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From September 26 trough 28, Berlin will see the 1st International Congress for

endurance sports and sports medicine, to be co-hosted every two years by the

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin’s sports medical department and the

real,- BERLIN-MARATHON. The congress will be organised in response to the huge

demand for information and discussion on topics related to endurance running

and medical aspects of the sport. It is intended to provide both a platform for

the presentation of recent developments in sports science and a source of

information for practicing physicians.

Where does this recent surge of interest in medical issues related to

endurance and sports in general originate? With a delay of about one decade

with respect to the US, we are witnessing in Germany two opposite trends in

public health: a lack of mobility with the consequential injuries and

disabilities in some people, an increased focus on sporting activities in

others, making a certain level of individual fitness the recognised standard.

From both cases result new challenges for general medical science as

coordinator and mediator of knowledge, while in practice there remains a lot of

catching up to do, in particular as concerns doctors’ specific training

and the implementation of motion therapy programmes. The Congress and its

subsequent events are supposed to respond to this high demand.

Competent input, however, is also expected from the sports medical sciences.

Sports medicine, which is still widely thought to be some sort of “repair

shop“ for high-performance athletes, has long undergone a deep structural

change. Over the past decade its focus has been shifting from the exclusive

commitment to elite performances towards a much more diverse and general

fitness oriented clientele. Taking care of such a heterogeneous and numerous

group of patients is a challenge not only for sports medicine but for the

medical profession in general, and this is where the Congress’ focus

groups of interest meet.

On the agenda will be classic sports medical issues in the fields of

cardiology, orthopaedics, nutritional and sports sciences, to be treated in

summary lectures and workshops. The event venue will be the Crowne Plaza Hotel,

Nürnberger Str. 65, 10787 Berlin.

For press accreditations please contact the Congress office:

Tel : 030-30 11 82 19

Fax : 030-30 11 82 29

eMail : info@sportmedizin-berlin.com

http://congress.berlin-marathon.com