SSC Sports & Exercise Medicine Team present at the 2014 Football Medicine Strategies Conference in Milan

UPMC Sports Surgery Clinic had a strong presence at the recent Football Medicine Strategies annual conference in Milan, Italy.

Members of the Sports Medicine team gave oral presentations on a range of topics including:

‘The role of strength and conditioning in reducing injurious loads’ by  Dr Andy Franklyn Miller
‘The biomechanics of change of direction cutting’  by Dr Brendan Marshall and Neil Welch
‘Movement efficiency in Gaelic Games players’ by Enda King
‘The relationship between isokinetic strength and landing biomechanics’ by Marit Undheim

All presentations were well received and stimulated much discussion among the 2259 participants from 71 nations around the world.

More details on the specific presentations given by our team can be found by clicking here.

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