11th Balkan Sports Medicine Congress, 26-30 April 1999,
Antalya, Turkey

Congress president : Prof.dr.Ahmet Turan Aydın (Mediterranean University, Medical School, Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, Antalya, Turkey)

Main themes : Basic science in sports medicine, Female athlete: Specific problems, Overuse injuries of Achilles tendon, Young sportsmen and physical activity, Doping, Ergogenic aids.
Round table discussions: Groin injuries, muscle injuries, sportive rehabilitation, wrist and elbow injuries, team physician, multidisciplinary approach in sports medicine, fatique and performance

Workshops: Ankle ,shoulder, knee, anaerobic power and lactate threshold

300 participants: 88 oral, 91 poster presentations.

Invited lecturers: David Stone (Pittsburg, USA), MR Hausman (New York, USA), Per AFH Renström (Stockholm, Sweden), Ioan Dragan (Bucharest, Romania), Victor Remizov (Chisinau, Moldova) and Andreas Grand (Kiel, Germany).

Congress organization info can be downloaded here.

Program can be downloaded here.

Abstract book can be downloaded here:

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