








































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































ANNALES KINESIOLOGIAE • 9 • 2018 • 1

65

REPORTS AND REVIEWS/POROČILA IN OCENE, 57–68

THE 23rd ANNUAL CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN 
COLLEGE OF SPORT SCIENCE

Dublin, Ireland, 4th−7th July 2018

The 23rd annual congress of the European college of sport science was held in Dub-
lin (Ireland) between 4th and 7th July 2018. It was organized by two universities: Uni-
versity College Dublin (UCD) and Ulster University. 

In total, there were 2900 participants from 71 countries with 2002 presented ab-
stracts. We had 4 plenary sessions, 41 invited sessions, 161 oral sessions, and 43 mini-
oral sessions. The Congress participants presented their latest research from different 
research fields. Namely, presentations were given in the topics of physiology, training 
and testing, health and fitness, sports medicine and orthopedics, biomechanics and oth-
ers. This year, the ECSS Young Investigator Award 2018 contest was held again, where  
the oral presentation winner was Alessandro Del Vecchio (of the Imperial College Lon-
don, United Kingdom with the title of his presentation: Populations of Longitudinally 
Tracked Motor Neurons Increase their Discharge Rate Following Four Weeks of Iso-
metric Strength Training) and the mini-oral (poster) presentation winner was Henri 
Tilga (of the University of Tartu, Estonia with the title of his presentation: The Effects 
of Web-based Intervention Program on Physical Education Teachers’ Autonomy-Sup-
portive and Controlling Behaviour).

The ECSS 2018 was attended by one member of the Institute for Kinesiology Re-
search, Scientific and Research Centre Koper, Slovenia. Uroš Marušič, Ph.D. presented 
the recent discoveries from the GIBKOP project in which he cooperates with two co-
authors (prof. Rado Pisot and dr. Jeannette Mahoney). He gave a lecture as part of 
the “motor development and motor control” section with the title: “The influence of 
improved cognitive control after non-physical training on mobility-related outcomes in 
healthy and physically active elderly: A randomized controlled trial”. 

Next year’s 24th annual congress of the European college of sport science will be 
held from 3rd to 6th July in Prague, Czech Republic.

Uroš Marušič



66

REPORTS AND REVIEWS/POROČILA IN OCENE, 57–68

ANNALES KINESIOLOGIAE • 9 • 2018 • 1

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

Dublin, Irska, 4.–7. julij 2018

23. letni znanstveni kongres »European college of sport science« (ECSS) je potekal 
v Dublinu (Irska) med 4. in 7. julijem 2018. Letošnji kongres sta v sodelovanju organi-
zirali dve univerzi in sicer »University College Dublin« (UCD) in »Ulster University«. 

Letošnjega kongresa ECSS se je udeležilo 2900 udeležencev iz 71 držav z 2002 
predstavljenima povzetkoma. Kongres je bil razdeljen na štiri plenarne sekcije, 41 va-
bljenih, 161 ustnih predstavitev in 43 kratkih ustnih predstavitev. Udeleženci kongresa 
so predstavili svoje najnovejše ugotovitve na različnih znanstveno-raziskovalnih po-
dročjih kot so fiziologija, treniranje in merjenje, zdravje in zmogljivost, športna me-
dicina in ortopedija, biomehanika, če izpostavimo le nekatere. Tudi letos je potekalo 
tekmovanje mladih raziskovalcev (ECSS Young Investigator Award 2018 contest), kjer 
je v kategoriji ustnih predstavitev zmagal Alessandro Del Vecchio iz Imperial College-
-a iz Londona, Velika Britanija (Populations of Longitudinally Tracked Motor Neurons 
Increase their Discharge Rate Following Four Weeks of Isometric Strength Training). 
V kategoriji predstavitev v obliki posterja pa je slavil Henri Tilga iz Univerze Tartu, 
Estonija (The Effects of Web-based Intervention Program on Physical Education Tea-
chers’ Autonomy-Supportive and Controlling Behaviour). 

Letošnjega kongresa ECSS 2018 se je udeležil en predstavnik Inštituta za kinezio-
loške raziskave Znanstveno-raziskovalnega središča Koper. Doc. dr. Uroš Marušič je 
v soavtorsvu prof. dr. Rada Pišota in dr. Jeannette Mahoney predstavil izsledke svoje 
zadnje raziskave GIBKOP. Predaval je v sekciji gibalno učenje in kontrola in predstavil 
prispevek z naslovom »Vpliv izboljšane kognitivne kontrole po kognitivnem treningu 
na parametre mobilnosti pri zdravih in gibalno aktivnih starostnikih: randomizirana 
kontrolirana raziskava«.

Naslednje leto bo 24. letni znanstveni kongres ECSS potekal med 3. in 6. julijem v 
Pragi, Češka republika.

Uroš Marušič


