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Highlights from day three of the EuroSciCon 2015 Sports Science Summit
Amit Chawla1, Alison McGregor1
1Department of Surgery & Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
Future Science OA
|December 30, 2016
Abstract:
This EuroSciCon Sports Science Summit represented a significant gathering of leading professionals in the field of sports science. The conference was held on 13-15 January 2015 at the O2 arena, London, UK. The chairman on the third day was Mr Greg Robertson, a specialist trainee Orthopedic surgeon from Edinburgh. The conference attracted over 80 attendants from all over the world, with 32 presentations from invited speakers and peer-reviewed submissions. This meeting report provides a summary of the best abstracts from the conference.
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