News
List of news
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Vancouver Olympic issue
The importance of sports medicine for the Vancouver Olympic Games is one of the main topics of this special issue of British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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Lars-Petter Granan defended his PhD thesis
November 20, Lars-Petter Granan defended his PhD thesis on the development of the world´s first national knee ligament registry in Norway.
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Olympic Congress puts priority on youth and athletes
The XIII Olympic Congress hosted in Copenhagen recently approved a set of recommendations with a strong focus on youth and athletes, declaring that “youth and athletes are equally at the heart of the Olympic Movement.”
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Anatomic medial knee reconstruction recovers knee stability and load distribution
Two femoral tunnels may be necessary to reconstruct both of the medial knee structures and allow early functional range of motion.
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Sports injuries during the Summer Olympic Games 2008
A comprehensive injury surveillance of 92 national teams and a total of 10997 athletes during the Beijing Olympics revealed a high number of injuries that prevented the athlete from participating in competition or training.
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IOC grant to the OSTRC
The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center is one out of four research centers that will receive an IOC grant for research on prevention of injury and protection of athlete health.
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OSTRC in Hong Kong
Dr. Tron Krosshaug, Dr. Kathrin Steffen and PhD student Torbjørn Soligard were recently invited to the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the SMART Convention 2009.
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New consensus statement on concussion in sport
How to handle concussion in sport? Simple sideline assessment tools are now available. These tools will help you to diagnose concussion symptoms and make return-to-sport decisions easier and safer for the athlete.
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Football players are reluctant to recognise that they have experienced a concussion
In two out of three cases of concussion in the Norwegian elite league, the concussion is never recognised and in 70% of the head impact situations the player returns to play immediately.
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The 14th ESSKA congress in Oslo in 2010
From June 9-12, 2010, Oslo will host the 14th ESSKA congress. The 2nd announcement is now ready.