Due to the ongoing pandemic and the uncertainty of further travel restrictions as well as to ensure the safety of the participants, the Meeting Chairmen and the ICRS Board have decided to postpone the Focus Meeting to October 2021. The new dates are Thursday, October 21 to Saturday, October 23, 2021.

Hot Topics

• Effect of activity in joint homeostasis
• Acute traumatic injuries in sports: what happens in the cartilage
• Chronic damage and early OA in athletes: any evidence?
• Treatment methodology to achieve better results
• Orthobiologics: the impact on reducing OA prevalence in sports
• Rehabilitation aspects towards achieving homeostasis
• Prevention – Prescription of exercise as “cartilage health tool”
• Treatment algorithm – Set the consensus
• Workshop for rehabilitation on cartilage cases

​We are looking forward to seeing you in Thessaloniki,

Emmanuel Papacostas & Christoph Erggelet, Course Directors