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“Successful injury prevention in Norwegian handball” one of the top 15 trials in the world
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Norway, the Department of Sports Medicine at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences and the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, is represented with 2 of the 15 most recognized trials in physiotherapy in the world!
PEDro is celebrating its 15th anniversary during October 2014. The Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy decided to recognize this occasion by identifying 15 of the most significant randomised controlled trials in physiotherapy ever published.
Research saves knees from serious long-term health consequences
The study by Olsen et al «Exercises to prevent lower limb injuries in youth sports: cluster randomised controlled» from the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center published in BMJ in 2005 is one of the ground-breaking trials recognized by PEDro.
This project was part of the PhD-work of associate professor Odd-Egil Olsen in 2005, and became a milestone study for the research on injury prevention and implementation at the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center.
By applying this injury prevention exercise program into regular warm-up training routines, the risk for knee and ankle injuries could be reduced by a half.
Congratulations to the co-authors and supervisors associate professor Grethe Myklebust, and professors Lars Engebretsen, Ingar Holme, and Roald Bahr.
Read the interview with Odd-Egil Olsen (now associate professor at the Arctic University of Norway).
Pelvic floor exercises for genuine stress incontinence
The second well-recognized trial is from professor Kari Bø and her colleagues "Pelvic floor exercises for genuine stress incontinence"
Read the interview with professor Kari Bø (dean at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences).