Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center

Details about researcher: Arnhild Bakken

CV

Arnhild successfully defended her PhD thesis “the benefits of periodic health evaluation (PHE) of professional football players with a focus on musculoskeletal screening” in August 2018. The PhD thesis was a collaboration between Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital and OSTRC. The project was performed at Aspetar Hospital, Qatar in 2013-2016 and completed at OSTRC and Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in 2018.    

Arnhild completed a BSc (Hons) in physiotherapy at the Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh, Scotland (2003) and has a MSc in Sports Physiotherapy from Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (2011). As a master student, she was involved in a video analysis project at the OSTRC analysing injury mechanisms in World Cup Snowboard Cross.

As a physiotherapist, Arnhild has a broad clinical experience from Scotland (2003-2006) and Norway with a special interest in treatment and rehabilitation after orthopaedic surgeries. During her time as a PhD student at Aspetar Hospital, Arnhild was involved in screening and testing of athletes in Qatar. Arnhild is a former cross-country skier and handball player.

Arnhild is currently working as a research coordinator at the Medical Department, Oslo University Hospital Ullevaal.

Projects

• Head injury mechanisms in FIS World Cup alpine, freestyle skiers and snowboarders

  Project manager: Sophie Steenstrup

• Muscle strength is a poor screening test for predicting lower extremity injuries in professional male soccer: A 2-year prospective cohort study

  Project manager: Arnhild Bakken

• The functional movement test 9+ is a poor screening test for lower extremity injuries in professional male football players: a 2-year prospective cohort study

  Project manager: Arnhild Bakken

• Functional movement screening of athletes - how stable is the Nine-plus battery test?

  Project manager: Arnhild Bakken

• Health conditions detected in a comprehensive periodic health evaluation of 558 professional football players

  Project manager: Arnhild Bakken

• Screening of athletes

  Project manager: Arnhild Bakken

• Video analysis of snowboard injuries

  Project manager: Arnhild Bakken

Publications

• 2018

  • Musculoskeletal screening tests and bony hip morphology cannot identify male professional soccer players at risk of groin injuries: a 2-year prospective cohort study.

    Mosler, Andrea; Weir, Adam; Serner, Andreas; Agricola, R; Eirale, Christiano; Farooq, A; Bakken, Arnhild; Thorborg, Kristian; Whiteley, Rod; Hölmich, Per; Bahr, Roald; Crossley, Kay

    Am J Sports Med 2018:46(6):1294-1305

  • Muscle strength is a poor screening test for predicting lower extremity injuries in professional male soccer players - a 2-year prospective cohort study

    Bakken, Arnhild; Targett, Steven; Bere, Tone; Eirale, Christiano; Farooq, A; Mosler, Andrea; Tol, Johannes; Whiteley, Rod; Khan, Karim; Bahr, Roald.

    American Journal of Sports Medicine 2018:46(6):1481-1491

  • Head injury mechanisms in FIS World Cup alpine and freestyle skiers and snowboarders

    Steenstrup, Sophie; Bakken, Arnhild; Bere, Tone; Patton, Declan; Bahr, Roald

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2018:52(1):61-69

• 2017

  • MRI does not add value over and above patient history and clinical examination in predicting time to return to sport after acute hamstring injuries: a prospective cohort of 180 male athletes

    Wangensteen, Arnlaug; Almusa, Emad; Boukarroum, Sirine; Farooq, Abdulaziz; Hamilton, Bruce; Whiteley, Rod; Bahr, Roald; Tol, Johannes

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2015:49(24):1579-1587

  • The functional movement test 9+ is a poor screening test for lower extremity injuries in professional male football players: a 2-year prospective cohort study.

    Bakken, Arnild; Targett, Stephen; Bere, Tone; Eirale, Cristiano; Farooq, Abdulaziz; Tol, Johannes; Whiteley, Rod; Khan, Karim; Bahr, Roald

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2017 [Epub ahead of print]

  • Head impact velocities in FIS World Cup snowboarders and freestyle skiers: Do real-life impacts exceed helmet testing standards?

    Steenstrup, Sophie Elspeth; Bakken, Arnhild; Bere, Tone, Patton, Declan; Bahr, Roald

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2018;52(1):32-40

• 2016

  • Interseason variability of a functional movement test, the 9+ screening battery, in professional male football players

    Bakken, Arnhild; Targett, Steven; Bere, Tone; Eirale, Christiano; Farooq, A; Tol, Johannes; Whiteley, Rod; Witvrouw, Erik; Khan, Karim; Bahr, Roald

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2017:51(14):1081-1086

  • Health conditions detected in a comprehensive periodic health evaluation of 558 professional football players

    Bakken, Arnhild; Targett, Stephen; Bere, Tone; Adamuz, Maria-Carmen; Tol, Johannes L; Whiteley, Rod; Wilson, Mathew G; Witvrouw, Erik; Khan, Karim M; Bahr, Roald

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2016:50(18):1142-1150

• 2015

  • Injury and illness surveillance during the 24th Men's Handball World Championship 2015 in Qatar

    Bere, Tone; Alonso, Juan Manuel; Wangensteen, Arnlaug; Bakken, Arnhild; Eirale, Cristiano; Dijkstra, Paul; Ahmed, Hosny; Bahr, Roald; Popovic, Nebosja

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2015:49(17):1151-1156

• 2011

  • Mechanisms of injuries in World Cup Snowboard Cross: a systematic video analysis of 19 cases

    Bakken, Arnhild; Bere, Tone; Bahr, Roald; Kristianslund, Eirik; Nordsletten, Lars

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2011:45(16):1315-1322