Workshops (October 23) and Congress (October 24-25) are held in different venues. Check all the details in the website Home Page.
WORKSHOPS & RESIDENT FORUM
- 09.00 – 12.00 Incorporating working dog training into sports medicine care, Cynthia Otto – Workshop venue: GARU Club Scuola Cinofila – Sponsored by    
- 09.00 – 12.00 Mesotherapy – an innovative modality in the treatment of musculoskeletal pain, João Carlos Agostinho Alves – Workshop venue: Università degli Studi di Torino Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie
- 13.00 – 16.00 Canine Myofascial Kinetic Lines: Anatomy, test and treatment, Vibeke Sødring Elbrønd – Workshop venue: GARU Club Scuola Cinofila
- 17.00 – 19.00 Resident Forum – @Unione Industriali Torino Congress Center
 Chaired by Marion Mucha and Annamaria Nagy
 
– 17.00-17.20 | Young Standardbred trotters should be evaluated for movement asymmetry after training, Anne Selven Kallerud
– 17.20-17.40 | Development of an ethogram to describe facial expressions in swimming horses, Ilaria Grossi
– 17.40-18.00 | Bone scintigraphic follow-up after a 2-months swimming program in showjumping horses with neck and back pain, Antoine Premont
– 18.00-18.20 | Ex vivo comparison of accuracy for perineural injection of the median nerve in horses: ‘blind’ versus ultrasound-guided technique, Soledad Guiñón
– 18.20-18.40 | Gait Analysis in healthy Cats: Impact of Treadmill Mode on Kinetic and Temporospatial Parameters, Monika Mille
– 18.40-19.00 | Influence of Slopes and Perturbation on Static Paw Dynamics in Dogs, Christiane Lutonsky
- 20.00 – 23.30 Welcome Cocktail (pre-registration requested)
CONGRESS SESSIONS “PREVENTION VERSUS SPORT MEDICINE”
- 08.00 – 08.45 Registrations
- 08.45 – 09.00 Opening Ceremony, Zoran Vrbanac
Plenary Session
Chaired by João Carlos Agostinho Alves and Jean-Marie Denoix
- 09.00 – 09.45 Prevention of Musculo-skeletal injuries in human athletes, Cathy Speed
- 09.45 – 10.00 Discussion
- 10.00 – 10.30 Coffee break
- 10.30 – 11.00 Prevention of injuries in Equine Sports Medicine, Paul René van Weeren
- 11.00 – 11.30 Injury prevention in working dogs, Cynthia Otto
- 11.30 – 12.00 Round Table Discussion with Cathy Speed, Paul René van Weeren, Cynthia Otto
- 12.00 – 13.00 Annual General Meeting
- 12.00 – 14.00 Lunch & poster viewing
Small Animals session
Chaired by Yves Samoy
- 14.00 – 14.30 Genetic implication in Hip Dysplasia, Bart Broeckx
- 14.30 – 15.00 Postural stability in growing dogs developing Hip Dysplasia, Christiane Lutonsky
- 15.00 – 15.30 Diagnostic Imaging for Hip Laxity evaluation, Louis Vanderkerckhove
- 15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
- 16.00 – 16.30 Rehabilitation in young dogs with HD, Marion Mucha
- 16.30 – 17.00 The future of preventive hip surgery: 3DHip project, Björn Meij
- 17.00 – 17.10 FREE COMMUNICATION: Distal extremity injuries in sporting patients: descriptive retrospective study of 159 dogs, Alessio Franini
- 17.10 – 17.20 FREE COMMUNICATION: Trans-Paw ultrasonographic diagnosis of digital flexor insertional injuries in Sporting Dogs, Giliola Spattini
- 17.20 – 17.30 FREE COMMUNICATION: Effects of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on Pain and Mobility in Client-Owned Dogs with refractory Elbow and Stifle Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Double-blinded Trial, Annika Klein
- 20.00 – 00.00 Congress Dinner (pre-registration and payment requested)
CONGRESS SESSIONS “REHABILITATION”
Small Animals Session
Chaired by Zoran Vrbanac
- 09.00 – 09.30 Objective assessment of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) administration in osteoarthritic dogs with and without physiotherapy, José Manuel Vilar Guereño
- 09.30 – 10.00 Rehabilitation of elbow dysplasia in dogs: the influence of different management approaches, Yves Samoy
- 10.00 – 10.30 Training exercises: warm-up/cool-down, Cynthia Otto
- 10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
- 11.00 – 11.30 How to train your puppy, Cynthia Otto
- 11.30 – 11.40 FREE COMMUNICATION: The combined effect of intra-articular platelet-rich plasma injections and photobiomodulation in canine osteoarthritis – results of a long term, double blinded, cross-over study, João Carlos Agostinho Alves
- 11.40 – 11.50 FREE COMMUNICATION: Handler Weight and Traction Effects on Gait Parameters in Canicross Dogs, Johanna Helmke
- 11.50 – 12.00 FREE COMMUNICATION: Acoustic myography of the biceps and triceps brachii muscles during retrieving drills in field trial dogs, Anna Hugel
 
- 12.00 – 12-30 Focused versus Radial Shockwave Therapy in canine rehabilitation, Mucha Marion
- 12.30 – 13.00 How genetic may help our work, Bart Broeckx
- 13.00 – 14.00 – Lunch & poster viewing
Plenary Session
Chaired by Giuseppe Spinella and Barbara Riccio
- 14.00 – 14.20 Study design, Renate Weller
- 14.20 – 14.30 Discussion
- 14.30 – 15.30 Low back pain and fascia manipulation in Human, Carla Stecco
- 15.30 – 16.00 – Coffee break
- 16.00-17.00 Veterinary aspects of the lumbar myofascia in the dog and horse, Vibeke Sødring Elbrønd
- 17.00-17.30 Round Table Discussion with with Carla Stecco, Vibeke Sødring Elbrønd, João Paulo Marques
- 17.30- 18.00 Closing Ceremony

