Motor Skills Training in Orthopedic Sports Medicine

Mustafa Karahan, MD, holds Professor position in the Department of Orthopaedics, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey. He is currently the president of Turkish Sports Traumatology Association, TOTBID Branch. He is an executive board member of ESSKA and coordinator of ESSKA Academy, the online educational portal of ESSKA. Dr. Karahan is an editorial board member of the Journal of ISAKOS, American Journal of Sports Medicine, Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy and Journal of Arthroscopy. He is currently holding the vice-chair position of Publications Committee of ISAKOS. He has published more than 100 journal publications and presented over 200 national and international presentations and lectures.João Espregueira-Mendes, MD, PhD, has been Professor of Orthopaedic Traumatology and Chairman of the Orthopaedic Department at Minho University, Portugal, since 2005. In addition, he is Director of Saúde Atlântica and Clínica Espregueira-Mendes, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, FC Porto Dragão Stadium, Porto, Portugal. His further posts include Senior Researcher in Biomaterials, Biodegradables, and Biomimetics in the Department of Polymer Engineering at Minho University Dr. Espregueira-Mendes is current President of the European Society of Knee Surgery, Sports Trauma and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) and also President of the Education Committee and Executive Board Member of ISAKOS. He is a member of the editorial board of Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. Hüsnü Kaya Akan, MD, is Associate Professor of Orthopaedics at Bahçesehir University School of Medicine in Turkey. Prior to taking up this post in 2015, he was Associate Professor of Orthopaedics at Goztepe Training Hospital, Ministry of Health, Istanbul. Dr. Akan graduated from Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, University of Istanbul, in 1990 and subsequently specialized in Orthopaedics, working at the SSK Goztepe Training & Research Hospital. Between 2007 and 2009 he was a consultant on a project on The design and implementation of custom orthopaedic  implants for TÜBITAK, the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. Dr. Akan is a past president of the Turkish Foot and Ankle Society. He has been a Vice Editor of the journal Acta Orthopaedica Traumatologica Turcica since 2003, and editor of the Foot & Ankle Section since 2015.