Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center

Details about researcher: Chris Skazalski

CV

Chris Skazalski is a physiotherapist and postgraduate researcher at Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital in Doha, Qatar. He is a PhD candidate at the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center and is currently working on a project titled “Load monitoring and injury risk factors in male volleyball athletes.” As part of this, research is focused on identifying various factors that lead to common ankle, knee, and shoulder problems in volleyball.

Chris studied Kinesiology as part of his undergraduate training in the United States while at the University of Michigan (Bachelor of Science, Athletic Training, 2006). He went on to complete his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Grand Valley State University (United States, 2009).

As a physiotherapist, Chris has broad experience working with orthopedic injuries. His clinical interests have focused on the prevention and rehabilitation of shoulder injuries in overhead athletes. Additionally, his volleyball interest extends beyond the specific research projects – as a former volleyball player he still enjoys competing on the court when the opportunity presents.

Projects

• Load monitoring and jumper’s knee in elite male volleyball players

  Project manager: Lena Kristin Bache-Mathiesen

• Landing-related ankle injuries do not occur in plantarflexion as once thought: a systematic video analysis of ankle injuries in world-class volleyball

  Project manager: Chris Skazalski

• A valid and reliable method to measure jump-specific training and competition load in elite volleyball players

  Project manager: Chris Skazalski

• High jump demands in professional volleyball – large variability exists between players and player positions

  Project manager: Chris Skazalski

• Screening and monitoring elite volleyball players for shoulder complaints

  Project manager: Chris Skazalski

• Load monitoring and overuse complaints within elite volleyball players

  Project manager: Chris Skazalski

Publications

• 2024

  • Causal inference did not detect any effect of jump load on knee complaints in elite men's volleyball

    Bache-Mathiesen, Lena Kristin; Bahr, Roald; Sattler, Tine; Wang Fagerland, Morten; Whiteley, Rod; Skazalski, Christopher

    Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 2024 May;34(5):e14635. doi: 10.1111/sms.14635.

• 2019

  • High jump demands in professional volleyball—large variability exists between players and player positions

    Skazalski, Christopher; Whiteley, Rod; Bahr, Roald

    Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports 2018:28(11):2293-2298

• 2018

  • Landing-related ankle injuries do not occur in plantarflexion as once thought: a systematic video analysis of ankle injuries in world-class volleyball

    Skazalski, Chris; Kruczynski, J; Bahr, Martin Aase; Bere, Tone; Whiteley, Rod; Bahr, Roald

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2018:52(2):74-82

  • A valid and reliable method to measure jump-specific training and competition load in elite volleyball players

    Skazalski, Christopher; Whiteley, Rod; Hansen, Clint; Bahr, Roald

    Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports 2018:28(5):1578-1585