Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center

Details about researcher: Stig Haugsbø Andersson

CV

Stig Haugsbø Andersson defended his PhD thesis "Injury prevention in elite handball" in June 2018.

He studied physiotherapy at Bergen University college between 2004 to 2007, and completed his Master degree in sports physiotherapy at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in 2013. As a master student he worked on the project ”Risk factors for overuse shoulder injuries among elite male handball players”.

Stig has previously worked as a physiotherapist in the private sector (2009-2011) and is currently working as a sports physiotherapist at the Norwegian Institute of Sports Medicine (2013-present). Previously he was also affiliated with the medical team in the Norwegian Handball Federation (2013-2015).

Projects

• Video analysis of acute injuries and referee decisions during the 24th Men´s Handball World Championship 2015 in Qatar

  Project manager: Stig Haugsbø Andersson

• Attitudes, beliefs and motivational factors towards injury prevention in elite handball: Fertile ground for implementation

  Project manager: Stig Haugsbø Andersson

• Risk factors for overuse shoulder injuries in a mixed- sex cohort of 329 elite handball players: previous findings could not be confirmed

  Project manager: Stig Haugsbø Andersson

• Preventing overuse shoulder injuries among throwing athletes: a cluster-randomised controlled trial in 660 elite handball players

  Project manager: Stig Haugsbø Andersson

• Risk factors for overuse shoulder injuries among elite male handball players

  Project manager: Ben Clarsen

Publications

• 2020

  • Improved Reporting of Overuse Injuries and Health Problems in Sport: An Update of the Oslo Sport Trauma Research Center Questionnaires

    Clarsen, Benjamin; Bahr, Roald; Myklebust, Grethe; Andersson, Stig Haugsbø; Docking, Sean Iain; Drew, Michael; Finch, Caroline F; Fortington, Lauren Victoria; Harøy, Joar; Khan, Karim M; Moreau, Bill; Moore, Isabel S; Møller, Merete; Nabhan, Dustin; Nielsen, Rasmus Oestergaard; Pasanen, Kati; Schwellnus, Martin; Soligard, Torbjørn; Verhagen, Evert

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2020:54(7):390-396

• 2019

  • Injury prevention in elite handball (PhD thesis)

    Andersson, Stig Haugsbø

    Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, PhD-thesis, 2018

  • Attitudes, beliefs, and behavior toward shoulder injury prevention in elite handball: Fertile ground for implementation

    Andersson, Stig Haugsbø; Bahr, Roald; Olsen, Magnus; Myklebust, Grethe

    Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports 2019:29(12):1996-2009

• 2018

  • Video analysis of acute injuries and referee decisions during the 24th Men’s Handball World Championship 2015 in Qatar

    Andersson, Stig Haugsbø; Cardinale, M; Whiteley, Rod; Popovic, N; Hansen, C; Lopez, FE; Bere, Tone; Bahr, Roald; Myklebust, Grethe

    Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 2018:28:1837–1846

• 2017

  • Risk factors for overuse shoulder injuries in a mixed-sex cohort of 329 elite handball players: previous findings could not be confirmed

    Andersson, Stig Haugsbø; Bahr, Roald; Clarsen, Ben; Myklebust, Grethe

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2018:52(18):1191-1198

• 2016

  • Preventing overuse shoulder injuries among throwing athletes: a cluster-randomised controlled trial in 660 elite handball players

    Andersson, Stig Haugsboe; Bahr, Roald; Clarsen, Ben; Myklebust, Grethe

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2017:51(14):1073-1080

• 2014

  • Reduced glenohumeral rotation, external rotation weakness and scapular dyskinesis are risk factors for shoulder injuries among elite male handball players: a prospective cohort study

    Clarsen, Ben; Bahr, Roald; Andersson, Stig Haugsboe; Munk, Rikke; Myklebust, Grethe

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2014:48(17):1327-1333