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Welcome to the 4th Biomechanics in Sport and Ageing Symposium: Muscle-Tendon Structure and Interactions, organised by the Hungarian University of Sports Science and the Department of Kinesiology, Budapest, Hungary, 12-13 April 2027!

The aim of the symposium is to provide a scientific platform for a state-of-the-art update on the progress in muscle-tendon biomechanics with respect to sport and ageing.

Sport and ageing might appear unrelated. Yet we consider sport and ageing as complementary: assessment and training methods developed in sport science are transformed into diagnosis and treatment of ageing-related impairments.

The symposium starts with two keynote presentations, which will be free of charge and open to the public.

Then, registrants for the symposium will have the opportunity to attend two sessions of invited presentations on the biomechanics of the ageing musculoskeletal system and two sessions of invited presentations on injury prevention and rehabilitation on muscle and tendon injuries.

Session 1 and 2 will address the disease of the 21^st century, muscle wasting or sarcopenia. Recent epidemiological studies and meta-reviews suggest that low skeletal muscle quantity and quality are associated with and can, if not corrected, exacerbate clinical conditions. Prevention of skeletal muscle loss and rehabilitation of dysfunctional muscles are thus at the pinnacle of experimental research. This is especially true with respect to ageing, as the senior segments of society have been growing in every country around the world. Because Parkinson’s disease often evolves in conjunction with ageing, it is relevant to minimize muscle loss in this debilitating condition.

Session 3 and 4 will be on the second day of the symposium with a focus on muscle-tendon structure and interactions in in sports, with special attention to how emerging methods in the field accelerate our knowledge on sports performance and injury risk management.

The 4th Symposium will end with practical workshops. The workshops will demonstrate new methods such as 3-D freehand ultrasonography and DTI MTI, presented by the local lab.

Welcome to Budapest! Network, learn, and enjoy the symposium!

Sincerely yours,

Dr. András Hegyi, PhD, chair of the scientific committee
Prof. dr. h. c. Tibor Hortobágyi, PhD and Dr. Bálint Kovács co-chairs of the scientific committee
Mr. Dániel Mezei, Ms. Eszter Kerekes, co-chairs of the organising committee