ISAKOS Congress Call for Abstracts

 

ISAKOS Call for Abstracts is now closed. The deadline for submission was September 10, 2014 at 11:59 P.M. Pacific Standard Time - abstracts will not be accepted after that time.

Presenting Authors need to have the following information readily available when submitting an abstract:

  1. Presenting Author’s login email and password for ISAKOS (if a record does not exist for the Presenting Author you will be directed to create a record)
  2. Complete contact information for the Presenting Author including the institution of research.
  3. The ISAKOS ID number for as many authors as possible (contact the ISAKOS Office to obtain an author's ISAKOS ID number – please do not make duplicate records.)
  4. Provide the abstract title in proper-case for publishing (i.e. The Science of Orthopaedic Surgery)
  5. Provide the abstract as plain text, graphics and tables are not accepted.
  6. Financial Disclosure, American Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Copyright License information on behalf of all authors.

Abstract Submission Guidelines

Author warranty: Persons submitting an abstract to ISAKOS do so with the understanding that they and all the authors listed on the abstract will abide by the guidelines, conditions, deadlines, policies and decisions of the ISAKOS Board of Directors and Program Committee.

  1. The deadline for abstract submission was September 10, 2014 at 11:59 P.M. Pacific Standard Time. Abstracts will not be accepted after that time.
  2. Abstracts must be submitted from the ISAKOS account of the Presenting Author.
  3. Authors do not have to be ISAKOS members to submit an abstract.
  4. There is no limit to the number of abstracts that can be submitted for consideration; however each presenting author will be limited to no more than two paper presentations during the ISAKOS Congress.
  5. If the abstract is accepted for podium presentation, all presenters must speak in English, and be prepared to answer questions from the audience in English.
  6. All presenters, co-authors, faculty members, etc. who will attend the Congress are expected to register for the meeting and pay all registration and travel costs. No exceptions are made. If attendance is dependent on outside funding, please secure financial assistance before submitting an abstract.
  7. Abstracts are only accepted for consideration via the online abstract application form. Abstracts submitted in any other fashion will not be considered for presentation.
  8. The ISAKOS Program Committee will make final decisions on the mode of presentation however; efforts will be made to comply with the stated preference, paper/podium, poster or e-poster presentation.
  9. Presenting Authors must complete a Financial Disclosure Statement and an American Food and Drug Administration statement.
    *Although ISAKOS is an international society, it receives continuing medical education accreditation and is planned and implemented with the essential areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). ISAKOS does not view the existence of disclosed interest or investments as necessarily implying bias or decreasing the value of the presentation. These disclosures will not be seen or taken into consideration when the abstract is considered for presentation.
  10. Presenting Authors must complete a Copyright License Agreement so the chosen abstracts can be published in the journal Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery; the ISAKOS final program; the ISAKOS Congress proceedings; and on the ISAKOS and Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery websites.

Abstract Grading Criteria

Abstracts are graded on a scale from 0.0 to 12.0 (12.0 being the best) based on the following:

  • Scientific Merit (0 - 6, with 6 points max)
    • Is the problem clearly stated?
    • Are the statistics sound?
    • Are there adequate numbers of subjects?
    • How is the methodology? {are there controls?, is this prospective vs. retrospective?}
    • Is the abstract clear / well written and are the results clear?
    • Are the conclusions supported by the results
  • Originality of project (0-2)
  • Clinical Usefulness (0-2)
  • Level of Interest to ISAKOS Members (0-2)

Abstract Submission for the 2015 ISAKOS Congress is now closed.