News
List of news
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Football play on 3rd generation artificial turf does not lead to more acute injuries than play on grass
These are the results of two recently published Norwegian studies with 4 years data collection each; one on seasonal play among male professional players, and the other one from the World´s largest youth football tournament, the Norway Cup.
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Previous injury and weak adductor muscles dispose for new groin injuries in male football (soccer)
A survey in Norwegian 1st, 2nd and 3rd division of football (soccer) for men found that players with previous groin injury have a twice as high risk of sustaining a new groin injury, while players with weak adductor muscles have more than four times increased injury risk.
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New special issue of the BJSM
Supported by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), a new special issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine “Injury Prevention and Health Protection" is just released.
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Ongoing projects aiming to prevent eating disorder in athletes
The Medical Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Oslo Sport Trauma Research Center are working to protect the health of athletes.
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New, important findings on the mechanisms of non-contact ACL injuries
In a recent issue of the American Journal of Sports Medicine, a new hypothesis of how non-contact ACL injuries occur was presented. The hypothesis was based on the surprising findings from 10 state-of-the-art video analyses of female ACL injuries.
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High compliance to injury prevention training reduces injury risk significantly
In addition, positive attitudes towards injury prevention correlated with high compliance and lower injury risk. These are the good news from a new paper recently published in British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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Mario Bizzini defends his PhD thesis
August 18, 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.
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Reminder Abstract Submission - IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport - Monaco, April 2011
There is still a chance to become part of the programme! This is a call for abstracts with a September 15 deadline.
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About 1/3 of the World Cup alpine, freestyle and snowboard athletes sustain a time–loss injury each season
A particular concern was also the high proportion of severe injuries. These are findings from a recently published report from the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center.
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New review on the prevention of acute injuries
The present paper reviews the main risk factors and mechanisms for acute injuries to the head, upper and lower extremities, as well as the evidence supporting various strategies to prevent them.