News
List of news
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More than one in ten get injured
The World Championships in Athletics are now over. Many of the athletes have probably returned home ill or injured. 14 percent of the athletes in the Berlin-WC did just that.
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Preventing illness gives results
Ahead of, and under, The Olympic Games in Vancouver 2010 the Norwegian team focused especially on preventing illness. A lot fewer got sick in Canada compared to the games in Turin four years earlier.
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Gender and sport can effect the risk of full-thickness cartilage lesions in ACL-injured knees
That's the results of study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine (AJSM). The study included almost 16.000 pasients, and evaluated risk factors for full-thickness cartilage lesions.
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FIS introduces new Alpine equipment specifications
During the past several seasons FIS has laid down an enormous amount of work to reduce the risk of injury and improve safety. As a part of this new equipment specifications are implemented ahead of the 2012/2013 season.
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Attend the conference – in the comfort of your office
Did you miss “The 2011 IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport”? Most presentations are now available with slides, sound and video.
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Royal visit at the OSTRC
On Tuesday May 31st, Their Majesties King Harald V and Queen Sonja and Their Royal Highnesses The Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa visited The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre.
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Cartilage defects in the knee – an insolvable problem?
Stig Heir defended his phd thesis, "Focal Cartilage Defects in the Knee", on Thursday May 5th.
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Content even better than style
Even though Monaco, with all its amenities, was a great venue for the conference, it’s the professional outcome that really leaves its mark.
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Severe injuries can be halved in football
This is one of the key messages from the research presented in the PhD dissertation on “Injuries in youth female football – risk factors, prevention and compliance”, which Torbjørn Soligard defended Friday May 13th.
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Left wanting for more
“The 2011 IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport” was a great success.