The aim of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center is to prevent injuries and other health problems in sports through research on risk factors, injury mechanisms, and prevention methods, with a particular focus on football, team handball, and alpine skiing/snowboarding.

Ongoing projects aiming to prevent eating disorder in athletes

The Medical Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Oslo Sport Trauma Research Center are working to protect the health of athletes.

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New, important findings on the mechanisms of non-contact ACL injuries

In a recent issue of the American Journal of Sports Medicine, a new hypothesis of how non-contact ACL injuries occur was presented. The hypothesis was based on the surprising findings from 10 state-of-the-art video analyses of female ACL injuries.

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High compliance to injury prevention training reduces injury risk significantly

In addition, positive attitudes towards injury prevention correlated with high compliance and lower injury risk. These are the good news from a new paper recently published in British Journal of Sports Medicine.

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Reminder Abstract Submission - IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport - Monaco, April 2011

There is still a chance to become part of the programme! This is a call for abstracts with a September 15 deadline.

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