GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

• Only online submission though website www.posi.in will be accepted.
• Only registered delegates can submit an abstract.
• Please select the subject category (you may select more than one category, if applicable).
• A delegate can submit more than one abstract, but only one can be presented per delegate. If more than one abstract gets accepted, the presenting author may nominate a co-author to present the paper. The co-author has to be registered for the conference. The co-author has to have been included at the time of abstract submission. No co-authors can be added later.
• Supporting material in the form of tables, graphs and photos may be submitted (upto a maximum of 5 only. Maximum file size should be 5 MB for each attachment).
• Do not mention name of Author(s) or Institution in the Title, Body of the abstract or in the images, tables and graphs. Mentioning the same will automatically disqualify the submission.
• Free papers are of 5 minutes duration + 2 minutes discussion. Please submit structured abstract (Introduction & Aims of Study, Methods, Results, Conclusion of Study) of <500 words.
• Best Paper presentation is of 8 minutes duration + 2 mins discussion.
• Short oral presentations are for innovative techniques / new ideas and will be of 3 minutes duration. Submit an unstructured abstract of <250 words.
• Video techniques. Submit an unstructured abstract of <250 words.
• Poster presentation. Submit an unstructured abstract of <250 words.
• Case reports will only be accepted for poster presentation.

Categories

• Congenital (including clubfoot / DDH / limb deficiences / skeletal dysplasias / Osteogenesis imperfecta etc)
• Trauma (upper limb & lower limb)
• Infection (acute / chronic / sequelae / TB)
• Developmental (including Perthes / coxa vara /
• Metabolic (Rickets)
• Spine
• Neuromuscular (cerebral palsy / myelomengocoele / muscular dystrophies / polio etc)
• Limb reconstruction (upper limb / lower limb)
• Sports
• Tumours (benign & malignant)
• Basic Research
• Miscellaneous (Innovative techniques / new ideas / research)

Eligibility criteria for POSI Best Paper Session

• From among the highest ranked papers, the first 10 papers fulfilling ALL of the folowing criteria will be selected for this session.
• The presenting author should be a POSI Member or should have applied for POSI membership at the time of abstract submission.
• The study should be largely his / her work.
• The work should have been done in India.