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THE 21ST ANNUAL CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN 
COLLEGE OF SPORT SCIENCE

Vienna, Austria, 6th − 9th July 2016
 
The 21st Annual Scientific Congress “European College of Sport Science (ECSS)” 

took place in Vienna (Austria) between 6th and 9th July 2016. This was the second bi-
ggest ECSS congress in history (after the ECSS Barcelona 2013) with a total of 2,783 
researchers from all over the world who attended the event. The participants presented 
their latest discoveries in their respective scientific fields such as physiology, sports 
training and measurement, health and endurance, sports medicine and orthopedics, bi-
omechanics and other.

Similarly, the competition for young researchers (ECSS Young Investigator Award 
2016 Contest) took place at ECSS in Vienna. In this context, two researchers from the 
University of Primorska (Slovenia) won their prizes. Out of the total of 421 competi-
tors, Assistant Professor Uroš Marušič, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor Borut Fonda, 
Ph.D., entered the finals competing with 116 best young investigators and won the 
fourth and the fifth place, respectively.

Assistant Professor Uroš Marušič, Ph.D., presented his article titled “Mental Simu-
lation of Locomotor Tasks Improves Rehabilitation Outcome in Elderly Adults after 
Hip Surgery”, which included results from a twelve- month “PANGeA Hip Study” and 
presented an innovative concept of rehabilitation after hip replacement.

Assistant Professor Borut Fonda, Ph.D., presented his work titled “The Effect of the 
Medial-Lateral Force during Cycling” where he underlined some practical aspects of 
measuring forces on pedals during cycling in order to achieve optimization of efficien-
cy and prevention of injuries.

 Additional information on the ECSS can be found on the following links: 
http://sport-science.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=599
http://sport-science.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=600
 
The next Congress is foreseen to take place in Essen (Germany), from 5th to 8th July 

2017.
 

Uroš Marušič

http://sport-science.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=599
http://sport-science.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=600


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21. LETNI ZNANSTVENI KONGRES »EUROPEAN COLLEGE 
OF SPORT SCIENCE«

Dunaj, Avstrija, 6.-9. julij 2016

21. letni znanstveni kongres »European college of sport science (ECSS)« je potekal 
na Dunaju (Avstrija) med 6. in 9. julijem 2016. Po številu udeležencev je bil to drugi 
največji ECSS kongres do sedaj, takoj za ECSS v Barceloni (leta 2013), z udeležbo 
kar 2783 raziskovalcev iz celotnega sveta. Udeleženci kongresa so predstavili svoje 
najnovejše ugotovitve na različnih znanstveno-raziskovalnih področjih, kot so npr. fizi-
ologija, treniranje in merjenje, zdravje in zmogljivost, športna medicina in ortopedija, 
biomehanika, itd. 

Prav tako kot pretekla leta je v okviru ECSS na Dunaju potekalo tekmovanje mladih 
raziskovalcev (ECSS Young Investigator Award 2016 contest), v okviru katerega sta 
nagradi osvojila tudi raziskovalca z Univerze na Primorskem. Izmed skupno 421 tek-
movalcev, sta doc. dr. Uroš Marušič in doc. dr. Borut Fonda prišla v »ožji« izbor 116-ih 
mladih raziskovalcev ter na koncu dosegla prestižni 4. in 5. mesto.

Doc. dr. Uroš Marušič je predstavil prispevek z naslovom »Mental Simulation of 
Locomotor Tasks Improves Rehabilitation Outcome in Elderly Adults after Hip Sur-
gery«, kjer je z rezultati enoletne študije »PANGeA hip study« predstavil inovativen 
koncept rehabilitacije po zamenjavi kolka.

Doc. dr. Borut Fonda je predstavil prispevek z naslovom »The Effect of the Me-
dial-Lateral Force during Cycling«, kjer je izpostavil praktični pomen meritev sil na 
pedalih med kolesarjenjem za optimizacijo učinkovitosti in preprečevanje poškodb.

Več informacij o kongresu in nagradah je dostopnih na spletnih naslovih:
http://sport-science.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=599
http://sport-science.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=600

Naslednji kongres ECSS bo 22. po vrsti, potekal pa bo med 5. in 8. julijem v Essnu, 
Nemčija.

Uroš Marušič

http://sport-science.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=599
http://sport-science.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=600

