News
List of news
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Surgery may have positive effect on cartilage defects
Surgical treatment of articular cartilage defects with penetration of the underlying bone plate increases the filling of the defect from 30 to 50 %, but results also in increased thickness of the bone plate which is of concern for the long term results.
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JAMA study on head injuries in alpine skiing and snowboarding
A new study from the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center at NSSS shows that six out of ten head injuries in alpine skiers and snowboarders ancan be prevented by using a ski helmet.
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Welcome to Tromsø for the 2nd World Congress on Sports Injury Prevention in June 2008!
Based on the tremendous success of the inaugural 1st World Congress on Sports Injury Prevention in 2005, the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center will organize the 2nd World Congress from June 26 through June 28, 2008 in Tromsø, Norway. Mark the dates in your calendar now!
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Project in children's sports - Best without injuries
The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center has started a project to investigate the injury incidence and injury mechanisms among children and adolescents in organized sports in the community of Hamar and Gjøvik.
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3-year grant extensions for sports injury prevention research announced
The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (OSTRC) has recently received grants from the Norwegian Eastern Health Corporate and the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Culture.
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New publications from the Norwegian elite football head trauma project
The August issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine included a FIFA supplement focusing on head trauma in football. The Oslo Sports Trauma and Research Center was represented with two articles by PhD-fellow Truls Martin Straume-Næsheim and co-workers based on studies from the Norwegian elite football league (Tippeligaen). The studies show that there is no impairment in neuropsychological performance due to heading of the ball or previous football-related concussions.
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No effect of eccentric training on jumpers knee in volleyball players during the competitive season.
A recent study from the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, published in the July 2005 issue of the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, did not show any effect of a program of eccentric strength training in volleyball players with jumper`s knee who continued to train and compete as normal during the competitive season.
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Surgical transplanted periosteum as coverage of an articular cartilage defect does not last for more than one week
A published experimental study from Acta Orthopaedica in the April issue explore the use of periosteum as coverage of the articular cartilage defect.
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Odd-Egil Olsen defends his PhD dissertation Monday April 11th
Odd-Egil Olsen will defend his PhD-dissertation: "Injuries in Team Handball: Risk factors, injury mechanisms and prevention" for the degree Doctor Scientiarum at Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, the Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education on Monday the 11th of April, 2005.
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Thor Einar Andersen soon to defend his PhD dissertation!
Thor Einar Andersen will defend his PhD-dissertation: "How do football injuries occur? - Video analysis of injury situations and mechanisms in elite football" for the degree dr. med. at the University of Oslo on Friday the 18th of March, 2005. The introductory lecture is titled "NSAIDs and sports injuries: An evidence-based assessment of the indications, the effects and the side effects" and will be held at the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences on the 17th.