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Technical reference and guidelines regarding submission of abstracts

Submission, Deadline

  • Abstracts have to be submitted exclusively online.
  • Deadline for application is 15 November 2017 23:59:59 CET.
  • 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 2,200 characters (spaces included).
  • The title should be phrased short and significant.
  • The following structure of the abstract is mandatory: objectives, methods, results and conclusions.

Conditions, Requirements

  • It is not allowed to submit an abstract several times to different subjects of the congress.
  • The number of authors is limited to 10 altogether. The presenter must be listed first.
  • The abstract text has to be orthographically suitable for publishing.
  • The usage of special formatting should be limited. The correct replication in all media cannot be guaranteed.

Publication, Presentation

  • Accepted papers will be published for quotation in "Sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SOT)" as well as in "Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin (DZSM)".
  • Please be aware that in case of extremely long headlines or lists of authors, your abstract may have to be shortened for publication in the abstract book.
  • All listed authors have to consent to the abstract content and publication as well as to the publication of their name in all congress media.
  • Posters are equally submitted as abstracts related to the respective topics.

Review, Registration

  • All submitted abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by several experts.
  • Evaluation criteria are: aim and objective (inventive, important, clearly defined), material and methodology (adequate design, prospective or retrospective), results (complete, trend-setting, statistically covered) and conclusions (critical, well deduced, current literature).
  • Subsequent to the reviewing process, e-mail notifications about acceptance or refusal will be sent to the first authors who will inform their co-authors about the result.
  • In case of acceptance as oral or poster presentation, the presenting authors receive a discounted congress ticket. All co-authors have to register formally if required.
  • The first author is automatically the presenting author.