Browsing Norges idrettshøgskole by Subject "risk assessment"
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Against genetic tests for athletic talent: the primacy of the phenotype
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09)New insights into the genetics of sport performance lead to new areas of application. One area is the use of genetic tests to identify athletic talent. Athletic performances involve a high number of complex phenotypical ... -
Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)This paper is a revision and update of the recommendations developed following the 1st (Vienna 2001), 2nd (Prague 2004) and 3rd (Zurich 2008) International Consensus Conferences on Concussion in Sport and is based on the ... -
Early proximal migration of cups is associated with late revision in THA: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 26 RSA studies and 49 survival studies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-12)Background and purpose: The association between excessive early migration of acetabular cups and late aseptic revision has been scantily reported. We therefore performed 2 parallel systematic reviews and meta-analyses to ... -
Functional tests should be accentuated more in the decision
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-04-22)A high pre-injury activity level, the desire of the patient to continue pivoting sports and fear of future give-way episodes are considered the most significant factors affecting the decision to perform anterior cruciate ... -
Health protection of the olympic athlete
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Protection of the athletes' health is a clearly articulated objective of the International Olympic Committee. Longitudinal surveillance of injuries and illnesses can provide valuable data that may identify high-risk sports ... -
Hypoadiponectinemia in overweight children contributes to a negative metabolic risk profile 6 years later
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-08-27)Prognostic biomarkers are needed to identify children at increased cardiometabolic risk. The objective was to study whether markers of metabolism and inflammation, for example, circulating plasma adiponectin, leptin, ... -
Intraoperative findings and procedures in culturally and geographically different patient and surgeon populations: An anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction registry comparison between Norway and the USA
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-12)BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Patient and implant registries are important clinical tools in monitoring and benchmarking quality of care. For comparisons amongst registries to be valid, a common data set with comparable definitions ... -
Intrinsic risk factors for groin injuries among male soccer players : a prospective cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-08-10)BACKGROUND: This study was conducted to determine if risk factors for groin injuries among male soccer players could be identified. HYPOTHESIS: Previous groin injuries, reduced function scores, age, findings on clinical ... -
Investigation of knee control as a lower extremity injury risk factor: A prospective study in youth football
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This prospective study in youth football examined the relationship between frontal plane knee projection angle (FPKPA) during the single‐leg squat and sustaining an acute lower extremity injury or acute non‐contact lower ... -
Recommended aerobic fitness level for metabolic health in children and adolescents: a study of diagnostic accuracy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Objective To define the optimal cut-off for low aerobic fitness and to evaluate its accuracy to predict clustering of risk factors for cardiovascular disease in children and adolescents. Design Study of diagnostic ... -
Sport injuries and illnesses during the first Winter Youth Olympic Games 2012 in Innsbruck, Austria
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-12)Data on the injury and illness risk among young elite athletes are of utmost importance, because injuries and illnesses can counter the beneficial effects of sports participation at a young age, if children or adolescents ... -
Tracking of clustered cardiovascular disease risk factors from childhood to adolescence
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-01-09)Clustering of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors has been found in children as young as 9 y of age. However, the stability of this clustering over the course of childhood has yet to be determined. The purpose of ...