MSK Imaging and intervention in professional football | The Royal College of Radiologists

Course lead: Professor Rowena Johnson

This is a face-to-face, multidisciplinary meeting on musculoskeletal imaging and intervention in professional football. Speakers include doctors from Barcelona FC, Juventus FC and Liverpool FC, sports radiologists and surgeons in the UK. The conference also includes the doctors from the Dutch national team as well as the Belgian national team, which has held the FIFA number 1 worldwide ranking for the past 4 years.

Talks include a lecture on the Barcelona Innovation Hub regarding integrating research into medical imaging, the collaboration between clinical and radiological findings, imaging support in terms of diagnostics and return to play, postoperative imaging, and the challenges of signing MRIs during the transfer window. There will be an interactive panel discussion regarding the complexities of medical imaging and image-guided interventional procedures in professional football.

Who should attend?

Clinical radiologists
Physiotherapists
Osteopaths
Sports physicians
Surgeons

Programme:

09:10	Registration
09:40	Introduction Professor Rowena Johnson, Fortius Clinic, London and RCR Learning Chair, The Royal College of Radiologists
Session 1 moderator: Dr Dora Papadopoulou, British Association of Sports and Excercise Medicine
09:45	Imaging of muscle injuries and potential pitfalls in diagnosis Dr Andy Dunn, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust
10:15	Anatomy and injuries of the pyramidalis-anterior pubic ligament-adductor longus complex (PLAC) Professor Ernest Schilders, Fortius Clinic, London
10:45	Coffee break
Session 2 moderator: Professor Rowena Johnson, Fortius Clinic, London and RCR Learning Chair, The Royal College of Radiologists
11:15	Interactive panel discussion: potential challenges of imaging and intervention in professional football Dr Jim Moxon, Liverpool Football Club, Dr Jaime Isern Kebschull, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona - Barcelona Football Club, Dr Fabrizio Tencone, Isokinetic Medical Group, formerly Juventus Football Club, Dr Kristof Sas, Belgian National Team, Antwerp Football Club, Dr Edwin Goedhart, Dutch National Team.
12:00	Signing scans in professional football – what the club needs Dr Jim Moxon, Liverpool Football Club
12:30	Lunch
Session 3 moderator: Dr Dora Papadopoulou, British Association of Sports and Excercise Medicine
13:30	Last night a radiologist saved my life Mr Andy Williams, Fortius Clinic, London
14:00	MSK Interventional procedures in elite sports Professor Rowena Johnson, Fortius Clinic, London and RCR Learning Chair, The Royal College of Radiologists
14:30	Interventional imaging procedures at club and national team level: the sports physicians perspective Dr Kristof Sas, Belgian National Team and Antwerp Football Club
15:00	Coffee break
Session 4 moderator: Dr Jon Houghton, Wales National Team
15:30	The Barca Innovation Hub Dr Jaime Isern Kebschull, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona - Barcelona Football Club
16:00	Implementation of research in the medical care of the Dutch National Team Dr Edwin Goedhart, Dutch National Team
16:30	What information do champions league football club doctors require from radiologists? Dr Fabrizio Tencone, Isokinetic Medical Group
17:00	Closing remarks Professor Rowena Johnson, Fortius Clinic, London and RCR Learning Chair, The Royal College of Radiologists

Registration fees:

Consultant RCR member	£220
Trainee RCR member	£150
Non-members	£310
Allied healthcare professionals*	£150

*If you are a osteopath or physiotherapist please select Allied Health professionals as your booking type.

COVID-19 guidance:

We kindly request that anyone attending a College event take COVID lateral flow test within 24 hours of your visit. If you are unable to attend due to a positive test or needing to self-isolate, please contact us and we can arrange for your booking to be transferred to another event. The wearing of facemasks is optional but encouraged. Please be aware of those around you and be mindful that some attendees may be maintaining a degree of social distancing, especially in busier areas. We will update on any guidance closer to the time as part of the event joining instructions.

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