49th World Medical Tennis Society (WMTS) congress:International
Congress of Preventive and Sports Medicine
PROGRAM5 August 2019 MondayDay 1 – General medicine
9:00 – 12:00 Opening – Welcome. Chair of the scientific
committee - Remigijus ŽaliūnasMorning session.Keynote
lectures:Jonas Girskis - Tennis player injuries and understanding
the kinetic chain model of biomechanical function (Lithuania)Jan
Lidström - Soft tissue injuries in tennis (Sweden)Petter Stromme -
Ciliopathies - clinical presentation and genetic causes
(Norway)Osamu Soejima - New pathogenesis of tennis elbow: Lateral
elbow impingement syndrome (LEIS) (Japan)
12:00–13:00 Lunch/Poster session
13:00 – 16:00 Afternoon session. Keynote lectures:Aida Mankutė -
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. The Survival Network
(Lithuania)Liuda Brogienė - Pain Management in Athletes
(Lithuania)Oral presentations:Ieva Jonauskienė - Evaluation of the
disease course of elderly patients with acute ST segment elevation
myocardial infarction (STEMI) (Lithuania)Kumiko Kanatani -
Association between vitamin D deficiency and allergic symptom in
pregnant women (Japan)Gabrielė Vengalytė - Photosensitivity and
phototoxicity caused by drugs in outdoor athletes (Lithuania)
6 August 2019 TuesdayDay 2 – Preventive and Sports Medicine
9:00 – 12:00 Morning session. Keynote lectures:Thomas Patt –
Sports injuries prevention strategies in youth sports (Netherlands)
Joseph Janosky - Musculoskeletal Health Preservation for Young
Athletes: The Intersection of Sports Medicine and Public Health
(USA)Rimtautas Gudas – Shoulder of the overhead athletes
(Lithuania)
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch/Poster session
13:00 – 16:00 Afternoon session. Keynote lectures:Kęstutis
Laurinskas – Foot significance in tennis stroke and serve. Approach
of force production in racquet movement (Lithuania)Raimondas
Kubilius – Exercise prescription, long term physical activity and
cardiovascular diseases (Lithuania)Asta Krikščionaitienė - Sudden
Cardiac Arrest in Sports: how to save a life (Lithuania)
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