2017 – 4th Congress
May 30, 2017 (preceding the ACSM annual meeting)
Denver, Colorado, USA
The 2017 conference included the presentations listed below. Presentation material has been made available by most speakers – just click on the presentation title to access. Please acknowledge the source if any of the material is used to support other presentations.
8:00 — 9:00 AM | Registration |
9:00 — 9:10 AM | Welcome – Martin D. Hoffman, MD, FACSM |
9:10 — 9:30 AM | Participation Trends in Ultra-Endurance Sports – B. Volker Scheer, MD |
9:30 — 10:00 AM | Sodium: Good or Evil in Prolonged Exercise? – Kristin J. Stuempfle, PhD, FACSM |
10:00 — 10:30 AM | Fueling for Optimal Ultra-Performance: From High Carb to Keto-Adaptation – Trent Stellingwerff, PhD, FACSM |
10:30 — 10:45 AM | Break |
10:45 — 11:15 AM | Recovery from Ultra-Endurance Competition – Martin D. Hoffman, MD, FACSM |
11:15 — 11:45 AM | Can Extreme Exercise Hurt Your Heart? – Thijs Eijsvogels, PhD |
11:45 AM — 12:15 PM | Biomechanical Considerations in Ultramarathon Running – Guillaume Millet, PhD |
12:15 — 1:45 PM | Lunch (on your own) and Posters (authors to be at posters 12:15-12:45) – See published abstracts HERE |
1:45 — 2:15 PM | Considerations in Pre-Participation Screening – Jeremy Joslin, MD |
2:15 — 2:45 PM | Common Injuries in Ultra-Endurance Athletes – Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH, FACSM |
2:45 — 3:15 PM | Blister Prevention and Management – Brian Krabak, MD, MBA, FACSM |
3:15 — 3:30 PM | Break |
3:30 — 4:00 PM | Exercise-Associated Muscle Cramping in Endurance Athletes – Martin Schwellnus, MBBCh, MSc (Med), MD, FACSM, FFIMS |
4:00 — 4:30 PM | Psychological Health and the Ultra-Endurance Athlete – John Onate, MD |
4:30 — 4:55 PM | Case Studies and Lessons Learned – Patrick Basset, MD (moderator); B. Volker Scheer, MD; Andy Pasternak, MD, MS |
4:55 — 5:00 PM | Closing Remarks – Martin D. Hoffman, MD, FACSM |
Faculty:
Martin D. Hoffman, MD, FACSM (Congress Program Director)
Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of California Davis
Chief, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, VA Northern California Health Care System
Founding Member and Director or Research, Ultra-Endurance Sports Science & Medicine
President and Founding Member, Ultra Sports Science France
Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Institute for Sports and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom and Department of Physiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Upstate Medical University
Medical Director/Advisor, Jungle Marathon, Grand to Grand, Global Limits Ultras, Desert RATS, Keys 100, Everglades Ultra, Syracuse Ironman, and Empire State Marathon
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Clinical Professor, Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Sports Medicine
Medical Director, 4 Deserts Ultramarthons and Seattle Rock-n-Roll Marathon
Professor of Exercise Physiology, The University of Calgary
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis
Consultant in Sports Medicine, University of Paderborn
British Forces Germany, Regional Rehabilitation Unit, Paderborn, Germany
Founding Member and Director of Education, Ultra Sports Science Francen
Professor of Sport and Exercise Medicine
Director, Institute for Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Research
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Director, IOC Research Centre
Director, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence
Director of Innovation and Research, Canadian Sport Institute Pacific, Victoria, British Columbia
Associate Provost for Academic Assessment, Dean of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science, and Professor in the Health Sciences Department, Gettysburg College