Date: Sports, Tuesday 4 Nov. 2025

Id 9
Topic Sport
Speaker Antonio Robustelli Italy

The foot represents the only point of contact with the ground during any locomotor activity and sport specific skills, thus resulting in it being the end-point for transmission of forces produced by the lower extremity muscles and absorption of the shock created at foot impact. At the same time the foot has an extremely complex structure requiring a delicate interplay between timing and multifunctionality of a series of small joints and muscles to provide a smooth and efficient motion. Advances in technology today allows to obtain a precise and detailed information about the kinetics of foot strike, allowing to better individualize treatment plans and raise red flags for potential risk of injury. The purpose of the session is to review the current literature on foot functionality as it relates to sports performance as well as the technology behind plantar pressure mapping and its application in sports medicine for rehabilitation and injury risk assessment. The last part of the session will focus on selected case studies for the most common lower limb injuries in sport. Being “global solutions for rehabilitation” the main theme of the Congress, the application of plantar pressure mapping technology align perfectly with the aim of the event.

Chair Antonio Robustelli

14H Overview of session objectives and topic

14H05 Presentation of key concepts and literature review.

14H45 OC ID 766 Material and human resources for the practice of outdoor sports by people with disabilities: a national cross-sectional study. Vincent CARPENTIER

14H50 OC ID 477 Long-term outcomes of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction based on gait analysis. Dmitry Skvortsov

14H55 OC ID 712 High- vs. Low-Intensity Resistance Training in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Comparative Study. Khawla Rsaissi

15H Presentation of technology and case-studies.

15H50 Open discussion and summary