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Which type of ACL reconstruction is best?
Which type of ACL reconstruction is best? How does one decide? What are the rehabilitation implications of each?
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You can make a difference!
In a recent KSSTA editorial, Prof. Lars Engebretsen highlights the necessity of sports injury prevention rather than "a quick fix" when the damage is done.
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Prevention of ACL injuries: how, when and who?
In a new editorial, important questions concerning ACL injury prevention is discussed.
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IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport 2011 deadline
The deadline for proposals for the 2011 IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport is November 1st 2009 - act now!
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The 14th ESSKA congress in Oslo in 2010
From June 9-12, 2010, Oslo will host the 14th ESSKA congress. The 2nd announcement is now ready.
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Football players are reluctant to recognise that they have experienced a concussion
In two out of three cases of concussion in the Norwegian elite league, the concussion is never recognised and in 70% of the head impact situations the player returns to play immediately.
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New consensus statement on concussion in sport
How to handle concussion in sport? Simple sideline assessment tools are now available. These tools will help you to diagnose concussion symptoms and make return-to-sport decisions easier and safer for the athlete.
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OSTRC in Hong Kong
Dr. Tron Krosshaug, Dr. Kathrin Steffen and PhD student Torbjørn Soligard were recently invited to the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the SMART Convention 2009.
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IOC grant to the OSTRC
The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center is one out of four research centers that will receive an IOC grant for research on prevention of injury and protection of athlete health.
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Sports injuries during the Summer Olympic Games 2008
A comprehensive injury surveillance of 92 national teams and a total of 10997 athletes during the Beijing Olympics revealed a high number of injuries that prevented the athlete from participating in competition or training.
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Anatomic medial knee reconstruction recovers knee stability and load distribution
Two femoral tunnels may be necessary to reconstruct both of the medial knee structures and allow early functional range of motion.
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Olympic Congress puts priority on youth and athletes
The XIII Olympic Congress hosted in Copenhagen recently approved a set of recommendations with a strong focus on youth and athletes, declaring that “youth and athletes are equally at the heart of the Olympic Movement.”
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Lars-Petter Granan defended his PhD thesis
November 20, Lars-Petter Granan defended his PhD thesis on the development of the world´s first national knee ligament registry in Norway.
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Vancouver Olympic issue
The importance of sports medicine for the Vancouver Olympic Games is one of the main topics of this special issue of British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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Cartilage damage prior to surgery does not alter function in ACL injured knees
A recently published study in the ESSKA journal "Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy", demonstrates that prior to surgery, there is no difference in the function of an ACL injured knee, either with or without cartilage damage.
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Vancouver Olympic issue
The importance of sports medicine for the Vancouver Olympic Games is one of the main topics of this special issue of British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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Athlete interviews give the most complete picture of injuries to World Cup skiers and snowboarders
These are the first results from the FIS ISS, the first long-term injury surveillence system for competitive World Cup skiers and snowboarders.
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Lars Engebretsen joins the foundation of the Steadman Philippon Research Institute
Professor Engebretsen from the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center is one out of two new physicians and researchers who will help the Foundation to conduct its research.
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Focal cartilage defects in the knee impair life quality as much as severe osteoarthritis
This is the main outcome of a comparison of the knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome (KOOS) score in 4 patient categories scheduled for knee surgery.
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New strict rules to handle concussions in rugby sport
Simple sideline assessment tools to diagnose concussions in sports are now available to help the medical team and coaches to better protect their athletes.
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Knee extension exercises in ACL-injured subjects must specifically target quadriceps deficits at knee joint angles less than 40° knee flexion
These results will have major clinical implications for the rehabilitation of knee injured persons.
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IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport in Monaco 2011
The core program has been announced, and there is now a call for abstracts and workshop proposals with a September 1 deadline - act now!
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All footballers should carry out knee preventive exercises
Previous studies have shown great effects of preventive training on wobble boards to reduce knee injury risk. The results from a new Norwegian study show that the high risk athlete can not be identified easily through preseason by knee specific surveys or clinical tests. Hence, ALL players should carry out preventive exercises aimed to reduce knee injuries!
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Sverre Løken defends his PhD thesis April 9
Orthopedic surgeon Sverre Løken has in his thesis shown that patients treated with Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI) in the knee improved their joint function but they did not obtain normal cartilage and they did not regain normal muscle strength.
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Mario Bizzini defends his PhD thesis
Mario Bizzini will defend his thesis „Injuries and musculoskletal complaints in football referees“ for the degree philosophiae doctor (PhD) at the Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences.