Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center

Details about researcher: Sophie Steenstrup

CV

Sophie has since 2012 been a PhD-student at the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center at the Norwegian School of Sports Science and defended her work in 2018. The title of her PhD-project was "Head injuries among FIS World Cup alpine and freestyle skiers and snowboarders". She has also been running the FIS Injury Surveillance System, to monitor injury trends among World Cup athletes.

Sophie has a BSc in physiotherapy from Fontys University, Eindhoven, Netherlands (2003), and completed a MSc in sports physiotherapy at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in 2011. She has a varied background as a physiotherapist, including working in a private practice and following up sports teams.

Projects

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

  Project manager: Sophie Steenstrup

• Reconstruction of head impacts in FIS World Cup alpine skiing

  Project manager: Sophie Steenstrup

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

  Project manager: Sophie Steenstrup

• Head injuries among FIS World Cup alpine and freestyle skiers and snowboarders: a 7-year cohort study

  Project manager: Sophie Steenstrup

• Injury rate and pattern in FIS WC snowboard

  Project manager: Daniel Major

• Injury incidence in qualification runs versus final runs in FIS World Cup snowboard cross and ski cross

  Project manager: Sophie Steenstrup

• The FIS Injury Surveillance System

  Project manager: Tonje Wåle Flørenes

Publications

• 2018

  • Reconstruction of head impacts in FIS World Cup alpine skiing

    Steenstrup, Sophie E; Mok, Kam-Ming; McIntosh, Andrew; Krosshaug, Tron; Bahr, Roald

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2018:52(11):709-715

  • 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

  • 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

• 2015

  • Injury rate and injury patterns in FIS World Cup Alpine skiing (2006-2015): have the new ski regulations made an impact?

    Haaland, Bjørnar; Steenstrup, Sophie E; Bere, Tone; Bahr, Roald; Nordsletten, Lars

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2016:50(1):32-36

  • Injuries in World Cup telemark skiing: a 5-year cohort study

    Johansen, Melissa Wold; Steenstrup, Sophie E; Bere, Tone; Bahr, Roald; Nordsletten, Lars

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2015:49(7):453-457

• 2014

  • Injury rate and injury pattern among elite World Cup snowboarders: a 6-year cohort study

    Major, Daniel H; Steenstrup, Sophie; Bere, Tone; Bahr, Roald; Nordsletten; Lars

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2014:48(1):18-22

  • Head injuries among FIS World Cup alpine and freestyle skiers and snowboarders: a 7-year cohort study

    Steenstrup, Sophie; Bere, Tone; Bahr, Roald

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2014:48(1):41-45

• 2011

  • Injury incidence in qualification runs versus final runs in FIS World Cup snowboard cross and ski cross

    Steenstrup, Sophie; Bere, Tone; Flørenes, Tonje; Bahr, Roald; Nordsletten, Lars

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2011:45(16):1310-1314