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  • New study on injuries among beach volleyball players presented at the ACSM Annual Meeting

    The results from a new study on injuries among professional beach volleyball players the FIVB Beach Volleyball Injury Study were presented at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in St. Louis on May 30th.

  • New web site for the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center

    The new web site for the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center was released on April 1 this year - but is certainly not meant to be a joke! The web pages have been designed by Making Waves to provide information on our research activities for scientists, athletes, coaches, media and others. Here you will find updated information on research projects and results, as well as other resources for anyone interested in injury prevention.

  • Hamstrings strains may be preventable

    Hamstrings strains (muscle injuries to the posterior thigh) account for about 20% of all injuries in football, and can even be career-ending.

  • Pfizer - a partner for Norwegian sports

    Pfizer has - as a large pharmaceutical company in Norway - made an unusual decision when becoming a main sponsor to the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports and it's Olympic teams as from January 1st 2002.