News
List of news
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The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center turns 10 years
The 10 year anniversary of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center was celebrated at the semiannual research retreat for the Department of Sports Medicine with 55 participants and guests.
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FIVB Volleyball Medical Congress 2011
This landmark congress will focus primarily on how to avoid and deal with common injuries suffered in volleyball as well as the ongoing issues with doping in world sport, specifically the FIVB's "We Play it Clean!" Anti-Doping program.
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Injuries to the medial collateral ligament and associated medial structures of the knee
A newly published paper in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery describes a new and nonsurgical approach for grade I and II injuries and the most recent surgical methods for grade III MCL and the posteromedial corner injuries.
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Injury surveillance underestimates the incidence of time-loss injuries in football
Prospective injury surveillance by team medical staff in Norwegian male professional football underestimates the incidence of time-loss injuries by at least one-fifth.
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The 14th ESSKA congress in Oslo in June 2010
From June 9-12, 2010, Oslo will host the 14th ESSKA congress. The 2nd announcement is ready.
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A twofold risk of hamstring injury among previously injured players
A survey in Norwegian 1st, 2nd and 3rd division of football (soccer) for men found that players with previous hamstring injury have twice as high risk of injury. Strain injury of the posterior thigh is an increasing problem in male football and can be prevented.
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Mario Bizzini defends his PhD thesis
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.
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Sverre Løken defends his PhD thesis April 9
Orthopedic surgeon Sverre Løken has in his thesis shown that patients treated with Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI) in the knee improved their joint function but they did not obtain normal cartilage and they did not regain normal muscle strength.
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All footballers should carry out knee preventive exercises
Previous studies have shown great effects of preventive training on wobble boards to reduce knee injury risk. The results from a new Norwegian study show that the high risk athlete can not be identified easily through preseason by knee specific surveys or clinical tests. Hence, ALL players should carry out preventive exercises aimed to reduce knee injuries!
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IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport in Monaco 2011
The core program has been announced, and there is now a call for abstracts and workshop proposals with a September 1 deadline - act now!