Information about a piece of news titled Torstein Dalen-Lorentsen is defending his thesis on the 16 th of December 2021
Torstein Dalen-Lorentsen is defending his thesis on the 16 th of December 2021
Intoduction
Torstein Dalen-Lorentsen is defending his thesis "Training load and health problems in football – More complex than we first thought?".
Disputas
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Date: 16th of December 2021
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Place: NIH, Auditorium innsikt
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Time - Trial lecture: 09.00 - “How can adherence to sports injury and illness prevention measures improve and do contemporary models of health behaviour play a role?” Streaminglink trial lecture: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjH8R-ECVMnxPooGtoHeWvg
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Time – Thesis Defense: 10.30 - "Training load and health problems in football – More complex than we first thought?" Streaminglink thesis defence: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjH8R-ECVMnxPooGtoHeWvg
Committee
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Committee chair: Hege Grindem, Associate Professor, Department of Sports Medicine, NIH
- First opponent: Dr. Michel S. Brink, Center for Human Movement Sciences, University of Groningen
- Second opponent: Professor Franco Impellizzeri, Human Performance Research Centre, Faculty of Health, University of Technology
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WHAT IS THE PROJECT ABOUT: Sudden increase in training load has been linked to increased risk of injuries and illnesses (health problems). In the past years, researchers have claimed that easy-to-use calculations can precisely estimate how much training load can increase without increasing the risk of health problems. In this PhD-project, we found that it’s not possible to assess risk of health problems based on training load, and that the studies claiming this has substantial methodological weaknesses. Moreover, we found that using an one-size-fits-all approach of training load management did not reduce the risk of health problems among almost 500 elite-youth footballers of both sexes. Despite a lack of models accurately estimating risk based on training load and lack of evidence for its preventive effect, we should still use training load management. Without more complex models, we should lean on the basic training principles and follow an even progression of training load that is based on the coaches’ experience and the players’ need. This PhD-project also investigated whether the match congested 2020 Norwegian premier league (Eliteserien) had different injury characteristics compared to the normal 2019-season. We found no differences and concluded that a match congested season like the 2020-season can be a safe alternative.
SUPERVISORS: Professor Thor Einar Andersen, OSTRC https://www.nih.no/om-nih/ansatte/andersen-thor-einar/ Benjamin Clarsen, Researcher, OSTRC https://klokavskade.no/no/medarbeidere/ben-clarsen/ John Bjørneboe, Researcher, OSTRC https://klokavskade.no/no/medarbeidere/john-bjorneboe/
THE THESIS IS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES:
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