News
List of news
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Female elite handball players with troubling shoulders
Clinical experience indicates that a substantial number of handball players have, or have had, shoulder pain. More than half of Norway’s elite players are affected by these problems.
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Youth Olympic game – special BJSM issue
“When can I return to sport?” is often the first question asked by an injured athlete, whether it’s a passionate recreational individual or an elite performer. The new special issue of BJSM ahead of the Youth Olympic Games is dedicated to the stars of tomorrow.
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This is why they get injured
Competing among the world’s best in alpine skiing is tough and ruthless. From time to time athletes rupture their ACL, but how and why does it happen? Researchers are getting closer to finding the answer.
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Engebretsen new JBJS editor
Professor Lars Engebretsen is appointed as new international editor of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS). The renowned JBJS is reckoned as the largest orthopedic journal in the world.
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Life after injury
The injury has occurred and an operation is being considered. The patient awaits anxiously; what happens next? You’ll get the answer at the Orthopedic Autumn Meet.
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High injury incidence in Norwegian TeamGym
You might not believe it, but TeamGym is a highrisk sport. TeamGym has a higher prevalence of injuries than many other sports.
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A nine-test screening battery for athletes – how reliable is it?
A recently published study has shown that the screening battery is easy to use and require minimal equipment. The tests can be used by physiotherapists/health care professionals to test the athletes’ movement quality and to reveal functional weaknesses.
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Bahr becomes the new head physcician at the Olympic Training Center
The chair of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Professor Roald Bahr, succeeds Professor Lars Engebretsen and takes over as chair of the Department of Sports Medicine at the Olympic Training Center and Chief Medical Officer at Olympiatoppen.
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More than one in ten get injured
The World Championships in Athletics are now over. Many of the athletes have probably returned home ill or injured. 14 percent of the athletes in the Berlin-WC did just that.