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Keynote lecture at the IRCOBI conference on the biomechanics of injury
Associate professor Tron Krosshaug gave a keynote lecture titled ‘Video analysis of ACL injuries in sports 3D reconstruction of human motion from regular TV image sequences’
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Differences in mechanical and material properties between elite volleyball players with and without patellar tendinopathy
Results from this collaboration between the Department of Physical Performance and the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences were recently published in British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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Snowboard cross with highest injury risk among all snowboard disciplines
These are the results from a 6-year cohort study among elite World Cup snowboarders, a collaboration between the International Ski Federation (FIS) and the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, that just got published in British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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Posterior cruciate ligament injury - Knees undergoing surgery for this injury suffer from poor function
A posterior cruciate ligament injury gets far less attention than an anterior cruciate ligament injury despite being just as serious. A research team from the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center has recently published a number of articles with international partners.
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New knowledge about surgery techniques and function of the posterior cruciate ligament
Two recently published articles in the American Journal of Sports Medicine by researchers from the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center and the renowned group of Professor Rob LaPrade in Vail, confirm the stabilizing role of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) in deep knee flexion and serve as a foundation for re-creating the native knee kinematics with a PCL reconstruction.
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New PhD on implications for ACL injury screening and prevention
Friday Nov 1, MD Eirik Klami Kristianslund defended his PhD-thesis, entitled ”Motion analysis of drop jumps and cutting maneuvers - Methodology and implications for ACL injury screening and prevention”.
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Risk of head injuries highest among FIS World Cup freestyle riders
A new long-term study over 7 seasons among the world's best ski and snowboard athletes , led by the International Ski Federation FIS and the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, reveals that the risk of contracting a serious head injury is high.
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2014 IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport
Shortly after the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, team physicians, physiotherapists, and medical science and sports experts from across the world will convene for the 4th IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport.
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Why do elite female soccer players get injured?
Results from a recent study conducted at the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center indicate that a greater BMI was associated with new injuries to the lower limbs. In addition, players with a previous ACL injury had a significantly higher risk of new knee injury to the same side.
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“Microfracture-“ and “mosaicplasty technique” both provide satisfactory long-term outcome following surgery for cartilage lesions of the knee
... but no functional or radiological differences were detected at 10 years follow-up. This is the message from a research team from the OSTRC and Akershus University Hospital who recently published the results from their randomized controlled trial in the KSSTA-Journal.
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Kirsten Lundgreen defended PhD thesis on rotator cuff tendinopathy
On Friday April 4 defended MD Kirsten Lundgreen her PhD thesis on "The role of apoptosis in rotator cuff tendinopathy".
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Now available - final program for the 2014 IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport
Experts across the world will soon convene in Monaco for the 4th IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport. The final program is now available.
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Physiotherapists can identify female athletes with high knee valgus angles in vertical drop jumps
This key message is one of the results of a PhD-project from the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center recently published in Journal of Orthopeadic and Sports Physical Therapy.
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Rune Bruhn Jakobsen defends his PhD thesis on stems cells in cartilage repair
Monday June 16, MD Rune B Jakobsen will defend his PhD thesis on "Mesenchymal stem cells in cartilage repair. Studies of chondrogenesis in vitro and in vivo».
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New PhD-thesis on Norway's best female footballer players
Physiotherapist Agnethe Nilstad from the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center has through her PhD-work investigated risk factors for lower extremity injuries in female football players and how sports physiotherapists can utilize screening as a step to prevent injuries.
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Low back pain in female elite football- and handball players
A newly published study from Norwegian elite sports in Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Artroscopi revealed the prevalence of low back pain (LBP) among female top level handball and football players.
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Get Set - New, free app for injury prevention training
The app "Get Set - Train smarter" provides injury prevention exercises presented via video and can now be easily accessible on your smartphone (Android, iOS) – for free!
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AOSSM Excellence in Research Award to Oslo and Vail
The AOSSM-award is given to the best paper submitted in any category to the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) Awards Committee, a world leader in sports medicine education, research, communication, and fellowship.
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New PhD on talented young volleyball players and their risk to develop tendinopathy
On Friday, September 12, MD and PT Håvard Visnes will defend his PhD-thesis on «Risk factors for jumper’s knee» at the University of Bergen, Norway.
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New PhD thesis among Norwegian professional football players
On Friday, September 19, MD John Bjøreboe will defend his PhD thesis on "Injury surveillance and prevention in male professional football".
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Cardiac screening of 595 professional soccer players - new PhD
On September 23, MD Hilde Moseby Berge will defend her PhD-thesis "The Norwegian athlete’s heart. Cardiac screening of 595 professional soccer players".
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“Successful injury prevention in Norwegian handball” one of the top 15 trials in the world
Norway, the Department of Sports Medicine at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences and the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, is represented with 2 of the 15 most recognized trials in physiotherapy in the world!
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OSTRC among 9 centers worldwide recognized as IOC Research Centers
The International Olympic Committee have appointed nine research centers from across the world to become IOC Research Centers for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health for the period 2015 – 2018. The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, one of the four inaugural centers appointed in 2009, is one of them.
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PhD-defense on a new method for recording overuse injuries in sports
Tuesday, Jan 20, PT Ben Clarsen defended his PhD-thesis ”Overuse injuries in Sport – Development, validation and application of a new surveillance method” at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in Oslo.
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Marianne Martinsen defends her PhD on the prevention of eating disorders among young elite athletes
Friday, February 13, PhD-student Marianne Martinsen defended her PhD-thesis "Preventing eating disorders among young male and female elite athletes" at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.