Abstract Submission
Submission deadline
We invite physiotherapists, researchers and students to share original research, clinical case reports and innovations in practice. Accepted abstracts are presented as oral or poster presentations and published in the congress abstract book.
General Rules
- Abstracts are accepted only through the online submission form. Abstracts sent by email or post are not accepted.
- No account is needed. After you submit, you receive a confirmation email with your abstract ID. Please use it in all messages about your abstract, and check that your email address is correct.
- To correct or withdraw an abstract before the deadline, email the secretariat with your abstract ID.
- Abstracts must not have been published in a journal or presented at another national or international congress.
- Abstracts may be written in English or Albanian and must not exceed 300 words. The limit covers all sections and the references, but not the title, authors or keywords. The form counts the words for you.
- Spell out every abbreviation the first time it is used. The title must not contain abbreviations.
- Each presenting author may submit up to two abstracts.
Authors
- Enter each author's name and affiliation in the separate fields provided.
- The corresponding author must provide an email address and phone number.
- Do not include academic titles in author names.
Abstract Structure
Research Studies
- Introduction and aim
- Methods
- Results
- Conclusion
- References (optional, maximum 2, Vancouver style)
Case Reports & Case Series
- Introduction
- Case presentation
- Discussion and conclusion
- References (optional)
- Keywords: up to 3, chosen from MeSH terms.
- Tables and figures: one table or figure is allowed, uploaded as a high-resolution JPG or PNG. Table titles go above the table; figure captions go below the figure.
- Abstracts from studies still in progress, without final results, will not be reviewed.
Review Process
- Every abstract is peer reviewed blind by the Scientific Committee for scientific quality, clarity and originality.
- The Scientific Committee decides the presentation format (oral or poster).
- Decisions ("Accepted" or "Rejected") are emailed to the corresponding author by .
- The list of accepted abstracts is published on the Accepted Abstracts page.
Publication in the abstract book:
the presenting author must be registered for the congress and the abstract must be presented. Abstracts that are not presented will be removed.
Templates
- Abstract templateWord · write your abstract offline
- Oral presentation slidesPowerPoint · 16:9
- PosterPowerPoint · 70 × 100 cm portrait
Presentation Guidelines
Oral Presentations
- 8 minutes presentation + 2 minutes discussion
- Slides in 16:9 format (PowerPoint or PDF)
- Upload your file at the speaker desk at least 1 hour before your session
Poster Presentations
- Portrait format, 70 cm × 100 cm
- Hang your poster before the first coffee break on your presentation day
- Be at your poster during the scheduled poster session