News
List of news
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Poor accuracy in video analysis based on visual inspection
In the latest issue of Gait & Posture, the validity of visual inspection as a method was tested. The results were not impressive.
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Mechanisms for ACL injuries in basketball
A new study from Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center showed that “valgus collapse” is very common in non-contact ACL injuries. This is another indication that valgus loading likely is an important factor in such injuries – in particular in women.
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The teams in the SPILLEKLAR!-project ready for the fall season
The coaches 120 girls’ teams have since February sent in weekly registration forms, where they have registered training-/match attendance and injuries of all the players. After a well-deserved vacation, they are now ready for the last part of the season, starting in August.
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Final program for the Advanced Team Physician Course is ready!
We are proud to announce the final program for the Advanced Team Physician Course – a pre-congress satellite course to the 2nd World Congress of Sports Prevention aimed at the team physician. With 25 top-of-the-line invited speakers from nine different countries, you will be geared towards the practical issues of working with high-level athletes in a team sports setting. We will discuss many of the difficult issues and cases facing the team physician.
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Is the injury risk higher on artificial turf than on natural grass?
This is one of the questions we would like to answer when the injury registration during Norway Cup 2007 is being conducted in the end of July, for the third year in a row.
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Injury risk and artificial turf
A new study on injury risk in football-playing on artificial turf among young female players will be published in the next issue of British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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Nordic hamstring lowers reduce hamstring strains in soccer players
An intervention study among elite football players showed that eccentric strength training with Nordic hamstring lowers combined with warm-up stretching appears to reduce the risk of hamstring strains, while no effect was detected from flexibility training alone.
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New study on the effect of rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction
A study published in the latest issue of Physical Therapy, carried out by May Arna Risberg and co-workers, shows that neuromuscular training is better than traditional strength training following ACL reconstruction
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Lars Engebretsen named IOC Head of Scientific Activities
Professor Lars Engebretsen, co-chair of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, will soon start in a 50% position as Head of Scientific Activities in the IOC.
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Excessive apoptosis in patellar tendinopathy in athletes
A new study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine shows that apoptosis is a part of the disease process in tendinosis. This finding may explain why degenerative changes may exist without inflammation.