ISMST Congress Program
Open for Podium or Poster Presentations starting on January 17th, 2025
Wednesday
September 17
Thursday
September 18
Friday
September 19
Saturday
September 20
Friday
September 19
ISMST SPECIALTY DAY
Shockwave Applications in Medicine & Therapy
8:00 – 9:00
Shockwaves&Sport
Regeneration, Performance, Recovery
Luis David Romero – Colombia
Michael Chin – USA
Karsten Knobloch – Germany
8:00 – 8:15 | Keynote
Mechanotransduction in Motion
Shockwave Treatments for Tendons, Muscles, and Joints in Sports
Ludger Gerdesmeyer – Germany
8:15 -8:25
Shockwaves in the sports professional’s foot
Is it really plantar fasciopathy or a muscle injury?
Ethy Oziel – Venezuela
8:25 – 8:35
Shockwave Therapy in the Treatment of Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome
Santiago Gomez Garcia – Portugal
8:35 – 8:45
RPWT improves athlete recovery : a randomised controlled trial in national basketball players
Paul Hobrough – England
8:45 – 9:00
Q&A Session
Beyond the Podium: Dialogue With the Experts
9:00 – 10:00
Passion & Science : Shockwave Therapy in Football Medicine
ISMST & HISPAMEF ( Hispano American Football Medicine Association )
Osvaldo Patiño – Argentina
Ana C de Souza – Brazil
Ludger Gerdesmeyer – Germany
9:00 – 9:15 | Keynote
Football Injuries
What We See, Why They Happen, and How We Treat Them
Jose Maria Busto – Mexico
9:15 – 9:25
Managing Muscle Injuries in Football with Shockwave Therapy. Clinical Experience and Results
Gerinaldo Martinez – Panama
9:25 – 9:35
Tendinopathies in Footballers
Shockwave Therapy in the Management of Patellar and Achilles Pain
Esteban Santos – Ecuador
9:35 – 9:45
Pubalgia and Groin Pain Syndromes in Football The Role of ESWT in Load-Related Injuries
Roberto Audain – Venezuela
9:45 – 10:00
Q&A Session
Beyond the Podium: Dialogue With the Experts
10:00 – 10:30
Expo Break: Discover, Connect & have a Colombian Coffee
ONDAS 1 BALLROOM
10:30 – 12:45
From Energy to Effect I
Basic and Clinical Research in ESWT
Wolfgang Schaden – Austria
Karsten Knobloch – Germany
Roy Reyes – Mexico
10:30 – 10:40
Guidelines for RPW transmitter selection
Pavel Novak – Switzerland
10:45 – 10:55
Energy and beam-spot optimization of a multilayer composite r-ESWT applicator
Chunlei Zhao – China
11:00 – 11:10
ESWT to enhance healing after ACL reconstruction of the knee
Kandiah Raveendran – Malaysia
11:15 – 11:25
Combined ESWT & PRP for musculoskeletal disorders: A scoping review
Toru Omodani – Japan
11:30 – 11:40
Focused ESWT applied to myofascial chains in spasticity management post-stroke
Federico Giordani – Italy
11:45 – 11:55
Focused ESWT Neurovascular Activation in the Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Roberto Audain – Venezuela
12:00 – 12:10
Beyond the scalpel – shockwaves in post-surgical breast complication
Ethy Oziel – Venezuela
12:15 -12:30
Shock & Awe
Regenerative Solutions for Heel & Tendon Pain
Rob Conenello – USA
12:35 – 12:45
ESWT Real data & real results
Fresh studies that have impacted my practice
Brice Blatz – USA
ONDAS 2 BALLROOM
10:30 – 11:30
ESWT in Rehab Medicine
Function, Recovery, Modulation
Alfonso Espejo – Colombia
Rob Monaco – USA
Karin Freitag – Spain
10:30 – 10:45 | Keynote
Innovations in Rehabilitation. The Clinical Impact of ESWT
Francisco Bentz Brugal – Dominican Republic
10:45 – 10:55
The role of ESWT in the treatment and rehabilitation of muscle injuries
Biljana Kalchovska – Macedonia
10:55 – 11:05
ESWT for neck pain and shoulder-scapular dyskinesis
Lev Kalika – USA
11:05 – 11:15
Trends in the use of ESWT for MSK disorders Descriptive analysis and five-year projection
Alvaro Meneses – Colombia
11:15 – 11:30
Q&A Session – Beyond the Podium: Dialogue Between Experts
ONDAS 2 BALLROOM
11:30 – 12:45
RPWT in Physical Therapy
Function, Recovery and Everyday Practice
Sandra Quintero – Colombia
Antoni Morral – Spain
Sergej Thiele – Germany
11:30 – 11:45 | Keynote
Waves of Change: Radial Pressure Waves and the Evolution of Physiotherapy
Paul Hobrough – England
11:45 – 12:00
RPWT & HILT Synergy
Multimodal activation in advanced rehab
Ignacio De La Rosa – Spain
12:00 -12:15
How to manage Shockwaves in a rehab and physical therapy service in a major hospital
Osvaldo Patiño – Argentina
12:15 – 12:45
Q&A Session
Beyond the Podium: Dialogue Between Experts
12:45 – 2:00
Buffet Lunch
@ Capitalino Restaurant
ONDAS 1 BALLROOM
2:00 – 3:30
From Energy to Effect II
Basic and Clinical Research in ESWT
Vinzenz Auersperg – Austria
Thomas Nedelka – Czech Republic
Alejandro Lopez – Colombia
2:00 – 2:10
Subchondral Bone Marrow Edema of the knee ESWT Efficacy in pain and affected BME area
Pietro Romeo – Italy
2:15 – 2:25
Self- Administered ESWT in a 93-year-old patient with heart failure
John David Mullins – USA
2:30 – 2:40
Evaluating the regenerative potential of ESWT for cornea indications
Jonas Flatscher – Austria
2:45 – 2:55
Novel transcranial pulse stimulation (TPS) in football-related concussion
Karsten Knobloch – Germany
3:00 – 3:10
Think JBJS Opportunities to Publish
Mohit Bandhari – Canada
3:15 – 3:30
Q&A Session
Beyond the Podium: Dialogue Between Experts and Abstract Authors
ONDAS 2 BALLROOM
2:000 – 3:30
ESWT in Sexual Medicine
Kandiah Raveendran – Malaysia
Jose Eid – Brazil
Karen Hurtado – Colombia
2:00 – 2:15
Keynote
ESWT in Men’s Sexual Health
Beyond Erectile Dysfunction
Olga Lucia Aristizábal – Colombia
2:15 – 2:30
Keynote
ESWT in Women’s Sexual Health Regenerative Therapies for Sexual Medicine
Olga Uribe – Colombia
2:30 – 2:40
Erectile outcomes in 6,801 men with CV risk treated with LI-SWT in four LATAM countries
Carolina Sandoval – Colombia
2:45 – 2:55
Low-intensity focal ESWT in men with prostate disease and erectile dysfunction
Hector Corredor – Colombia
3:00 – 3:10
Multimodal Shockwave Treatments In Sexual disfunction
Olga Lucia Aristizábal – Colombia
3:15 – 3:30
Q&A Session
Beyond the Podium: Dialogue Between Experts and Abstract Authors
3:30 – 4:00
Expo Break: Discover, Connect & have a Colombian Coffee
4:00 – 5:00
ESWT and Pain. Rethinking Chronic Pain Syndromes
Paulo Roberto Dias – Brazil
Hannes Muller-Ehremberg – Germany
Sergej Thiele – Germany
4:00 – 4:15
Understanding Pain in Orthopedic Disorders
Decoding pain to guide effective mechanotransductional protocols
Ludger Gerdesmeyer – Germany
4:15 – 4:25
Diagnostic procures with ESWT
How to detect and find the causes of pain.
Stefan Kammermayer – Germany
4:25 – 4:35
Shockwave Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain Myofascial Patterns and Functional Outcomes
Thomas Nedelka – Chzech Republic
4:35 – 4:45
Shock Waves and Radial Pressure Waves in Muscle Pain and Spasticity Mechanisms, Evidence, and Clinical Practice
Antoni Morral – Spain
4:45 – 5:00
Q&A Session
Beyond the Podium: Dialogue Between Experts
5:00 – 5:45
Intelligence in Shockwave Medicine:
From Clinical Reasoning to Digital Innovation
Wolfgang Schaden – Austria
Jose Eid – Brazil
Carlos Leal – Colombia
5:00 – 5:15
Human Intelligence & Clinical Reasoning in ESWT
The Art of Indication – The Value of Clinical Reasoning, Examination, and Diagnosis in Shockwave Medicine
Edmundo Berumen – Mexico
5:15 – 5:30
Artificial Intelligence & Data-Driven Insights in ESWT
Make your practice smarter and easier – Bring AI into your ESWT workflow.
Karsten Knobloch – Germany
5:30 – 5:45
Virtual Reality & ESWT Education and Advanced Training
Visualize the invisible: Merging computational physics and virtual reality in a comprehensive education platform
Paul Slezak – Austria
5:45 – 6:20
Presidential Guest Speaker Lecture
Quantum Creativity: Small Changes, Bigger Impact
Prof Dr Mohit Bandhari MD
Distinguished University Professor – Mc Master University, Hamilton – Ontario, Canada Editor in Chief of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery JBJS
6:20 – 6:30
ISMST Congress Conferences Closure
Invitation to ISMST 2026 Madrid, Spain
Karin Freitag – Spain
