"Some of the most careful and methodical research comes from a small group in Luxembourg, led by Laurent Malisoux, [..]. While many studies have pitted different types of shoes against each other, Malisoux and his colleagues in the Sports Medicine Research Laboratory at the Luxembourg Institute of Health put their volunteers in specially manufactured shoes that are identical in every respect

Free entrance, click on image for PDF of calendar.

The Sportmedica Congress, organised by the Luxembourgish Academy for Sports Medicine, Sports Physiotherapy and Sports Sciences, has been a huge success. 150 trainers, doctors, athletes, physiotherapists, students and scientists attended the congress, where 6 international speakers lectured about sports medicine in competition.

Pictures of the event can be found here: http://www.sportmedica.lu/pictures.html

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RTL: Sport kann eng Therapie sinn. Sport kann och eng Präventioun sinn. Wann de Sport allerdéngs krank mécht, dann ass dat e contre-sens. A Frankräich seet d’Statistik, datt all Joer 1000–2000 Leit hiert Liewe beim Sport loossen. An Däitschland läit d’Zuel bei ronn 1000. Zu Lëtzebuerg goufen et dëst Joer scho 5 esou Fäll. Offiziell Chiffere

_{Malisoux L ¹ , Chambon N ² , Urhausen A ³ , Theisen D ¹ .
¹ Sports Medicine Research Laboratory, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
² Decathlon, Movement Sciences Department, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
³ Sports Medicine Research Laboratory, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Sports Clinic, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.}

BACKGROUND/AIM:

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