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.

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.

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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.

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New IOC consensus paper on 'age cheating'

'Age cheating' is a well known problem for the international sporting federations. A new IOC report discusses different methods available to determine chronological age.

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The 14th ESSKA congress in Oslo in June 2010

More than 2000 researchers from all over the world are for 5 days gathered in Oslo to join the congress of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy.

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