre-Jean
Ski Patrolling App (15´)
Enzo Acosta
Interventions on ski trails for accident prevention (15´)
Lluis Rocafort / Xavier Parra

Floor discussion

Coffee Break 16h16-16h30

Snowsports Injuries 16h30-18h30

Partial ACL tears in athletes (15´)
Dr Athanassios Zacharopoulos
The importance of the stiff neck ruff: new insights (in collaboration with the Swiss air ambulance) (15´)
Dr Dominik Heim
The evaluation for ACL injury prevention (15´)
Pr Yukio Urabe
Intrafocal anesthesia for displaced fractures (15´)
Dr Marc-Hervé Binet
Wintersport in Arosa: lessons learned at the new medical centre in Arosa (15´)
Dr Dominik Heim
Spinal immobilization for transportation after mountain traumatic injuries (15´)
Evin Morgane

Floor Discussion (15´)

19h Ski Competition “Coupe du Président” (Sunset Park Peretol)
Freestyle exhibition

20h Dinner Grau Roig – Grandvalira Ski Resort

3rd April Friday

(work language: English, Catalan, Spanish and French, with translation)

08.30 Registration

Inaugural conference SCME 09.00-09.45

Session: ACL injuries in snowsports 09.45-11.15

ACL injuries in leisure skiers (15´)
Dr Aleix Vidal, orthopedic surgeon, Teknon Medical Center Barcelona / Medical Center Baqueira Ski Resort
ACL injuries in ski racers (15´)
Dr Roberto Negrin, Orthopedic Surgeon, Clínica Las Condes, Santiago de Chile
FIS Medical Committee
Development of a Preventive Knee Brace in Professional Ski Racing - a Holistic Developmental Concept and Successful Implementation in the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup (15´)
Dr Peter Brucker, Orthopedic Surgeon, German Ski Federation
ACL injury mechanism in skiers (15´)
Dr Diego Garcia-Germán, Orthopedic Surgeon, Spanish Ski Federation
The most effective rehabilitation program after ACL Reconstruction (15´)
Pr Yukio Urabe, University of Hiroshima

Floor discussion (15')

Coffee break 11.15-11.45

Session: Severe injuries in Snow & Mountain Sports 11.45-13.00

Severe injuries in skiing in Snowsports in Switzerland (15´)
Dr Dominik Heim, Emergency Surgeon, European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery,
Basel University
Mountain Bike injuries (15´)
Dr Anna Hernandez, Emergency Department Hospital Nostra Senyora de Meritxell
Severe injuries & fatalities in snowsports in Andorra (15´)
Dr Bernat Escoda, Sports Medicine and Mountain Medicine, Centre Mèdic de Pas de la Casa-Grau Roig Grandvalira Ski Resort, FIS medical committee
Mountaineering injuries (15´)
Dr Enric Subirats Internal Medicine, Mountain Medicine, Medical Center La Masella Ski Resort, Universitat de Girona

Floor discussion (15´)

Cold buffet 13.00 - 14.15

Session: Competition Skiing 14.15-16.00

(tittle to be confirmed) (15´)
Dr Marie-Philippe Blanchi, Federal Doctor of the French Ski Federation, FIS Medical Committee member
Management of the ski concussion (15´)
A. Peurois, French Ski Federation
Statistic of injuries in the French National Ski Team (15´)
A. Guyon, French Ski Federation
Organization of rescue during Alpine Ski World Cup Finals Grandvalira 2019 (15´)
Laura Sànchez – Emergency Nurse Medical Center Soldeu-El Tarter Grandvalira Ski Resort, Emergency Departement Hospital Nostra Senyora de Meritxell
Shock wave therapy in high level skiers after muscle and tendon laesions (15´)
Dr Anton Wicker, Rehabilitation Specialist, Austrian Ski Federation, FIS Medical Committee
Podologic concerns in ski racers (15´)
Sr Enric Violan, Podologist, Foot Pathomechanics and treatments

Floor discussion (15´)

Session: other Snowsports Disciplines 16.00-16.40

Injuries in less common snowsports (15´)
Dr Joan Torrens, Sports Medicine, Medical Center Ordino-Arcalís Grandvalira Ski Resort
Freestyle injuries (15´)
Sr Jesus Landete Sports Scientist

Floor Discussion (10´)

Coffee break 16.40-17.10

Session: Altitude physiology/pathology 17.10-18.05

Altitude training (15´)
Sr Patxi Vila, Sports scientist, training, nutrition, biomechanics and race planning coordinator Movistar cycling team
Hypothermia (15´)
Dr Iñigo Soteras, Mountain Medicine, Medical Center Masella Ski Resort
CISA-IKAR
Functional testing in hypoxia (15´)
Dr Fabien Pillard, Sports Medicine, University Hospital Toulouse-Purpan
Changes in lung function in endurance trained athletes accustomed to perform at altitude: a ski mountaineering field study (15´)
Fabienne Durand, Laboratoire Européen Performance Santé Altitude, Font Romeu

Floor Discussion (10´)

Session: Regenerative medicine 18.05-18.50

Joint infusion of expanded MSC in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee. Results of our years of experience and future perspectives for athletes (15´)
Dr Robert Soler MD Regenerative medicine “Institut de Teràpia regenerativa Tissular (ITRT)” Centre Médic Teknon
Effect of intratendinous infusion of Autologous Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Expanded under GMP conditions or LP-PRP in Chronic Patellar Tendinopathy: A Randomized Double-Blinded Prospective Study at 12 months (15´)
Dr Joan Rius, MD Regenerative medicine “Institut de Teràpia regenerativa Tissular (ITRT)” Centre Médic Teknon

Floor Discussion (15´)

Poster communications presentation 19.00-19.45

SCME General Assembly 19.50-20.20

4th April Saturday

(work languages: English, Catalan, Spanish and French, live translation)

Trail Running 09.00-10.45

Introduction. Why are medical controls important? (15´)
Dr Daniel Brotons, Sports Medicine, president SCME 2006-2011, Catalan Sports Council
Micro traumatic injuries in trail running participants (15´)
Dr Virginie Pecourneau, Sports Medicine, University Hospital Toulouse-Purpan
Ankle Injury Prevention in trai running (15´)
Dr Daniel Brotons, Sports Medicine, president SCME 2006-2011, Catalan Sports Council
Podological concerns in trail running (15´)
Sr Enric Violan, Podologist, Foot Pathomechanics and treatments
“Stay and Play”. Medical assistance in trail running races (15´)
Dr Salvador Sarrà, Emergency Physician, International Diploma in Mountain Medicine.
Nutrition aspects of ultradistance races (15´)
(Speaker to be confirmed)

Floor discussion (15´)

Coffee break 10.45-11.30

Trail running 11.30-14.00

Physiology elements determining performance in trail running (15´)
Dr Fabien Pillard, Sports Medicine, University Hospital Toulouse-Purpan
New perspective in sports training: the polyvagal theory (15´)
Dr Carme Mombiedro, Sports Medicine, Medisport, Andorra la Vella, Medical Center Pal- Vallnord Ski Resort
Training for trail running (15´)
Sr Eduard Barceló, Sports Scientist, Trail Running trainer
Trail running psychology (15´)
Sr Tomàs Navarro, psychologist, coach
The runner view (15´)
(to be confirmed)

Floor discussion (15´)