Abstracts for poster or oral presentations are submitted during the registration process and must be completed by March 31, 2026. Please read carefully through the following rules for submitting and presenting scientific abstracts. Abstracts that do not adhere to the rules outlined below may be withdrawn from consideration.

Guidelines

  1. A single abstract can be submitted only once – as either a poster or an oral presentation. Each poster or oral presentation should be presented by a single, primary author, designated as the first author in the abstract. There is a space in the abstract submission form to designate this presenting author. Additionally, non-presenting authors and sponsors may be included in the abstract. For large projects involving multiple participants, the body of work should be parceled in such a way that each abstract represents a different aspect of the overall study.
  2. No presentations may be given by an individual who is not an author on the abstract.
  3. An individual may serve as a non-presenting author on multiple abstracts.
  4. Each abstract must be sponsored by a faculty supervisor. The sponsor is responsible for validating that all authors on the abstract have done legitimate work on the research to be presented and approving the final version of the abstract.
  5. Abstracts shall include (in the following order):
    • Author name(s). The presenter’s name should be followed be an asterisk (*). The format should be Last, First*, First Last, First Last
    • Insitution(s)
    • Title of presentation in bold. Only the first letter of the title needs to be capitalized.
    • Abstract text. There is a 300-word limit.

Example Submission

Townsend, M. Allison*, Anh-Dung Nguyen, Jeffrey B. Taylor
High Point University
Performance changes in adolescent soccer players after an ACL injury prevention program
Anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention programs (ACL-IPP) successfully reduce the risk of injury in female athletes; however, the performance benefits elicited by ACL-IPP are not well understood. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify changes in power and agility after participating in an ACL-IPP. Fifty-five adolescent female soccer players (15.6±1.3 years, 1.64±0.05 m, 57.3±7.0 kg) were cluster randomized into intervention (n=28) and control (n=27) groups. The intervention group participated in a previously established 6-week ACL-IPP, while the control group continued standard soccer activities. Subjects were tested for single leg power (triple hop for distance test) and agility (T-test) before and after ACL-IPP training. Using an intention-to-treat design, repeated measures ANOVAs were used to identify any group by time interaction, with post hoc paired t-tests to identify significant changes in each group (p<0.05). Three subjects did not complete the post-testing session because of non-compliance (n=1), or injury (n=2, concussion, unspecified foot injury). A significant group x time interaction was identified for power in both the right (p=0.04) and left (p=0.01) limbs, but not in agility (p>0.05). However, follow-up paired t-tests revealed no significant changes in power in the intervention group, yet a decrease in power from the pre- to post-test in the control group for both limbs (p<0.05). These results indicate that ACL-IPP may help overcome the loss of lower extremity power that adolescent female soccer players experience over the course of a season, as well as complement the benefits of injury risk reduction and may help endorse the widespread implementation of ACL-IPP.

Information for Poster Presenters

Poster presenters should set up their posters between 5 and 6 pm on Friday, April 24, 2026. Posters will be mounted using provided materials onto a provided 36″ x 48″ mat board, which can be placed onto provided easels either horizontally (landscape) or vertically (portrait). All materials are provided, just bring the poster!

Information for Oral Presenters

All presentations should be loaded onto the computers in each presentation room by 8:30 AM on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Presenters should bring the presentation on a USB flash drive and have a backup copy available in accessible cloud storage. Assistance will be provided if necessary. Personal computers may be used, but the presenter is responsible for setup and providing all necessary connectors (e.g. HDMI adapter). Provided computers are PCs, so if the presentation is created on a Mac, please test accessibility prior to the session start.

Oral presentations will be 15 minutes in total. Plan on 10-12 minutes for the presentation and 2-3 minutes for questions and setup.

Oral presentations are sorted by academic disciplines and sessions may contain varied topics. A moderator will facilitate communication during the question-and-answer times for all oral presentations.