Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center

Details about researcher: Solveig Thorarindsdottir

CV

Solveig Thorarinsdottir is a PhD candidate at the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center and is now working on a project aiming to investigate the prevalence of health problems, with special focus on groin problems, in female football and possible preventative strategies. The project will also aim to investige the effect of the menstrual cycle and use of hormonal contraceptives on the risk of sustaining an injury.

Solveig is a physical therapist from Iceland, with an MSc in Sports Physical Therapy from The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.

She has previously worked as a physical therapist for the Icelandic and Norwegian Football Association.
Solveig is also a former football player at an elite level.

Projects

• Hamstring injuries in women’s football – a two-season prospective cohort study in Norway’s premier league

  Project manager: Roar Amundsen

• The effect of an 8-week low- or high-volume protocol of the Copenhagen Adduction exercise on hip adduction strength in sub-elite female football players and the time-course of changes in hip adduction strength. A randomised trial

  Project manager: Solveig Thorarindsdottir

• The effect of the menstrual cycle and use of hormonal contraceptives on the risk of health problems in women’s premier league football in Norway – A 2-year prospective cohort study

  Project manager: Solveig Thorarindsdottir

• Groin injuries in women’s premier league football in Norway – A 2 year prospective cohort study describing clinical and imaging characteristics

  Project manager: Solveig Thorarindsdottir

• Effects of High and Low Training Volume with the Nordic Hamstring Exercise on Hamstring Strength, Jump Height, and Sprint Performance in Female Football Players: A Randomised Trial

  Project manager: Roar Amundsen

• ReadyToPlay – Injury and illness in female elite football players

  Project manager: Roar Amundsen, Solveig Thorarindsdottir, Markus Vagle

Publications

• 2024

  • #ReadyToplay: hamstring injuries in women's football - a two-season prospective cohort study in the Norwegian women's premier league

    Amundsen, Roar; Thorarinsdottir, Solveig; Larmo, Arne; Pedersen, Roar; Andersen Thor Einar; Møller, Merete; Bahr, Roald

    Science & Medicine in Football 2024 Jan 19:1-9 Online ahead of print.

• 2023

  • #ReadyToPlay: health problems in women's football-a two-season prospective cohort study in the Norwegian Premier League

    Amundsen, Roar; Thorarinsdottir, Solveig; Clarsen, Benjamin; Andersen, Thor Einar; Møller, Merete; Bahr, Roald

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2023 Nov 15 (Online ahead of print)

• 2022

  • Effects of High and Low Training Volume with the Nordic Hamstring Exercise on Hamstring Strength, Jump Height, and Sprint Performance in Female Football Players: A Randomised Trial

    Amundsen, Roar; Heimland, Janita Sæther; Thorarinsdottir, Solveig; Møller, Merete; Bahr, Roald

    Translational Sports Medicine vol. 2022, Article ID 7133928, 9 pages