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Odd-Egil Olsen defends his PhD dissertation Monday April 11th
Odd-Egil Olsen will defend his PhD-dissertation: "Injuries in Team Handball: Risk factors, injury mechanisms and prevention" for the degree Doctor Scientiarum at Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, the Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education on Monday the 11th of April, 2005.
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Thor Einar Andersen soon to defend his PhD dissertation!
Thor Einar Andersen will defend his PhD-dissertation: "How do football injuries occur? - Video analysis of injury situations and mechanisms in elite football" for the degree dr. med. at the University of Oslo on Friday the 18th of March, 2005. The introductory lecture is titled "NSAIDs and sports injuries: An evidence-based assessment of the indications, the effects and the side effects" and will be held at the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences on the 17th.
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Is it time to quit? - A critical look at return-to-play guidelines after ACL surgery
In the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) March issue Grethe Myklebust, PT, PhD and professor Roald Bahr question whether return to high level pivoting sports is in the athletes interest after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.
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Warm-up exercises prevent knee and ankle injuries
A new Norwegian research study published in the British Medical Journal shows that a structured programme of warm-up exercises can prevent knee and ankle injuries in young people playing sports. This study is the first randomised controlled trial among adolescents with a sufficient sample size to show that acute knee or ankle injuries can be reduced by 50% and severe injuries even more. Preventive training should be routine in training programmes for adolescents in pivoting sports.
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Better in soccer without injuries - F-Marc 11
The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center has in collaboration with the Norwegian Football Association, and with support of FIFA, started a new project concerning female youth soccer players. A total of 140 teams will be invited to participate, and half of the teams will be introduced to a specific training program, called F-MARC 11, designed to enhance performance and reduce injuries in soccer players.
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New method for analyzing injury videos
A new method for reconstructing human 3D motion from video sequences was published in the April edition of Journal of Biomechanics. This technique has been developed at the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center over the last years, and is particularly well suited for analyses of sports injuries.
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Symposium IFSP and FFI (Updated May 27th)
The International Federation of Sports Physiotherapy (IFSP) and The Norwegian Association of Sports Physiotherapy (FFI) are happy to invite you to a one-day seminar in Oslo, Norway. We are proud to present well known international experts and lecturers from Norway and abroad. They are all involved in clinical work and research and have long experience within their line of work. They will present talks with high clinical relevance and the seminar is relevant for all sports physiotherapists working within active sports rehabilitation.
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BJSM Injury Prevention issue is published!
A special themed issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine has been produced to coincide with the 1st World Congress of Sports Injury Prevention. The June issue of BJSM contains original and commissioned material covering all aspects of sports injury prevention, as well as the abstracts for the world congress, including several papers from the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center.
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Clinical studies on cartilage treatment are of poor methodological quality
A literature review published in the October issue of the American Journal of Bone and Joint Surgey concludes that clinical studies on cartilage repair are generally marked by a poor scientific method.
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First ever physical therapist in the International Handball Federation Medical Commission
Grethe Myklebust has - as the first physical therapist been elected to the Medical Commission in the International Handball Federation. This makes her the first physical therapist to become a member of an international federation Medical Commission regardless of sport.