Arthrofibrosis Awareness Day & Knee Arthrofibrosis Symposium

October 15th, 2026, Milan, Italy

Join us for our Arthrofibrosis Awareness Day (AAD) on 15th October. Share your stories, link to the IAA, and help us spread the word - arthrofibrosis severely impacts daily life, pain and function, and requires early recognition with well-informed, arthrofibrosis-specific therapies tailored to the individual.

Or, join us in person on the day! We are delighted to invite you to the first-ever

international symposium exploring knee arthrofibrosis, and it's free! The format of short spotlight presentations will highlight innovative work by international speakers over an afternoon. We will discuss critical areas including science-based surgery and physiotherapy methods, pathology, pain management and patient perspectives. The symposium will be hosted in beautiful Milan by IAA Directors Sebastiano Nutarelli and Manon Raap. Patients, carers and clinicians are welcome!

Register at www.arthrofibrosis.info/symposium-2026. This symposium will not be live-

streamed, but it will be recorded and the sessions published on YouTube over a period.

Seats are limited and are filling fast, so get in quick to avoid disappointment.

Address: Best Western Air Hotel Linate, Via F. Baracca, 2 | Segrate, Milan, Italy

Program

SESSION #1 - Arthrofibrosis pathophysiology, decision-making, and surgical treatments

2.30 pm to 4.00 pm. Each sub-section is 15 minutes long

• What is arthrofibrosis? An overview of a complex pathology - Dr Usher (IAA,

University of Western Australia) virtual presentation.

• Knee flexion deficit: what to do in sports medicine and in case of total knee

replacement - Dr Deabate (EUKAF/Log Medica, Switzerland)

• Knee extension deficit: what to do in sports medicine and in case of total knee

replacement - Dr Valoroso (EUKAF/EOC, Switzerland)

• The role of intra-articular Anakinra in knee arthrofibrosis - Dr Evans (London Knee Clinic, UK)

• Round Table: Session 1 presenter’s discussion

• Q&A

  
  

BREAK: 30 minutes

SESSION #2 - Arthrofibrosis pain management, rehabilitation, and psychological aspects

4.30 pm to 6.15 pm. Each sub-section is 15 minutes long

• Effective pain management in knee arthrofibrosis patients with chronic pain, Central Sensitization, and CRPS: Making the next steps possible - Dr Tasciotti (EUKAF/Log Medica, Switzerland)

• Anaesthetic technique and postoperative pain management for knee arthrolysis: our experience - Dr Maino (EUKAF/EOC, Switzerland)

• The rehabilitation conundrum: how to best approach active vs residual knee

  arthrofibrosis - Mr Nutarelli (IAA, EUKAF/EOC, Switzerland)

• Patient's perspectives on knee arthrofibrosis - Dr Hall (University of Nottingham, UK)

• Caring alongside treatment: Psychological support for patients with arthrofibrosis and their caregivers - Dr Belluzzi (EUKAF/UCSC, Switzerland/Italy)

• Round Table: Session 2 presenter’s discussion

• Q&A

END OF THE SYMPOSIUM

Please note: If you register but find you cannot attend the symposium, please let us know as soon as possible at iaa.committee@arthrofibrosis.info so we can let someone else have your seat.

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