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5th ReFORM Symposium : Sporting Career... And After?

The Francophone Olympic Network of Sports Medicine Research (ReFORM) is proud to announce its 5ᵉ symposium, on June 13, 2025 at INSEP (Paris). This new edition will focus on a major issue: preserving long-term health after a sporting career.

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International experts will address the consequences of traumatic injuries and concussions, the psychological issues associated with the end of one's career, and the problems associated with drug treatments. The day will close with a round-table discussion on the evolution of life after top-level sport.

 

Registration: https://conferenceinsep.infoshn.fr/SymposiumReFORM.html

Program

8:20 am:

  • Introduction (Fabien Canu, Sébastien Le Garrec)

Session 1: Long-term consequences of traumatic injuries (part 1)

8:30 am:

  • Evert Verhagen (Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports (ACHSS), Amsterdam, Netherlands; Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), Nyon, Switzerland): Legacy Injuries in Football – Rethinking Prevention with a Long-Term Lens

8:50 am:

  • Debbie Palmer (UK Collaborating Centre on Injury & Illness Prevention in Sport (UKCCIIS), Edinburgh, Scotland): The good, the bad and the rugby – long term consequences of sport related injury

9:10 am:

  • Romain Rousseau (INSEP, Paris, France): Degenerative knee disease of the judoka

9:30 am:

  • Judith-Elisa Kaufmann (Academy for Dance Pedagogy & Dance Medicine, Austria): situation in stage dance and dance sport

9:50 am:

  • Discussion (10 min)

10:00 am:

  • Break (35 min)

Session 2: Long-term consequences of traumatic injuries (part 2)

10:35 am:

  • Xavier Bigard (Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), Aigle, Switzerland): Situation in cycling

10:55 am:

  • Romain Seil (Luxembourg Institute of Research in Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Science, Luxembourg): Situation in handball

11:15 am:

  • Louis de Beaumont (Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada): Long-term effects of repeated head impacts in ice hockey

11:35 am:

  • Aurore Thibaut (Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium): Roles of neuro-technologies in the long-term management of concussions

11:55 am:

  • Discussion (10 min)

12:05 pm:

  • Break (1h25)

Session 3: Psychological aspects

1:30 pm:

  • Katy Seil (Luxembourg Institute of Research in Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Science, Luxembourg): Prevention and management of mental health issues post-career

1:50 pm:

  • Anne-Claire Macquet (INSEP, Paris, France): Effects of pain on athletes’quality of life

2:10 pm:

  • Lise Anhoury (La Rochelle, France): Psychological impacts of career end in elite athletes

2:30 pm:

  • Discussion (10 min)

2:40 pm:

  • Break (35 min)

Session 4: Drug treatment during and after the athletic career

3:15 pm:

  • Xavier Bigard (Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), Aigle, Switzerland): Addictions and substance-related disorders during and after the athletic career

3:35 pm:

  • Jean-Michel Dogné (Université de Namur, Namur, Belgium): Risks of unwanted drug effects associated with self-medication

3:55 pm:

  • Charlotte Beaudart (Université de Namur, Namur, Belgium): Self-medication and sports practice: current situation, public health issues and future challenges

4:15 pm:

  • Discussion (10 min)

4:25 pm:

  • Round table: evolution of career and post-career over time

5:00 pm:

  • Closing (Didier Hannouche)