Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center

Details about researcher: Agnar Tegnander

CV

Agnar Tegnander, MD PhD, is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Trondheim University Hospital and Rosenborgklinikken. He was the team physician for the Norwegian women’s national soccer team in the period 1995-2000 including two Olympic games, in Atlanta and Sydney.
He is now one of two physicians for the Norwegian men’s soccer team. Research is focused on soccer injuries and prevention, and tendon overuse injuries.

Projects

• Patellar tendinopathy among senior high school volleyball players

  Project manager: Håvard Visnes

• Prevention of injuries in female Norwegian elite soccer

  Project manager: Agnar Tegnander

Publications

• 2014

  • Ultrasound characteristics of the patellar and quadriceps tendons among young elite athletes

    Visnes, Håvard; Tegnander, Agnar; Bahr, Roald

    Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports 2015:25(2):205-215

• 2007

  • Injuries in Norwegian female elite soccer: a prospective one-season cohort study

    Tegnander, Agnar; Olsen, Odd-Egil; Moholdt, Trine; Engebretsen, Lars; Bahr, Roald

    Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 2008:16(2):194-198

• 2002

  • Forebygging av skader i norsk elite kvinnefotball. Presentasjon av et oppvarmingsprogram

    Tegnander, Agnar; Olsen, Odd-Egil; Holme, Ingar; Engebretsen, Lars; Bahr, Roald

    I:Norsk Idrettsmedisin,17,3,29. Idrettsmedisinsk høstkongress, Trondheim, 2002-10-31 - 2002-11-03