conference presentations
2020
24th European College of Sport Science Congress (ECSS), Virtual Congress, 27-30 October 2020
Oral presentation: R.P. Lamberts ‘Predicting sprint triathlon performance in elite athletes based on the LSCT; implication for monitoring and optimizing training’ (RP Lamberts, M de Joode, S Berk, L Delahaije) Oral presentation: G.T. Burns ‘Effect of fatigue on the elastic characteristics of runners after a 56-kilometer road ultra-marathon’ (G.T. Burns, N Tam, N.G. Langerak, RF Zernicke, RP Lamberts) |
ACSM 2020 Virtual Experience
ePoster: Novel Factors Associated with Adverse Mental Health in Elite Para Athletes in South Africa (3516)
(W. Derman, P. Runciman, J. Brown, M. Badenhorst)
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ePoster: Novel Factors Associated with Adverse Mental Health in Elite Para Athletes in South Africa (3516)
(W. Derman, P. Runciman, J. Brown, M. Badenhorst)
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2019
Joint SASMA / BRICSCESS Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 10-13 October 2019
Symposium: Innovation in Athletes with Disability (Chair: W. Derman) Difficulties faced by athletes with disabilities in South Africa: Rugby case studies (M. Badenhorst, E. Verhagen, W. van Mechelen, M. Lambert, J. Brown) Oral presentation: Players’ experiences of the immediate management of rugby-related acute spinal cord injury in South Africa (M. Badenhorst, E. Verhagen, W. van Mechelen, M. Lambert, J. Brown) Oral presentation: Mental health profiles of Para-athletes in South Africa (M. Badenhorst, P. Runciman, J. Brown, W. Derman) Clinical Case Presentation: An unexpected cause of leg pain in a 42 year old endurance runner (M. Janse van Vuren) Clinical Case Presentation: Persistent pain following ankle sprain: an unusual presentation of an osteoid osteoma (W. Sadie) Oral Presentation: Physical activity and risk factors for chronic non-communicable disease in relation to disease severity in patients with MS - a cross-sectional study (D. Maartens, M. Heine, S. Hanekom) Oral Presentation: The silver lining of the high rate of concussion in Stellenbosch koshuis rugby competition (J. Brown) Oral Presentation: Presenting features of female collegiate sports related concussion: a description analysis (R. van Tonder) Oral Presentation: The development of the MaRooN Health Passport: a novel medical platform to identify lifestyle-related alerts in the staff and student population of Stellenbosch University (S. Crumpton) Oral Presentation: Cardiac rehabilitation delivery in Africa (M. Heine) Colloquium: Emergency Sports Medicine and Event Care - The Cry in Crico: Management of trauma to the neck and larynx in contact sport (L. Gordon, D. Green) Symposium: Sports related concussion - Fundamentals of the on-field recognition of a sports related concussion (P. Viviers) Symposium: Sports related concussion testing - Importance of early diagnosis of sport-related concussion (P. Viviers) Symposium: A focus on pain management in athletes - A practical application of the IOC consensus statement on pain management in the elite athlete (W. Derman) |
6th Annual Congress on Medicine and Science in Ultra-Endurance Sport, Cape Town, South Africa, 10-13 October 2019
Invited lecture: RP Lamberts ‘Changes in submaximal performance parameters after an ultra-marathon; practical applications to monitor overreaching’ (RP Lamberts, A. Siegl, E. Kösel, N. Tam, S. Koschnick, N.G. Langerak, S. Skorski, T. Meyer) Invited lecture: RP Lamberts ‘Biomechanical analysis of gait waveform data: exploring differences between shod and barefoot running in habitually shod runners.’ (RP Lamberts, N Prins, NV Divekar NV, N Tam) Invited lecture: RP Lamberts ‘Differences in running economy, heart rate and rating of perceived exertion when running on trail or on road’ (RP Lamberts, J Burger, N Tam, A Bosch, MM Eken) Invited lecture: MM Eken ‘Muscle activation patterns when exercising on a treadmill, stepper or elliptical trainer; implications for injury rehabilitation.’ (MM Eken, A Withers, K Flanagan, J Burger, A Bosch, RP Lamberts) Invited lecture: A Bosch ‘Energy expenditure and fuel utilization when exercising on a treadmill, stepper or elliptical trainer at the same relative intensities, implications for cross training’. (A Bosch, K Flanagan, MM Eken, A Withers, J Burger, RP Lamberts) |
71th Annual meeting of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine and the 2nd International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disability, Anaheim, United States of America, 18-21 September 2019
Instructional Course: Long-term Effects of Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) for Individuals with Cerebral Palsy in Developed (USA) and Developing (South Africa) Countries (T Novacheck, M Ward, RP Lamberts, NG Langerak) Poster presentation R.P. Lamberts ‘Stability of functional mobility more than 25 years after selective dorsal rhizotomy’ (RP Lamberts, BE Veerbeek,, AG Fieggen, NG Langerak) Poster presentation: R.P. Lamberts ‘Spinal deformities and pain during aging in adult with cerebral palsy and spastic diplegia: a long-term follow-up study’ (RP Lamberts, MM Eken, J du Toit, E Botha, R de Villiers, NG Langerak) Oral presentation: M.M. Eken ‘Long-term follow-up study on level of activity, participation and satisfaction in adults with cerebral palsy and spastic diplegia’ (MM Eken, RP Lamberts, J du Toit, NG Langerak) Poster presentation: M.M. Eken ‘Relationships between muscle strength and functional mobility in adult with CP; implications for strength training programs’ (MM Eken, NG Langerak, S Koschnick, J du Toit, RP Lamberts) |
2018
23rd European College of Sport Science Congress (ECSS), Dublin, Ireland, 4-7 July 2018
Oral presentation: R.P. Lamberts ‘Functional overreaching in professional female cyclists; implications for monitoring and prescribing training’ (RP Lamberts, L Decroix, R Meeusen) Oral presentation: M.M.Eken 'Hand held dynamometry for force measurements in adults with cerebral palsy; norm values and variability’ (MM Eken, S Koschnick, NG Langerak, BE Veerbeek, J du Toit, AG Fieggen, RP Lamberts) Oral presentation: L Grobler 'Comparison of cognitive performance after an acute bout of moderate intensity backward and forward exercise' (L Grobler, E Terblanche) Sponsored Session: Injury risk and injury prevention in rugby union **SPONSORED BY CATAPULT** Chair: J. Brown C. Bleakley 'Epidemiology of rugby union injuries' C. McKay 'Is there any evidence to support banning the tackle in junior rugby' J. Brown 'Injury prevention in rugby union; are we wining or is this a losing battle' |
65th Annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), Minneapolis, USA, 29 May - 2 June 2018
Symposium: Evidence-based injury and illness prevention in paralympic sport (W. Derman, N. Webborn, C Blauwett, P. van Vliet) Symposium: Evidence-based management of acute pain in athletes and active people (S.A. Herring, W. Derman, F O'Conner, B Stacey, C Buckenmaier) Tutorial Lecture: W. Derman ' The pre-participation physical examination of the paralympic athlete: What every sports university medicine provider should know' (W. Derman, I.M. Asif) Poster presentation: P.L. Viviers 'Vitamin D status in elite South African (SA) rugby union players; a pilot study' (P.L. Viviers, J. Viljoen, G. Hagemann, A. Kourie, D. Roberts, W. Derman) Clinical case: P.L. Viviers 'A rare cause of knee pain in a healthy male ultra-marathon runner' (P.L. Viviers, R. Dreyer, J Viljoen, W Derman) |
8th Meeting of the East European and Mediterranean Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (EEMCPDM), Tel Aviv, Israel, 22-25 May 2018
Keynote lecture: R.P. Lamberts ‘Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy: long-term outcomes more than a quarter of a century after surgery' Keynote lecture: R.P. Lamberts ‘HIV encephalopathy and spastic diplegia’ |
23rd Annual Conference of Rehabilitation In Multiple Sclerosis (RIMS) 'Multiple Sclerosis - Rehabilitation Across the Lifespan', Amsterdam, Netherlands, 31 May - 2 June 2018
Oral presentation: D.Maartens 'Physical activity and risk factors for chronic non-communicable disease in relation to disease severity in patients with MS – a cross sectional survey' (D. Maartens, W. Derman, S Hanekom, M Heine) |
Australasian academy of cerebral palsy and developmental medicine (AUSACPDM) conference, 21-24 March Auckland, New Zealand, 2018
Oral presentation: B.E. Veerbeek ‘Level of habitual physical activity in adults with bilateral spastic CP>25 years after Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy’ (BE Veerbeek, NG Langerak, RP Lamberts, AG Fieggen) |
2017
17th Biennial Congress of the South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA), Cape Town, South Africa, 24-27 October 2017
Invited parallel session: Optimising the journey of the amputee from surgery to elite performance (J. Chin, P. Runciman, L. Grobler, S. Ferreira, W. Derman) Invited lecture: R.P. Lamberts 'Finding the optimal balance in training - detecting early symptoms of fatigue and overreaching' |
22nd European College of Sport Science Congress (ECSS), Essen, Germany, 5-8 July 2017
Oral presentation: R.P. Lamberts ‘Changes in submaximal performance parameters after an ultra-marathon; practical applications to monitor overreaching’ (RP Lamberts, A. Siegl, E. Kösel, N. Tam, S. Koschnick, N.G. Langerak, S. Skorski, T. Meyer) |
29th Annual Meeting of the European Academy of Childhood Disability (EACD), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 17-20 May 2017
Oral presentation: R.P. Lamberts ’Differences in gait pattern two decades after Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy or Orthopaedic surgery: implications for the future’ (R.P. Lamberts, J. du Toit, A.G. Fieggen, N.G. Langerak) |
IOC World Congress on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport, Monaco, France, 16-18 March 2017
Symposium: Protecting the health and performance of the traveling athlete Oral presentation: W. Derman 'Travel concerns for the Olympic and Paralympic athletes from a sports medicine physician perspective' Symposium: Evidence-based Injury Prevention in Paralympic Sport Oral presentation: W. Derman 'Introduction - the Paralympic Injury and Illness Surveillance Study' Oral presentation: W. Derman 'The epidemiology of injury in Paralympic winter sport and the impact of longitudinal data collection' Panel discussion: Epidemiology and risk factor assessment for injury prevention in Paralympic Sport – what does the future hold? - Webborn, Blauwet, Derman, Van de Vliet |