News
List of news
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Stress increases injury risk
A new Norwegian study shows that young female football players suffer from a 70% increased risk of injury if they have perceived stress earlier in life.
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Injury registration in the Beijing Olympics
In a new publication from the British Journal of Sports Medicine, it is outlined how an injury surveillance system for multi-sports tournaments can be done, using the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing as an example.
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Professor Bahr new member of the IOC medical commission
The leader of the IOC medical commission, Arne Ljungqvist, recently announced professor Roald Bahr as a new member of the commission.
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Better study design necessary in cartilage research
In an interview with Orthopaedics today, Professor Lars Engebretsen and Professor Stefan Lohmander state that better study design is required in future cartilage research.
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Final program for the World Congress on Sports Injury Prevention announced
The final, detailed scientific program for the World Congress on Sports Injury Prevention is now ready. You have something to look forward to!
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Truls Straume-Næsheim defends his PhD thesis the 9th of May
Truls Straume-Næsheim will defend his PhD thesis ”Head Impacts in Football” for the PhD degree on Friday, the 9th of May, 2008. The introductory lecture is titled "How does the normal brain respond to strenuous physical activity and how does this compare to the injured brain?"
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Register here for the 2nd World Congress and Advanced Team Physician Course
Hurry up and register! You do not want to miss these two landmark events – and at the same time sample the wonders of midsummer above the Arctic Circle! Note that separate registrations are needed for the two events.
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New IOC consensus statement on non-contact ACL injuries
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently arranged a consensus meeting where important aspects of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries were discussed. Twenty researchers from around the world were invited to make consensus statements on epidemiology, risk factors, injury mechanisms, surgical procedures, rehabilitation and prevention.
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Opening wedge osteotomy gives increased stability in posterolateral corner injuried knees
A new article from the American Journal of Sports Medicine demonstrates that a proximal tibial medial opening wedge osteotomy decreased varus and external rotation laxity for posterolateral corner–deficient knees.
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Kathrin Steffen defends her PhD thesis
Kathrin Steffen will defend her PhD thesis ”Injuries in female youth football” for the degree Doctor Scientiarum at Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences on Friday, the 29th of February 2008.