Swiss Society of Sport Science (4S) Annual Conference 2026
11 - 12 February 2026
University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Wednesday, 11/Feb/2026 | |||||
| 8:00am - 9:00am |
Registration Location: Hall Joseph Deiss |
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| 9:00am - 9:15am |
Opening Ceremony Location: Joseph Deiss |
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| 9:15am - 10:15am |
1 Keynote: From science to podium: insight into professional cycling and football - Prof. Julien Louis Location: Joseph Deiss Chair: Michael Wälchli |
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| 10:15am - 10:30am |
Coffee Break Location: Hall G130 |
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| 10:30am - 11:30am |
2.1 Symposium: International sport organisations’ policies: addressing the challenges of sustainability, technology and safeguarding in Sport Location: Joseph Deiss Chair: Carole Gomez International sport organisations’ policies: addressing the challenges of sustainability, technology and safeguarding in Sport Presentations of the Symposium How do international federations conceptualize sustainability? Regulating Technology in Transnational Sport: Autonomy, Markets, and the Evolution of the Lex Sportiva Faster, higher, stronger... safer? Questioning the commitment of international sport federations on safeguarding |
2.2 Symposium: Cultivating Thriving in Sport: Integrating Athlete Sleep Quality, Coaching Competence, and System Innovation Location: G140 Chair: Merlin Örencik Cultivating Thriving in Sport: Integrating Athlete Sleep Quality, Coaching Competence, and System Innovation Presentations of the Symposium A guided digital sleep intervention to improve sleep among elite athletes: A feasibility study Mind to Win – Fostering Thriving in the Swiss Sport System through a Participatory Project Prevention Starts With Coaching: A Quasi-Randomized, Controlled Trial to Investigate a Competence-Oriented Workshop for Coaches on Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating |
2.3 Symposium: From Growth to Adaptation: Understanding Physical Development and Trainability Across Childhood and Adolescence Location: G120 Chair: Oliver Faude From Growth to Adaptation: Understanding Physical Development and Trainability Across Childhood and Adolescence Presentations of the Symposium Development and Trainability of Cardiorespiratory Fitness Across Childhood and Adolescence Development and Trainability of Neuromuscular Performance Across Childhood and Adolescence Development and Trainability of Sensorimotor Function Across Childhood and Adolescence |
2.4 Symposium: From Co-Development to Clinical Applications: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Advancing Music-and-Movement Interventions for Parkinson’s Location: G230 Chair: Sabrina Köchli From Co-Development to Clinical Applications: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Advancing Music-and-Movement Interventions for Parkinson’s Presentations of the Symposium Songlines for Parkinson’s: The Process of Co-Developing a New Music-and-Movement Group-Based Intervention to Improve Mood and Movement for Parkinson’s A Mixed-Methods Investigation of a Novel, Co-developed Music-and-Movement Intervention for People with Parkinson’s Clinical Adaptation of a Novel Co-developed Music-and Movement based Intervention for People with Parkinson’s: A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study |
2.5 Symposium: Competency-based learning in Swiss Sport Science: Contextual Approaches Location: F130 Chair: André Klostermann Chair: André Gogoll Competency-based learning in Swiss Sport Science: Contextual Approaches Presentations of the Symposium From Theory to Professional Practice: Reforming the Bachelor’s Programme in Sport Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen (SFISM) Rethinking the First Year of Study: “Perspektiven der Sportwissenschaft” as a Driver of Theory–Practice Integration Rethinking the Second and Third Year of Study: “Verknüpfungsveranstaltungen” as a Driver of Theory Integration into Practice |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
Olympic Super-G Men Location: G140 |
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| 11:30am - 1:15pm |
Lunch Location: Mensa Uni Fribourg |
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| 1:15pm - 2:30pm |
Young Investigators Award (YIA) Location: Joseph Deiss Chair: Elke Gramespacher Chair: Michael Wälchli Heat acclimation and sex differences: a crossover study on blood, performance, and health From Inactive to Active Schools: Effectiveness of a Comprehensive School-Based Physical Activity Program in Swiss Secondary Schools After 12 Months Walking on extreme slope: Are stairs a cheaper alternative? Implication for Vertical kilometer performance How coaches respond to interpersonal violence in sport: A vignette-based examination Discover pleasure in exercise – The FEEL program |
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| 2:30pm - 3:00pm |
Coffee Break Location: Hall G130 |
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| 3:00pm - 4:15pm |
4.1 Orals: Pedagogy to biomechanics Location: Joseph Deiss Chair: Christian Vater Investigation into the role of digital tool as support for competency and skill development in higher education swimming lessons 3:15pm - 3:30pm Effects of low load versus high load to failure resistance training on strength and executive function in older adults 3:30pm - 3:45pm Caffeine enhances motoneuron excitability and maintains torque output during repeated electrical stimulation of the plantar flexors 3:45pm - 4:00pm The relationships between pupil size and peripheral muscle fatigue with cadence decline during all-out cycling sprints at different intensities: a preliminary analysis 4:00pm - 4:15pm Modulating Pendular Mechanics to Explore Whole-Body Energy Minimization During Walking |
4.2 Orals: Testing & technology Location: G140 Chair: Jan Ruffieux UMUD: A Web Application to Address the Need for Open Research Data and Reproducibility in Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography 3:15pm - 3:30pm deepPatella: A Tool for Automatic Tracking of Patella Tendon Elongation and Stiffness Calculation 3:30pm - 3:45pm Validation of the Polar 360 Upper Arm Strap for Heart Rate Measurement Across a Variety of Activities and Intensities 3:45pm - 4:00pm Impact of advanced footwear technology on running economy at slower running speeds: a randomised, cross-over investigation 4:00pm - 4:15pm Bridging Lab and Field: Predicting Laboratory Thresholds from Outdoor Trail-Running Data for Field-Based Performance Diagnostics |
4.3 Orals: Elite athletes Location: G120 Chair: Benedikt Lauber Assessing the Nutritional Status and Establishing Normative Performance References in Highly Trained and Elite Swiss Fencers 3:15pm - 3:30pm Effects of a Live-High-Train-Low Protocol in Elite Hand Cyclists with Spinal Cord Injury 3:30pm - 3:45pm Development of a recovery monitoring prediction model for female and male elite athletes: a longitudinal study 3:45pm - 4:00pm Physiological Determinants of Performance in Vertical Kilometer Running |
4.4 Orals: Physical activity Location: G230 Chair: Sebastian Ludyga Physical Activity and Classroom Behaviour in Preadolescents: The Role of Sex 3:15pm - 3:30pm Queer and active in old Age: Analysis and effects of a physical activity promotion program for queer seniors 3:30pm - 3:45pm Does physical activity behaviour foster mental health among adolescents, or vice versa? Cross-lagged panel analyses using Swiss and Canadian prospective data, including the Covid-19 pandemic period 3:45pm - 4:00pm Positive Association between Working Memory and Aerobic Endurance in Young, Healthy Adults during Basic Military Training |
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| 4:20pm - 5:20pm |
General Assembly 4S Location: Joseph Deiss |
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| 5:30pm - 7:00pm |
5 Poster Session & Apéro Location: Hall HEIA Fribourg Exploring Smartphone-Based Artificial Intelligence Systems for Physical Activity in Urban Areas: A Scoping Review with a Focus on Psychosocial Theory, Inclusivity, Ethics, and Sustainability Identifying Adolescent Health Barriers and Facilitators Using a Participatory Photovoice Approach as Part of The Study “Empowering Adolescents to Lead Change Using Health Data” Ultrasonography-Based Patellar Tendon Area Measurement: Comparability of Automated vs. Manual Segmentation Influence of Relative Pitch Area (RPA) on the Physical Demands Across Late-Stage Age Categories in Elite Academy Soccer Exploring Mental Health Across Emerging Racket Sports: Insights from Padel and Pickleball Evaluation of a Controlled Study on the Effects of Exercise on Physical Health in Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity: the NOW! Study Lifestyle Physical Activity Coaching in Outpatients with Major Depressive Disorder (PACOUTPAT): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial on Physical Activity, Depression and Quality of Life The role of momentary physical-activity subjective energy association in the prevention and treatment of depression Effects of a Virtual Reality-Based Exergaming Intervention on Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Depression Severity, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Inpatients with Major Depressive Disorder (PEPC) Technological requirements to conduct a large-scale remote resistance training (RT) study Exploring the role of sex and gender at the intersection of physical activity and air pollution: the INCLUDE project Menstrual Cycle Phase, Premenstrual Symptoms, and Daily Physical Activity: A Longitudinal Study Short-Term Effects of Weather and Air Pollution on Physical Activity in Basel Resilience of Physical Activity Following a Major Stressor: Step-Count Trajectories During and After COVID-19 Confinement in the COVICAT Cohort KiKli Fit: A Study Protocol on the Acute Effects of Different Physical Activity Modalities on Affect in Children with Cancer Providing tools to assess gender at the intersection of physical activity, air pollution and population ageing: Translation and cultural adaptation of the Stanford Gender-Related Variables for Health Research (GRVHR) instrument into German Acute ketone ester supplementation does not impact recovery parameters in male World Tour cyclists KiKli Fit: Participatory Co-Design of a Physical Activity Counseling Program for Childhood Cancer Survivors Frequency of dreams about sport in Swiss elite athletes Muscle soreness in the context of continuity between waking and dream state Effect of the ageing reproductive system in later life on physical activity - development of a questionnaire Soccer players’ ability to use peripheral vision is affected by viewing angles but not crowding Sport in federally-funded Research and Innovation in Switzerland – An Update on the Status Quo Development and Preliminary Validation of the Presence in Extended Reality for Sport and Exercise (PERSE) Acute effects of social media use and physical activity on adolescents’ body-related self-perception |
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| 7:00pm - 11:59pm |
Dinner Location: Mensa HEIA Fribourg |
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