Tanenbaum Institute for Science in Sport Conference

September 18 - 19, 2026

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Poster Index

TISS-Funded Research Poster
T1 Athlete Concussion Surveillance in Special Olympics Sports Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos
T2 Can Elite Athletes Integrate Emergent Statistical Information To Improve Performance? Joseph Baker
T3 Optimizing Exercise Training Intensity Using Wearable Technology – a Feasibility Study Robert Bentley
T4 A Multidisiplinary Approach to Understanding the Complex Interplay of the Musculoskeletal Structures of the Trunk, Groin and Hip in Elite Ice Hockey Goaltenders. Timothy Burkhart
T5 A Multi-Variate, Multi-Systems Approach To Post-Aclr Return-To-Play Timothy Burkhart
T6 The Effectiveness of an Early Muscular Strength Rehabilitation Program Prior to Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction on Subjective and Objective Measures of Knee Function: A Pilot Randomized Control Trial Timothy Burkhart
T7 TBA Deanna Casa
T8 Gymnast Wrist Injury Prevention Program (G-Wipp) Andrea Chan
T9 Electroarthrography to Non-Invasively Assess Cartilage Health During Rehabilitation From Knee Injury Adele Changoor
T10 Influence of Postoperative Articular Elevation Magnitude on Tibiofemoral Contact Stress Redistribution: A Finite Element Analysis Mahziyar Darvishi
T11 TBA Adam Di Salvo
T12 Innovations To Optimize Performance of Para-Athletes Using Prosthetics Steven Dilkas
T13 Sleep Apnea in Paralympic Ontario-Resident aThletes With Spinal Cord Injury (Sports) Study Julio Furlan
T14 Influence of Menstrual Cycle Phase on Metabolic and Performance Adaptations to Sprint Interval Training Jenna Gillen
T15 Designing and Evaluating an Ecologically Valid Strategy To Mitigate Musculoskeletal Injury Risk Post Concussion in Athletes Returning to Sport Michael Hutchison
T16 TBA Kristen Hutt
T17 No Pain No Gain? Probing a Novel Theory of Physiological Strain Perceptions During Exercise Ira Jacobs
T18 Remember That Feeling? An Investigation of Interoception and Perceptual Memory in the Endurance Trained and De-Trained Athlete Ira Jacobs
T19 Effect of Ischemic Preconditioning on 2-km Rowing Ergometer Performance in Males and Females Ira Jacobs
T20 A Restorative Justice Approach to Addressing Harms and Fostering Safer, Healthier Culture Changes in High-Performance Artistic Sport Training Organizations for Youth Gretchen Kerr
T21 TBA Thomas Leaf
T22 TBA Vanessa Lin
T23 Defining Optimal Protein Intakes for Female Athletes Daniel Moore
T24 Clinical Outcomes of Acute Myotendinous Junction Achilles Tendon Ruptures Treated Non-Operatively Si-Hyeong (Sam) Park
T25 TBA Nicki Pourhashemi
T26 Building an Infrastructure To Comprehensively Track, Understand, and Utilize Emotions Within a Performance Environment Catherine Sabiston
T27 Validation of a Modular, Athlete-Centered Preseason Health Questionnaire With Female- and Disability-Specific Domains: A Multisite Canadian Study Delaney Thibodeau
T28 R2Play-Rehab: Co-Designing a Multidomain and Integrative Sport Rehabilitation Tool for Youth Athletes With Concussion Shannon Scratch
T29 Recombinant Human Growth Hormone for Patellofemoral Pain in Active Patients: A Pilot, Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial Ajay Shah
T31 Evaluating Neuroinflammation in Athletes With Concussion Carmela Tartaglia
T32 It’s About Time! Balancing Memory Contrasts and Micro-Consolidations To Optimize Golf Putt Performance Luc Tremblay
T33 The Chronic Acl Deficient Knee: A Multidisciplinary Collaborative To Keep These Athletes in the Game David Wasserstein
T34 Is It Better To Fit In or Stand Out? Exploring Athlete-Environment Fit in a Competitive Sport Setting. Nick Wattie
T35 In the Eye of the Beholder: Exploring Gaze Behaviour During Athlete Evaluation and Selection Nick Wattie
T36 TBA Elizabeth Waye
T37 Quantifying Movement Similarity for Enhanced Performance and Injury Prevention in Basketball Tim Welsh
T39 The Mental Edge: How Cognition Informs the Long-Term Olympic and Paralypic Journeys of Youth Athletes Magdalena Wojtowicz

Submitted Abstract Posters
P1 The Effects of Gastric Pentadecapeptide Bpc-157 on Achilles Tendon Healing Farboud Aria
P2 Exploring Travel Burden in Oua Women’s Hockey Saul Behrman
P3 Investigating the Effects of Menstrual Cycle Phase and Chronic Resistance Exercise Training on Mood, Affect, and Enjoyment Anmol Bhinder
P4 Professional Baseball Players’ and Coaches’ Perspectives on Information Delivery for Batting Performance Molly Brillinger
P5 Relationship Between the Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test and Match Running Performance in Canadian Male Professional Soccer Players Riccardo Bucciarelli
P6 ML in Sprinting: A Comprehensive Analysis of Sprint Kinematics That Predict Sprint Speed Shun Chen
P7 Establishing the Falls Scenarios in Short-Track Speed Skating: A Sex Comparison Julien Clément
P8 Examination of Gfap and NFL in Concussion and Musculoskeletal Injury Using Mitra®. Danielle Corallo
P9 Evaluating Electroarthrography for the Non-Invasive Assessment of Cartilage Health During Rehabilitation From Acl Injury Emma Cullen
P10 Biomechanical Quantification of the Pubic Musculo-Aponeurotic Complex During Dynamic Multiplanar General and Sport-Specific Tasks Evan Curd
P11 Prehabilitation for Older Adults Undergoing Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Brief Report of Lessons Learned From a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial Jennifer Driza
P12 The Acute Effects of Overspeed Sprinting in Elite Track and Field Athletes Thomas Gingras
P13 Developing a Cadaveric Model To Simulate the Morphogenic Features of a Chronic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Deficient Knee Kosaran Gumarathas
P14 Understanding Pain Behaviors in a Cohort of Self-Identified Female Athletes: An Internet-Based Survey Scott Holmes
P15 Who’s in the Box Next? An Exploration of Sequence and Probability of Penalties in Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey. Julia Jackson
P16 Toward Autonomous Exercise in Spinal Cord Injury: Development of an Instrumented Wheelchair Ergometer Platform and Physiological Prescription Model Hyunji Kim
P17 Comparison of Volitional and Objective Fatigue Responses to an Aerobic, Isometric, and Anaerobic-Aerobic Fatigue Protocol Dveeta Lal
P18 The Effects of Load and Ovarian Hormonal Profile on Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy and Strength in Young Females Grace Lamont
P19 Testing the Feasibility of a Post-Concussion Injury Prevention Program for University Athletes: A Pilot Study. Adrienne Lee
P20 Exploring the Perceived Need of an Injury Surveillance System in the Ontario Player Development League (Opdl) of Ontario Soccer (Os): A Qualitative Study Kristen Mangos
P21 A Systematic Review of Wearable Sensors for the Study of Athlete Knee Biomechanics Philip A M Martins
P22 Find Your Fit: Introducing the Athlete-Fit Tool (Aft) Bryan McLaughlin
P23 Linear Conductive Thread Sensors for Dynamic Monitoring of Prosthetic Socket Fit Mathys Mulot–Hauriez
P24 A Mediational Model of Neglect and Mental Health in Athletes and Dancers: The Role of Anti-Mattering Taryn Nepon
P25 Playing With Risk: A National Assessment of Facial Protection and Neck Laceration Protector Use in Usports Men’s Ice Hockey Saige O’Connor
P26 Effects of a Two-Week Coach-Led Visualization Intervention on Free-Throw Shooting and Performance Confidence in Female Public High School Basketball Players Neha Patel
P27 Finding Consensus on the Operational Definition of Psychological Readiness to Rtp: A Delphi Study Francesca Principe
P28 The Road to the National Hockey League; Global Development Pathways in Ice Hockey Hannah Rabinovitch
P29 Geographical Factors of Athlete Development: A Scoping Review Gillian Ramsay
P30 Testing the Broad Construct Validity, Fidelity and Feasibility of Virtual Reality for Assessing Decision Making in Para Sport: A Pilot Study in Boccia Thomas Romeas
P31 Comparison of Segment Times and Spatio-Temporal Patterns During the Acceleration Phase in Elite Para- and Able-Bodied Sprinters Marlen Schapschröer
P32 Exogenous Testosterone in Healthy, Eugonadal Men: A Meta-Regression Study Establishing Dose-Response Relationships With Serum Testosterone Concentrations and Safety Parameters Praveen Sritharan
P33 The Sport-Related Concussion Experience (Srce): A Phenomenological Study Ryan Sutton
P34 Ranking Schedule-Derived Travel Burden in FIFA 2026 Knockout Pathways Pram Thennakoonwela
P35 Center of Pressure Metrics for Screening Kyphotic and Scoliotic Postural Tendencies: A Preliminary Sport Biomechanics Study Guan-Woei Tseng
P36 The Secrecy of Grooming in Sport: An Analysis of a Gymnastics Canada Case Alaina Tsimicalis
P37 Transferable Movement Representations From a Pretrained Variational Autoencoder Encode Basketball Actions and Player Identity Xiaoye Michael Wang
P38 Rest in Context: How Locations, Social Settings, and Activities Relate to Athletes’ Recovery Experiences Stuart G. Wilson
P39 The Mental Edge: Neurocognitive Profiles and Their Potential in Athlete Identification and Development – Pilot Data Magdalena Wojtowicz
P40 Recovery and Overtraining in Ethiopian Higher League Football Players Fikreyesus Adula