Guidelines for Abstract-Submission
Submission, Deadline
- Abstracts have to be submitted exclusively online.
- Deadline for application is 15 February 2024 23:59:59 CET.
- Posters are equally submitted as abstracts related to the respective topics.
- Alterations and corrections may be executed previous to the deadline.
Topic, Language
- Each contribution must relate to one of the given topics.
- Abstracts may be submitted and presented in German or English.
Size, Content
- The abstract is limited to 3,000 characters (approx. 400 words), incl. spaces, up to 2 tables (equivalent of 50 characters each) and 1 image (equivalent of 200 characters).
- The title should be short and significant. The text must be orthographically suitable for publishing.
- The following structure of the abstract is mandatory: Objectives, methods, results and conclusions.
- Concerning the methods it has to be clear if the study is prospective or retrospective. Statistical procedures have to be specified.
- The setup of experimental studies has to be documented.
- The abstract has to contain all relevant data and figures. Abbreviations must be defined at first usage.
- The usage of special formatting should be limited. The correct replication in all media cannot be guaranteed.
- It is not allowed to submit an abstract several times to different topics of the congress.
- The number of papers submitted by the same author is limited to 10.
- The number of authors per abstract is limited to 10. The presenter must be listed first.
Conditions, Requirements
- The presenter is responsible for the compliance with data protection, copyrights, ethic regulations and laws on animal protection.
- To assure the anonymous review it is not allowed to mention any names or locations in the paper.
- Accepted papers will be published on USB flash drive or PDF-Abstract-Book according to the principles of Open Access.
- Authors’ fees or royalties cannot be claimed.
- All listed authors have to consent to the abstract text as well as to their publication in all congress media.
- Conflicts of interest through commercial benefits have to be disclosed.
Review, Registration
- All submitted abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by several experts.
- Evaluation criteria are: Aim and objective, material and methodology, results and conclusions.
- Abstracts that show formal errors (multi-submission, not anonymised) will be rejected.
- E-Mail notifications about acceptance or refusal will be sent to the presenting author subsequent to the reviewing process.
Awards
- Research Award: The AGA Research Committee gives the AGA-Research Award. The best abstracts accepted for presentation during the Congress will be awarded with: 1st Prize: 1,500 €, 2nd Prize: 1,000 € and 3rd Prize: 500 €.
- Alwin Jäger Award: Abstract submitted in the categories knee/clinical or shoulder/clinical compete for the Alwin Jäger Award. The Award with 2,500 € will be given for clinical arthroscopic innovations in Knee and Shoulder surgery, sponsored by Arthrex GmbH.
- Poster Awards: Submitted and for Poster Presentation accepted papers will compete for the Poster Awards, sponsored by SPORLASTIC GmbH. Categories are: 1st in „Clinical Studies“ 1,000 €, 2nd in „Clinical Studies“ 500 €; 1st in “Biomechanics/Basic Science” 1,000 €, 2nd in “Biomechanics/Basic Science” 500 €.