Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center

Details about researcher: Sara Dahlèn

CV

Sara Dahlén is a Swedish physician who is a specialist in both Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine. She has been involved in sports medicine since 2012. Between 2018 and 2021 she was employed by the Swedish Paralympic Committee and was the physician responsible for the Swedish delegation at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Since 2020 she has been the team physician for the women’s football team Hammarby, competing in Sweden’s first tier, Damallsvenskan.

As of October 2022, Sara Dahlén is a full time PhD candidate at Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences. Her main research focus is on football and potential negative effects on the nervous system.

Projects

Publications

• 2024

  • Evaluation of the SCAT 5 tool in the assessment of concussion in Para athletes: a Delphi study

    Dyer, Bruce; Hassan Ahmed, Osman; Dahlén, Sara; Dalton, Kristin; Derman, Wayne; Donaldson, Amber; Fagher, Kristina; Lexell, Jan; Pinheiro, Larissa; Van de Vliet, Peter; Weiler, Richard; Webborn, Nick

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2024 Apr 29:bjsports-2023-107426. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-107426. Online ahead of print.

  • Heading in football: a systematic review of descriptors, definitions, and reporting methods used in heading incidence studies

    Peek, Kerry; Ross, Andrew; Andersen, Thor Einar; Meyer, Tim; Dahlèn, Sara; Georgieva, Julia; Williamson, Paula R; Clarke, Mike; Serner, Andreas

    Science & Medicine in Football 2024 Jun 10:1-18. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2024.2362191.

  • Characteristics of potential head injury situations at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

    Peek, Kerry; Aiello, Francesco; Avery, Lewis; Gardner, Tom; Rutherford, Harvey; Massey, Andrew; Georgieva, Julia; Andersen, Thor Einar; Dahlén, Sara; Serner, Andreas

    Science & Medicine in Football 2024 Oct 7:1-9. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2024.2409689. Online ahead of print.