Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center

Details about researcher: Roar Amundsen

CV

Roar Amundsen is a PhD-student at the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center. He holds a Master's degree in sports physiology from the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences. Roar has earlier been working as a teacher and football coach. He now works on the project “Hamstring Injuries in Women’s Football”.

Projects

• Hamstring injuries in women’s football – a two-season prospective cohort study in Norway’s premier league

  Project manager: Roar Amundsen

• The effect of an 8-week low- or high-volume protocol of the Copenhagen Adduction exercise on hip adduction strength in sub-elite female football players and the time-course of changes in hip adduction strength. A randomised trial

  Project manager: Solveig Thorarindsdottir

• The effect of the menstrual cycle and use of hormonal contraceptives on the risk of health problems in women’s premier league football in Norway – A 2-year prospective cohort study

  Project manager: Solveig Thorarindsdottir

• Groin injuries in women’s premier league football in Norway – A 2 year prospective cohort study describing clinical and imaging characteristics

  Project manager: Solveig Thorarindsdottir

• Effects of High and Low Training Volume with the Nordic Hamstring Exercise on Hamstring Strength, Jump Height, and Sprint Performance in Female Football Players: A Randomised Trial

  Project manager: Roar Amundsen

• ReadyToPlay – Injury and illness in female elite football players

  Project manager: Roar Amundsen, Solveig Thorarindsdottir, Markus Vagle

Publications

• 2024

  • #ReadyToplay: hamstring injuries in women's football - a two-season prospective cohort study in the Norwegian women's premier league

    Amundsen, Roar; Thorarinsdottir, Solveig; Larmo, Arne; Pedersen, Roar; Andersen Thor Einar; Møller, Merete; Bahr, Roald

    Science & Medicine in Football 2024 Jan 19:1-9 Online ahead of print.

• 2023

  • Prepare to fail or failing to prepare? Acute performance after the 11+ with and without strength exercises

    Støvland, Varg Ringdal; Amundsen, Roar; Paulsen, Gøran; Dalen-Lorentsen, Torstein

    BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 2023 Nov 2;9(4) (online ahead of print)

  • Performing Nordic hamstring strength testing with additional weight affects the maximal eccentric force measured: do not compare apples to oranges

    Amundsen, Roar; Møller, Merete; Bahr, Roald

    BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 2023 Nov 8;9(4) (Online ahead of print)

  • #ReadyToPlay: health problems in women's football-a two-season prospective cohort study in the Norwegian Premier League

    Amundsen, Roar; Thorarinsdottir, Solveig; Clarsen, Benjamin; Andersen, Thor Einar; Møller, Merete; Bahr, Roald

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2023 Nov 15 (Online ahead of print)

• 2022

  • Effects of High and Low Training Volume with the Nordic Hamstring Exercise on Hamstring Strength, Jump Height, and Sprint Performance in Female Football Players: A Randomised Trial

    Amundsen, Roar; Heimland, Janita Sæther; Thorarinsdottir, Solveig; Møller, Merete; Bahr, Roald

    Translational Sports Medicine vol. 2022, Article ID 7133928, 9 pages