Browsing Norges idrettshøgskole by Subject "prevention"
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ACL injury incidence, severity and patterns in professional male soccer players in a Middle Eastern league
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Aim: To ascertain ACL injury incidence, severity (injury burden) and patterns (contact/non-contact and reinjuries) in a professional male football league in the Middle East over five consecutive seasons. Methods: Prospective ... -
Aerobic fitness thresholds to define poor cardiometabolic health in children and youth
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Aerobic fitness is an apparent candidate for screening children and youth for poor cardiometabolic health and future risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Yet, age‐ and sex‐specific cut points for children and youth ... -
Assessing the sociology of sport: on sexual harassment research and policy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06)On the 50th anniversary of the ISSA and IRSS, a key foundational scholar on gender and sport, Kari Fasting, assesses sociological inquiry about sexual harassment in sport and its relation to the development of policy. The ... -
Can you swim?: an exploration of measuring real and perceived water competency
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Little is known about the relationship between real and perceived water competence among youth in the context of drowning prevention or of their perceptions of their risk of drowning. This study reports the findings of ... -
Cocreating injury prevention training for youth team handball: Bridging theory and practice
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Although it is advocated that end-users are engaged in developing evidence-based injury prevention training to enhance the implementation, this rarely happens. The ‘Implementing injury Prevention training ROutines in TEams ... -
Cross-sectional study of characteristics and prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints in 1170 male golfers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objectives: The primary aim was to describe the characteristics and prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints of a large group of non-professional golfers. Secondary aims were to compare golfers different in (A) skill-level, ... -
Design of a 20-month comprehensive, multicomponent school-based randomised trial to promote healthy weight development among 11-13 year olds: the HEalth In Adolescents study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-11)Background and purpose: The lack of effective school-based interventions for preventing obesity in children has caused a call for longer duration of interventions and better reporting on design and evaluation methodology. ... -
ECSS Position Statement 2009: prevention of acute sports injuries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-06-09)To maximize the health benefits of sports and exercise and to minimize the direct and indirect costs associated with injuries, developing and adopting injury prevention strategies is an important goal. The aim of this ECSS ... -
Elite athletes' perspectives on providing whereabouts information : a survey of athletes in the Norwegian registered testing pool
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-03)This paper reports on the perspectives of elite athletes on anti-doping work in general and on the whereabouts system in particular, and uses a figurational perspective to explore the unintended consequences of the planned ... -
Facilitators and barriers for implementation of a load management intervention in football
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: In a recent randomised controlled trial, we found that a commonly used training load management approach was not effective in preventing injuries and illnesses in Norwegian elite youth footballers. Aim: To ... -
Health conditions detected in a comprehensive periodic health evaluation of 558
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-24)Background: Despite widespread use of periodic health evaluation (PHE) to detect and prevent injury and illness in athletes, its effectiveness in detecting health conditions and relevant risk factors is still debated. ... -
The healthy body image intervention and reduction in eating disorder symptomatology and muscle building supplement use in high school students: A study of mediating factors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Mediation analysis is important to test the theoretical framework underpinning an intervention. We therefore aimed to investigate if the healthy body image (HBI) intervention’s effect on eating disorder (ED) ... -
Implementation eines Injury and Illness Surveillance Systems im paralympischen Leistungssport – Machbarkeitsstudie am Beispiel des Nationalkaders Radsport
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Hintergrund: Die Bedeutung eines standardisierten Monitoring Systems von Erkrankungen und Verletzungen bei Leistungssportlern wurde in den letzten Jahren vielfach betont. Trotz der zunehmenden Trainings- und Wettkampfbelastung ... -
Injuries can be prevented in contact flag football!
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09-11)Purpose: This original prospective cohort study was conducted in an attempt to significantly reduce the incidence and the severity of injuries in an intervention cohort as compared to a two-season historical cohort, and ... -
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Consensus Statement on periodic health evaluation of elite athletes March 2009
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)The Olympic Games is the largest sport event in the world. In Beijing, 10 500 athletes competed, selected from a large group of elite athletes in 204 countries. Sports participation on the elite level, aside from winning ... -
Is physical activity a potential preventive factor for vascular dementia? A systematic review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-05)Background: Physical exercise has several beneficial effects, including reduced risk for Alzheimer's disease. Although several studies of potential risk factors for vascular dementia (VaD) exist, including physical activity, ... -
Lifelong benefits on myocardial infarction mortality: 40-year follow-up of the randomized Oslo diet and antismoking study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-02-29)Background: The effects of saturated fat on atherosclerotic vascular disease are currently debated. Objectives: In the Oslo cardiovascular study initiated in 1972/1973, a 5-year randomized intervention was conducted in ... -
Long-term survival in pre-specified groups at risk in the Oslo Study, 1972-1973
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-01-09)Aims: Using the Oslo Study of 1972–1973, we wished to compare the long-term mortality pattern up to 40 years, in both the healthy cardiovascular groups at supposedly high and low risk, and in some groups having cardiovascular ... -
Mechanisms of ACL injuries in men’s football: A systematic video analysis over six seasons in the Qatari professional league
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)To assess the mechanisms of ACL injury in male professional football players in Qatar across multiple seasons using systematic video analysis. 15 ACL injuries occurred in competition among the professional football teams ... -
Performing Nordic hamstring strength testing with additional weight affects the maximal eccentric force measured: Do not compare apples to oranges
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: Nordic hamstring test devices are commonly used to measure maximal eccentric hamstring force. The ability to control the final phase of the exercise has been adopted as a criterion to add weight when testing, ...