7th Transalpine Congress of Pediatric Sports Medicine 2026

7^th Transalpine Congress of Pediatric Sports Medicine

Sports Injury Prevention and Return to Play in Children and Adolescents

Thursday 24^th & Friday 25^th September 2026

Morges (CH)

Overview

This 7th edition of the Transalpine Congress brings together international experts (orthopaedic surgeons, paediatricians, physiotherapists and fitness trainers) to address the specific challenges associated with intensive sporting activity among growing young people.

Objectives

See the objectives

Update knowledge on growth and sports-related risks
Mastering primary prevention strategies
Optimise therapeutic and surgical management
Standardise ‘Return to Play’ (RTP) criteria

Symposium Program

Thursday, September 24 - Workshop and Congress dinner

Program

Thursday morning : suggested itinerary

If you have some free time on Thursday morning, we recommend spending a little time in Lausanne, the Olympic capital, and visiting the Olympic Museum and its beautiful lakeside park.

2 to 5:15 pm - Active Workshop

Location :

Bring Sportwear !

Functional and clinical testing and interpretation (pre return to sport)

Suzanne Gard
Marco Dirito
Valentin Sarrasin
Nicolas Bremond

Physical training and PHV (Peak Height Velocity) : some adaptations to consider

Aurélie Delacroix Tarenne
Paolo Chiello

The role of nutrition to prevent sports issues

Maaike Kruseman
Simone Reber

Psychological management of severe injury and return to sport and Sport abuse and harassment prevention concept

Anne Rita Bertschy
Laurence Chappuis

5.15 to 6:30 pm - Urban Sports initiations

The workshops will be followed by an introduction to urban sports at the SPARK building.

7:30pm to 11pm - Congress Dinner (optionnal)

The congress dinner will take place at the “Restaurant du club nautique” in Morges.

The cost of attending the congress dinner is 100 CHF.

Location :

Friday, September 25 - Plenary sessions

Location :

Program

8 to 9:40 am

Welcome and session 1

8 to 8:20 am

Welcome

Mikael De Rahm (EHC CEO)
Stéphane Tercier
Benjamin Tschopp

8:20 to 8:35 am

ACL tears: the new epidemic of the 21st century for youth

Benjamin Tschopp
Stéphane Tercier

8:35 to 8:50 am

UEFA strategies for preventing ACL injuries in youth

Evert Verhagen

8:50 to 9:05 am

Advancing injury prevention in youth sports: lessons from the UK & future directions

Nev Davies

9:05 to 9:20 am

Prevention programs and bone health in South America: where do we stand?

Francesca Moller

9:20 to 9:40 am

Q&A - with the speakers

9:40 to 11 am

Session 2

9:40 to 9:55 am

Clinical itinary after ACL rupture : the GO2 approach to prevent the reinjury

Suzanne Gard

9:55 to 10:10 am

Role of isokinetic strength evaluation in post-operative programme

Davide Tosoni

10:10 to 10:25 am

Metabolism Matters: Preventing Injury and Supporting Return to Sport in Young Athletes

Justin Carrard

10:25 to 10:40 am

Role for hydrokinesitherapy in rehabilitation protocol

Marcello Pirovano

10:40 to 11 am

Q&A - with the speakers

11 to 11:40 am

Break

11:40 am to 12:45 pm

Session 3

11:40 to 11:55 am

Value of MRI for young athletes after injury before returning to sport

Nicolas Theumann

11:55 am to 12:10 pm

Role of mental well-being in injury prevention & support for returning to sport

Presentation in french, slides in english

Laurence Chappuis

12:10 pm to 12:25 pm

Physical activity and sports in rare bone condition

Marco Turati

12:25 to 12:45 pm

Q&A - with the speakers

12:45 to 1:45 pm

Break and lunch

1:45 to 3:25 pm

Session 4

1:45 to 2:05 pm

Injury prevention should start early: what about the 11+ kids program?

Mario Bizzini

2:05 to 2:25 pm

Health for Performance: how to protect the young athlete whilst promoting performance

Boris Gojanovic

2:25 to 2:45 pm

Is there any specific prevention for young female athletes?

Nathalie Wenger

2:45 to 3:05 pm

Prehabilitation Strategies

Fabio Esposito

3:05 to 3:25 pm

Q&A - with the speakers

3:25 to 4:05 pm

Session 5 and closing conference

3:25 to 3:40 pm

Trends in prevention among young athletes

Caroline De Pesters
Artiom Antonsen

3:40 to 3:55 pm

Sport Medical Network

Silvia Bonfanti

3:55 to 4:05 pm

Conclusion and closing conference

Stéphane Tercier
Marco Turati
Benjamin Tschopp

4:05 pm

Closing of the conferences & farewells

Public

Pediatrician, pediatric orthopedist, sports medicine specialist, physical therapists.

Conference language

English, no translation

Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required.

Training credits

Credit SEMS :

Workshop : 2 credits
Plenary sessions : 6 credits

Credit EPOS :

Workshop : 3 credits
Plenary sessions : 8 credits

Credit application with Physioswiss in progress

Credit application with SSP in progress

Price

Workshop : 100.-CHF

Plenary session :

100 CHF between May 18 and June 18.
150 CHF between June 19 and July 18.
200 CHF starting July 19.

Members of the Réseau Sport et Santé, EPOS, and ISACOS are eligible for a discount on registration, which will be provided to them by mail by their respective organizations.