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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.
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High risk of injury among World Cup Telemark athletes
A new study from the Oslo Sports Trauma Research in BJSM revealed that the risk of injury among the world's best telemark athletes is high compared to the other FIS disciplines alpine skiing, snowboarding, and freestyle.
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OSTRC trains Olympic sports medicine doctors
Twenty-three physicians from all over the world traveled to Oslo to officially finish their 2-year distance-learning program in sports medicine. This is the first group of a total of 60 doctors to complete the new Sports Medicine Diploma offered by the IOC.
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MRI does not add value over and above patient history and clinical examination in predicting time to RTS after acute hamstring injuries
A recently published study including 180 male athletes concluded that the additional value of MRI for predicting time to return to sport (RTS) after acute hamstring injuries was negligible, compared to baseline patient history and clinical examinations alone.
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Lars Engebretsen and Roald Bahr awarded for the Nordic Prize in Medicine
Professor Lars Engebretsen and professor Roald Bahr have been awarded the Nordic Prize in Medicine for their extraordinary research capacity in sports and exercise medicine. The prize of one million Swedish Crowns will be awarded in Stockholm in January.
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Fewer injuries among World Cup Alpine skiers after new ski regulations
A new study from Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, recently published in British Journal of Sports Medicine, revealed a reduced risk of injury among top level alpine skiers after the implementation of new ski regulations.
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New PhD thesis on reliability and methodological issues in biomechanics
Friday, January 8 PhD-student Kam-Ming Mok will defend his PhD-thesis "Reliability and methodological concerns of vertical drop jumping and sidestep cutting tasks – Implications for ACL injury risk screening" at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.
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Bahr and Engebretsen awarded for the Nordic Prize in Medicine
Professor Roald Bahr and Professor Lars Engebretsen were awarded the Nordic Prize in Medicine by His Royal Highness Prince Daniel during a reception on January 27 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden.