Best Paper Awards

Best Paper Awards 3rd Announcement

We are pleased to announce that the finalists of the Best Paper Awards have been selected and notified to each of the finalists.

Finalists for APSS

Significance of vertebral body sliding osteotomy as a surgical strategy for the treatment of cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Sehan Park (Korea)

Comparison of the clinical and radiographic results between cervical artificial disc replacement and anterior cervical fusion: 10-year follow-up study

Kai Yan (China)

Deep learning pipeline for automated detection and classification of central canal, lateral recess and neural foraminal stenosis on lumbar spine MRI

Jiong Hao Tan (Singapore)

Intrathecal administration of recombinant human hepatocyte growth factor for acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury: double-blind, placebo-controlled and randomized phase I/II study

Kazuya Kitamura (Japan)

Prediction of final outcome after posterior correction with lower instrumented vertebra L3 or L4 for the correction of structural thoracolumbar/lumbar curve-minimum 5 years follow-up-

Kun-Bo Park (Korea)

Better patient experience improves outcomes in paediatric patients with scoliosis

Yi Ling Chua (Singapore)

Clarifying the therapeutic effect of grafted human iPSC derived neurons in spinal cord injury by chemically controlling neuronal activity

Takahiro Kitagawa (Japan)

Long-term selective stimulation of transplanted neural stem/progenitor cells for spinal cord injury improves locomotor function mediated by increased synaptic transmission

Momotaro Kawai (Japan)

Novel biomarkers of health and degeneration in human intervertebral discs - in-depth proteomic analysis of collagen framework of fetal, healthy, scoliotic, degenerate and herniated discs

Dilip Chand Raja Soundararajan (India)

Finalists for APPOS

The effect of irrigation on temperature during drilling for corticotomy using the double barrel drill sleeve

Muhammad Lutfi Abdul Rashid (Malaysia)

3D-MRI analysis of articular cartilage thickness in the femoral head of children with Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease

Hidenao Tanaka (Japan)

Genetic, phenotypic and geographical distributions of a large Chinese osteogenesis imperfecta cohort

Peikai Chen (China)

Growth disturbance of the capital femoral epiphysis following reconstructive hip surgery in patients with cerebral palsy

Byoung Kyu Park (Korea)

Long-term outcomes of soft tissue surgery for the prevention of hip displacement in children with severe cerebral palsy: comparison with the natural course

Takashi Hatano (Japan)

Prevalence of multiple-level spondylolysis and the bone union rates among growth-stage children with lower back pain

Noriyuki Iesato (Japan)

Numbers of the Winners to be selected and Prize

APSS:

Three papers

*	If you have agreed to the “Copyright Agreement” to have your paper published in the ASJ Journal, your abstract will also be nominated for the APSS-ASJ Best Paper.

APPOS:

Two papers

Winners will receive a “Best Paper Award” certificate and prize money in the amount of JPY 50,000.

Selection of the Winners and Notification

• The winners of the awards will be selected by the Organizing Committee based on their pre-recorded presentation.
• Winners will be announced on the congress website during the congress period on June 11 (Fri.), 2021 (JST).

Please do not miss to check the congress website to find out the winners on June 11 (Fri.), 2021 (JST)!

Best Paper Awards 2nd Announcement

It is our great pleasure to announce that the Organizing Committee of APSS-APPOS 2021 will present “Best Paper Awards” at this year’s meeting. The awards will recognize outstanding papers in basic and clinical research in the fields of spine and paediatric orthopaedics.

All papers submitted during the abstract submission period will be automatically nominated!!
After the submission period, all papers will be carefully reviewed by the Program Committee and finalists from both research types and orthopaedic fields will be selected.

This is not only a great opportunity for your papers to be recognized as “Best Papers”, but also a chance to share your research with a wide range of scientists from across the Asia Pacific region!

[Nomination Categories]

• Spine
  Three papers will be selected as Best Paper Award.

  *	If you have agreed to the “Copyright Agreement” to have your paper published in the ASJ Journal, your abstract will also be nominated for the APSS-ASJ Best Paper.

• Paediatric Orthopaedics
  Two papers will be selected as Best Paper Award.

[Best Paper Award Categories]

• Best Paper Award in Spine
• Best Paper Award in Paediatric Orthopaedics

[Selection flow]

-	Finalists will be selected after blinded review for all submitted papers.

-	The Congress Secretariat’s office will contact the “Best Paper Awards” finalists by the middle of April.

-	The winners of the awards will be selected by the Organizing Committee based on their pre-recorded presentation. All finalists are required to prepare their presentation data (with audio recording) in advance.

[Notification of “Best Paper Awards” Winners]

-	Winners of the awards will be announced on the congress website during the congress period.

-	Winners will receive a “Best Paper Award” certificate and prize money in the amount of JPY 50,000.

For Inquiry regarding best paper awards:
Secretariat of the APSS-APPOS Congress 2021
c/o Congrès Inc.
Onward Park Building 3-10-5 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku Tokyo 103-8276 Japan
Tel.: +81-3-3510-3701
E-mail: apss-appos2021@congre.co.jp