Disabled Sport and Medicine Conference 14-16 June 2012

3rd Announcement & Call for Abstracts

Key topics on the provisional programme include among others physical activity and the disabled athlete, interdisciplinary care, avenues to sport participation, biomechanics and assistive devices, turning research into practice, disabled classifications and interesting patient cases. Target group includes orthopaedic surgeons, general practitioners, sports physicians, biokineticists, physiotherapists, prosthetists, other allied health workers and coaches. Please note that registration closes on 4 June 2012.

Dates: Thu 14 to Sat 16 June 2012
Venue: Main Campus, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
Fees: R1 800-00 (full registration) or R1 000-00 per day if registering before 21 May
R2 000-00 (full registration) or R1 200-00 per day if registering after 21 May

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HOST
Division Sport and Exercise Medicine
School of Medicine
University of the Free State

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dr. Siobhan Strike, University of Roehampton, London, UK,
Prof Wayne Derman, former Medical Officer to the South African Paralympic Team
and a representative from the International Paralympic Committee