Publications by authors named "Lars Engbretsen"
Article Synopsis
- * This paper outlines methods for the IOC Olympian Health Cohort, a long-term study tracking current Olympians over 15 years from recruitment after the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
- * The study will collect data through questionnaires addressing demographics, sports history, injuries, retirement, and overall health to identify risks and improve athlete health management both during and after their careers.
Vision plays an important role in an athletes' success. In sports, nearly 80% of perceptual input is visual, and eye health and sports medicine are closely intertwined fields of utmost importance to athletes. The physical nature of sports activities renders individuals more prone to various eye injuries than the general population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe posteromedial corner of the knee: an international expert consensus statement on diagnosis, classification, treatment, and rehabilitation.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc
September 2021
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to create guidelines for diagnosing, classifying, treating, and rehabilitating posterior medial corner (PMC) knee injuries using input from experts through a modified Delphi technique.
- A group of 35 specialized surgeons participated in three rounds of surveys to reach a consensus on various statements, resulting in 53 items achieving over 75% agreement, and a high overall consensus of 82.8%.
- While there was strong consensus on anatomy, diagnosis, and rehabilitation, there is still uncertainty about treating isolated PMC injuries, highlighting the need for better classification methods.*
Objectives: Cross-country (CC) skiing consists of two main techniques: classic and skating. Hip motion during the skating technique is similar to that in ice skating and is considered a risk factor for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) in ice hockey players. We aimed to compare the presence of CAM-type FAI in a cohort of elite junior CC (EJCC) skiers with a control group of non-athlete (NA) high school students.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevalence and burden of overuse injuries in elite junior handball.
BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med
June 2018
Aim: To record overuse injuries among male junior handball players throughout a handball season.
Design: Prospective cohort study.
Methods: Ten Norwegian junior male handball teams (145 players aged 16-18 years) were followed for one 10-month season.
Background/aim: In high-level Olympic athletes, many spinal pathologies arise from overuse, while others are the result of acute injury. Our aim is to analyse the epidemiology of spinal pathologies detected on MRI in athletes participating in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics.
Methods: In this retrospective study, all spine MRIs performed during the 2016 Rio Games were analysed.