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IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport 2014 deadline
The deadline for proposals for the 2014 IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport in Monaco is November 15th 2012 - act now!
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Lars Engebretsen co-winner of the Orthopaedic Nobel Prize award
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation has awarded the highly competitive and prestigious 2013 OREF Clinical Research Award to professor Robert F. LaPrade and his co-workers for the paper on “Improving Outcomes for Posterolateral Knee Injuries”.
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Significant increase of high-risk play over a 10-yr period
A new study published based on more than 600 hours of video analyses from matches in the 2000 and 2010 Norwegian professional male league revealed a significant increase of high-risk injury situations over the 10 years observation period.
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Stricter rule enforcement reduced head injuries in professional football
A recent study from the OSTRC published in British Journal of Sports Medicine could reveal a 28% reduction in arm-to-head incidents after introducing a stricter interpretation of the rules in Norwegian professional male football.
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Technique explains knee loading in sidestep cutting
After studying the sidestep cutting technique of Norway’s best female handball players, OSTRC researchers identified the safest sidestep cutting technique: Land on your toes, use a knee-over-toe position and perform narrow cuts!
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Register for the 5th IOC Advanced Team Physician Course 2013
The registration for the 2013 IOC Advanced Team Physician Course is now open. Welcome to Sweden and Saltsjöbaden, 22-24 May!
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Sustained 50% reduction in ACL injury risk in Norwegian handball
Great news from female handball in new study published in British Journal of Sports Medicine. The risk of ACL injury has remained low through a nationwide campaign, focusing on the coach as the key partner.
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A non-operative treatment algorithm may be appropriate for ACL injured children
In a new article published in British Journal of Sports Medicine, the knee function of ACL-injured children (<13 yrs) was evaluated to be excellent for most of the non-operated children in a 2-year follow-up.
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High blood pressure seems to be associated with increased cardiac risk in professional football players
Despite of a low prevalence of hypertension in professional football players, new data published in Journal of Hypertension indicate a novel association between elevated blood pressure and reduced arterial compliance, increased left ventricle mass and left atrium volume even in young athletes.
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Surprising results of high ambulatory blood pressure among professional football players
Almost by coincidence and for the first time, researchers detected hypertension - both night and day - in professional football players in Norway. These striking data are now published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center at Aspetar
Researchers from the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center have just come back from an eventful trip from Aspetar Orthopedic & Sports medicine Hospital in Qatar, where they were invited to the first Aspetar Injury & Illness Prevention Conference.
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The 4th Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport just launched
The main goal for the 4th International Concussion Consensus Conference held in November 2012 in Zurich, Switzerland, was to support the medical staff acting in the field by offering an expert consensus based on current and recent scientific evidence to facilitate decision-making.
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New PhD: How do ACL injuries happen in World Cup alpine skiing?
On Friday April 5, physiotherapist Tone Bere defended her PhD-thesis, entitled “Mechanisms of injuries in World Cup alpine skiing”.
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Reminder Abstract Submission - IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport - Monaco, April 2014
You can still be part of the program: Act now to submit a workshop or abstract! Deadlines are Sept 1 (workshops) and Nov 1 (abstracts).
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Jumping is different from sidestep cutting!
With his supervisor Tron Krosshaug, PhD student Kristianslund has looked at knee motion patterns in 120 elite female handball players who performed drop jumps and sidestep cutting. The study is now published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
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1st out of 2 special BJSM issues following the London 2012 Games
Supported by the IOC, a new special issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine - Injury Prevention & Health Protection (BJSM IPHP) is just released focusing on research conducted under the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Joint moment artifacts – common errors of 3D motion analysis
A new OSTRC study demonstrates how a common error may affect results and change conclusion of biomechanical studies of high-impact movements. Joints moments, essential to such analyses, are prone to artifacts when incorrect methods are applied in the filtering of raw data.
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Coaches are our key persons in injury prevention work
What is the optimal delivery strategy of successful injury prevention programs to coaches and players? An international project group recently published their results in British Journal of Sports Medicine: Proper education of coaches during an extensive pre-season workshop is the clue.
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Sports injury prevention: Mission possible!
The May edition of BJSM is devoted to highlighting Norwegian research in sports and exercise medicine. The issue contains 10 articles on a broad range of topics, including sports cardiology, women’s health, paediatric ACL injuries and sports injury prevention.
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Injury prevention works - and improves performance!
An international research group showed that a neuromuscular training program can not only reduce injury risk, but also improve performance. The encouraging findings are just published in British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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New PhD on children, ACL injuries and non-operative treatment
Håvard Moksnes defend his doctoral thesis "Functional and radiological outcomes following a non-operative treatment algorithm after ACL injuries in skeletally immature children" at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences on May 24, 2013.
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Higher prevalence of eating disorders among adolescent elite athlete than controls
This Norwegian study, recently published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, also confirmed that a clinical interview still is the best available method to identify eating disorders among both elite athletes and controls.
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1st study to analyze injury situations in World Cup Freestyle Ski Cross
A new study from the OSTRC is the first study to describe injuries in ski cross, based on systematic video analyses of 33 injury cases. Personal mistakes at take-off and contact often caused an uncontrolled flight, unbalanced landings and subsequent injury.
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2nd announcement - IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport - Monaco, April 2014
You can still be part of the program: Act now to submit a workshop or abstract! Deadlines are Sept 1 (workshops) and Nov 1 (abstracts).
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High prevalence of overuse injury among iron-distance triathletes
This is the take-home message of a recently conducted study by the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center and published in British Journal of Sports Medicine.