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. Read more >>

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.

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.

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.

Mario Bizzini defends his PhD thesis

August 18, Mario Bizzini will defend his thesis „Injuries and musculoskletal complaints in football referees“ for the degree philosophiae doctor (PhD) at the Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences.

About 1/3 of the World Cup alpine, freestyle and snowboard athletes sustain a time–loss injury each season

A particular concern was also the high proportion of severe injuries. These are findings from a recently published report from the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center.

New review on the prevention of acute injuries

The present paper reviews the main risk factors and mechanisms for acute injuries to the head, upper and lower extremities, as well as the evidence supporting various strategies to prevent them.