Host Organization

Department of Orthopaedic
Surgery,
Faculty of Medicine,
Hokkaido University
Kita 15, Nishi 7, Kita-ku,
Sapporo, Hokkaido,
060-8638, Japan

Congress Secretariat

Congrès Inc.
Onward Park Building, 3-10-5
Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku Tokyo,
103-8276, Japan
E-mail: joa2025@congre.co.jp

SICOT2026

Call for Abstracts

Thank you very much for your submissions! Abstract Submission was closed.
Note: Notification of acceptance/rejection will be sent to the submitting authors in late December 2024.

This abstract submission site is for overseas participants only.

If you are a Japanese JOA member, please submit your abstract
via Japanese abstract submission page.

Abstract Submission Period

at Noon of July 10 (Wed.) – September 10 (Tue.), 2024 (UTC+9)

*There will be no extension.

Please follow the guidelines below to submit your abstract to JOA2025. Please note that we do not accept any e-mail submission. All applications must be submitted online. The presentation should be in the form of an oral presentation using PowerPoint, or a poster presentation in either onsite or website.

Input items	Mandatory Yes/ No	Restrictions
Author Name	YES	The first author must be the speaker. A maximum of 11 co-authors including the top author can be registered.
Affiliation	YES	Up to 11 affiliations can be registered.
Abstract Title	YES	Up to 20 words The first letter of each word should be upper case letters (Head Capital). Prepositions and articles should be lower case letters (except at the beginning of sentences). Abbreviations, such as MRI, should be upper case letters; technical terms that should be lower case letters only, should be lower case letters. Words after a "-" (hyphen) should begin with lower case letters.
Abstract Body	YES	Up to 200 words In principle, abstracts published in The Journal of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association must be structured abstracts. Please type colon (:) after each section title to make it easier to read. e.g.) Introduction: Materials and Methods: Background: Methods: Purpose: Results: Object: Conclusion: No chart, graphic, figure and table can be uploaded.

How to Submit

Please click on the "Submit your abstract from here" button below when you submit for the first time. If you wish to submit another abstract or to amend your submitted abstract, please click on the same button and log in with your ID and password which will be notified by e-mail after you finished initial submission of your abstract.

1	Tumor
2	Spine and spinal disease
3	Joint diseases
4	Trauma and Fractures
5	Sports injuries
6	Pediatric othopaedics
7	Metabolic bone diaseases (including osteoporosis)
8	Rheumatic diseases
9	Tendon and ligament
10	Muscle
11	Nerve
12	Basic research

13	Medical ethics and lawsuit
14	Medical safety
15	Infection control
16	Locomotive syndrome
17	Educaiton
18	Musculoskeletal rehabilitation
19	Complications
20	Infection
21	Pain
22	Computer assistance
23	AI (artificial intelligence)
24	Other

1	Shoulder
2	Elbow
3	Wrist and hand
4	Fingers
5	Upper arm
6	Forearm
7	Clavicle and scapula(including AC and SC joints)
8	Hip
9	Knee
10	Foot and ankle

11	Toes
12	Pelvis
13	Femur
14	Lower leg
15	Cervical spine
16	Thoracic spine
17	Lumbar spine
18	Sacrum and coccyges
19	Others

Notification of Acceptance

Notification of acceptance/ rejection have been sent to the submitting authors by late December 2024. If you have not received it by that timing, please contact the Congress Secretariat (joa2025-abs@congre.co.jp).

JOA Travel Grant

The 98th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association encourages orthopaedic surgeons in other countries to submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations. About 10 abstracts were selected as the travel grant by Japanese Orthopaedic Association Committee. 150,000 JPY will be awarded to the first author of the submitted abstract. All submitted abstracts are eligible for travel grant application.

Note
Travel grant will be provided for the grant winners after presentation of their abstract onsite.
Please note that complimentary accommodation will not be offered, and all arrangements for the transportation to the venue and accommodation during the congress period will be self-responsibility.

Result of the award will be announced by email in December 2024.
There is no age limitation.

Abstract Submission

Submit your abstract from here
(Modification / delete)

This abstract submission site is for overseas participants only.

If you are a Japanese JOA member, please submit your abstract
via Japanese abstract submission page.

Inquiries about abstract submission and JOA program

Congress Secretariat for JOA2025 Program

c/o Congrès Inc.

E-mail: joa2025-abs@congre.co.jp