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Solveig Thorarinsdottir is defending her PhD thesis on the 19th of March 2026
Intoduction
Solveig Thorarinsdottir will defend her doctorial thesis: "Groin injuries in women‘s football"
Disputas: Thursday 19th of March 2026
Place: Auditorium Innsikt - Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Time - Trial lecture: 10.15 -11.00: “Title:TBD on March 5th”
Time - Thesis Defence: 13.00 - 16.00: “Groin injuries in women‘s football”
Language: English
Commitee
Committee chair: Professor Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
1.st opponent: Professor Joanna Kvist, Linköpings University
2nd opponent: Professor Keith Stokes, University of Bath
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Merete Møller, PT PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Sports Medicine and the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center
Co-supervisor: Roald Bahr, MD PhD, Professor, Department of Sports Medicine and CEO of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center
WHAT IS THE PROJECT ABOUT:
Previous injury surveillance studies in women’s football have primarily relied on medical staff to record time-loss injuries. However, these methods have been found to underestimate gradual onset injuries, which groin injuries often are. The latest surveillance studies also suggest that muscle injuries are on the rise, groin injuries included, possibly reflecting the soaring physical demands of the game.
In men´s football adductor-related groin injuries are the most common type of groin injury, but in women’s football we do not yet know which type poses the greatest burden. The Adductor Strengthening Program, based on the Copenhagen Adduction exercise, has been found to reduce the prevalence of groin injuries in men’s football, and increase hip adductor strength in a dose-response manner. The strength effect of this program has not been investigated in women.
The overarching aim of this thesis was to lay the foundation for future groin injury prevention in women’s football. This was done in three steps. First, by providing an updated overview of groin injuries as a part of the bigger injury picture, using methods better suited to capture gradual onset injuries. Second, by describing the clinical and imaging characteristics of the groin injuries reported. Finally, by comparing the strength effects of a low- and high-volume Adductor Strengthening Program protocol in female players.