News
List of news
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IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport 2011 deadline
The deadline for proposals for the 2011 IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport is November 1st 2009 - act now!
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Prevention of ACL injuries: how, when and who?
In a new editorial, important questions concerning ACL injury prevention is discussed.
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You can make a difference!
In a recent KSSTA editorial, Prof. Lars Engebretsen highlights the necessity of sports injury prevention rather than "a quick fix" when the damage is done.
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Which type of ACL reconstruction is best?
Which type of ACL reconstruction is best? How does one decide? What are the rehabilitation implications of each?
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“Injury Prevention and Health Protection” special issues of BJSM announced
BMJ Group and BASEM recently announced that BJSM, with support from the International Olympic Committee, will publish four additional issues each year dedicated to “Injury Prevention and Health Protection” in elite and amateur athletes.
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Previously ankle injured players have a twice as high risk of sustaining a new ankle injury
This is the main finding from a survey carried out in Norwegian 1st, 2nd and 3rd division of soccer for men. The study showed that a previous ankle injury is the most important predictor of increased risk for new ankle injuries.
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The 11+ now available in several languages through FIFA
As a part of FIFA’s worldwide promotion strategy of The 11+ an important part is to make the program freely available to the sports community. F-MARC recently launched a new website offering the injury prevention program in five languages.
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Preoperative quadriceps strength is a strong predictor for knee function 2 years after ACL reconstruction
Suggestions from a recentely published paper in British Journal of Sports Medicine sounds that reconstructive surgery should not be performed before quadriceps muscle strength deficits of the injured limb is less than 20% of the uninjured limb.
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IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Monaco in 2011
In collaboration with the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, the IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport will now be held in Monaco.
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OSTRC accredited as a FIFA Medical Center of Excellence
On May 15th distinguished representatives from FIFA, the Norwegian Sports Federation and Norwegian Department of Culture Affaires were gathered for the inauguration of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center as a FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence.