(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Aspetar researchers and sports scientists, for the fourth consecutive year, showcased their knowledge and experience at the 20th annual congress of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS), which took place recently in Malmo, Sweden.
The ECSS congress emphasises exchange of knowledge through oral and poster presentations.
During last year's congress, which was held in Amsterdam, Aspetar announced a long-term collaboration with the ECSS and launched an Excellence in Football Research Award, an initiative that attracted more than 70 research abstracts. Five of them were selected, of which three projects were awarded.
Aspetar director-general's representative Salwa Allenjawi, director of medical imaging, chaired the award presentations on the first day of the conference and announced the three winning projects.
The first prize went to Michael Nyberg from Denmark on the abstract 'Repeated-sprint training improves O2 uptake kinetics and performance in highly trained football players: role of fibre type-specific adaptations in skeletal muscle'.
The second prize was won by Danny Christiansen from Australia with the abstract 'The effect of cold-water immersion on the change in skeletal muscle na+-k+-atpase genes following intense intermittent exercise in humans'.
The third prize went to Amelia Carr from Australia with the abstract 'Natural altitude training at 1,380m, combined with 9h per day at 3,000m, is an effective altitude training mode'.
On the occasion, Allenjawi said: "Aspetar has several common points of interest with the ECSS, including sports sciences, research and evidence-based practice."
Aspetar has participated as a partner of the ECSS conference for the last three years. During this time, a number of leading medical experts from the hospital have presented a range of topics.
This year, Aspetar presented a session titled 'Recent developments in altitude and hypoxic training', chaired by Girard Olivier, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, and Professor Schumacher Yorck Olaf from Aspetar.
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