News
List of news
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Football players are reluctant to recognise that they have experienced a concussion
In two out of three cases of concussion in the Norwegian elite league, the concussion is never recognised and in 70% of the head impact situations the player returns to play immediately.
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The 14th ESSKA congress in Oslo in 2010
From June 9-12, 2010, Oslo will host the 14th ESSKA congress. The 2nd announcement is now ready.
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IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport 2011 deadline
The deadline for proposals for the 2011 IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport is November 1st 2009 - act now!
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Prevention of ACL injuries: how, when and who?
In a new editorial, important questions concerning ACL injury prevention is discussed.
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You can make a difference!
In a recent KSSTA editorial, Prof. Lars Engebretsen highlights the necessity of sports injury prevention rather than "a quick fix" when the damage is done.
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Which type of ACL reconstruction is best?
Which type of ACL reconstruction is best? How does one decide? What are the rehabilitation implications of each?
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“Injury Prevention and Health Protection” special issues of BJSM announced
BMJ Group and BASEM recently announced that BJSM, with support from the International Olympic Committee, will publish four additional issues each year dedicated to “Injury Prevention and Health Protection” in elite and amateur athletes.
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Previously ankle injured players have a twice as high risk of sustaining a new ankle injury
This is the main finding from a survey carried out in Norwegian 1st, 2nd and 3rd division of soccer for men. The study showed that a previous ankle injury is the most important predictor of increased risk for new ankle injuries.
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The 11+ now available in several languages through FIFA
As a part of FIFA’s worldwide promotion strategy of The 11+ an important part is to make the program freely available to the sports community. F-MARC recently launched a new website offering the injury prevention program in five languages.
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Preoperative quadriceps strength is a strong predictor for knee function 2 years after ACL reconstruction
Suggestions from a recentely published paper in British Journal of Sports Medicine sounds that reconstructive surgery should not be performed before quadriceps muscle strength deficits of the injured limb is less than 20% of the uninjured limb.