Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center

Details about researcher: Håvard Moksnes

CV

Håvard studied physiotherapy in Oslo between 1995 and 1999 and completed a Master in sports sciences at the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences between 2006 and 2008. 

In May 2013 he defended his PhD at the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences focusing on pediatric knee injuries. Håvard remains an active member of our research group, and is responsible for «The Pediatric ACL Monitoring Initiative (PAMI)», which is a multinational database on pediatric ACL injuries in collaboration with the European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy (ESSKA). Håvard is also active in ongoing research projects on Return to Sport following ACL injuries.

Håvard also works clinically as a sports physiotherapist at the Norwegian Olympic Centre and the Norwegian FA Sports Medicine Clinic (Idrettens Helsesenter). He has particular responsibilities with following up Olympic athletes following major knee injuries. Over the past decade he has worked for several national teams in football, team handball, athletics and alpine skiing.

He is a former football player with caps for Norwegian youth teams in the 1990s.

Projects

• ReadyToPlay – Injury and illness in female elite football players

  Project manager: Roar Amundsen, Solveig Thorarindsdottir, Markus Vagle

• Better and safer return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (BEAST)

  Project manager: Hege Grindem

• Training load, injury and physical performance in Norwegian elite female football

  Project manager: Markus Vagle

• The Paediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Monitoring Initiative (PAMI)

  Project manager: Håvard Moksnes

Publications

• 2023

  • Physical Performance Profiles in Norwegian Premier League Female Football: A Descriptive Study

    Vagle, Markus; Dalen-Lorentsen, Torstein; Moksnes, Håvard; Harøy, Joar; Bjørneboe, John; Thor Einar Andersen

    International Journal of Sports Physiology & Performance 2023 May 18;18(7):695-703

• 2021

  • Assessing implementation, limited efficacy, and acceptability of the BEAST tool: A rehabilitation and return-to-sport decision tool for nonprofessional athletes with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

    Moksnes, Håvard; Ardern, Clare L; Kvist, Joanna; Engebretsen, Lars; Risberg, May Arna; Myklebust, Grethe; Grindem, Hege

    Physical Therapy in Sports 2021:52:147-154

  • Preliminary experience of an international orthopaedic registry: the ESSKA Paediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Initiative (PAMI) registry

    Mouton, Caroline; Moksnes, Håvard; Janssen, Rob; Fink, Christian; Zaffagnini, Stefano; Monllau, Juan Carlos; Ekås, Guri; Engebretsen, Lars; Seil, Romain

    Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics 2021:8(1):45

• 2019

  • Knee pathology in young adults after paediatric ACL injury - a prospective case series of 47 patients with a mean 9.5-yr follow-up

    Ekås, Guri Ranum; Laane, Marit Mjelde; Larmo, Arne; Moksnes, Håvard; Grindem, Hege; Risberg, May Arna; Engebretsen, Lars

    American Journal of Sports Medicine 2019 Jun;47(7):1557-1566

• 2018

  • 2018 International Olympic Committee Consensus statement on prevention, diagnosis, and management of pediatric anterior cruciate ligament injuries

    Ardern, Claire; Ekås, Guri; Grindem, Hege; Moksnes, Håvard; Anderson, AF; Chotel, F; Cohen, Michael; Forssblad, Michael; Ganley, TJ; Feller, JA; Karlsson, Jon; Kocher, MS; LaPrade, RF; McNamee, M; Mandelbaum, Bent; Micheli, L; Mohtadi, Nicholas; Reider, Bruce; Roe, JP; Seil, Romain; Siebold, R; Silvers-Granelli, Holly; Soligard, Torbjørn; Witvrouw, Eric; Engebretsen, Lars

    Orthop J Sports Med 2018:21:6(3):2325967118759953

• 2017

  • The ESSKA paediatric anterior cruciate ligament monitoring initiative

    Moksnes, Håvard; Engebretsen, Lars; Seil, Romain

    Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy:official journal of the ESSKA 2016:24(3):680-687

• 2013

  • Functional outcomes following a non-operative treatment algorithm for anterior cruciate ligament injuries in skeletally immature children 12 years and younger. A prospective cohort with 2 years follow-up

    Moksnes, Håvard; Engebretsen, Lars; Eitzen, Ingrid; Risberg, May Arna

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2013:47(8):488-494

• 2012

  • The current evidence for treatment of ACL injuries in children is low: a systematic review

    Moksnes, Håvard; Engebretsen, Lars; Risberg, May Arna

    Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American volume 2012:94(12):1112-1119

  • Management of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in skeletally immature individuals

    Moksnes, Håvard; Engebretsen, Lars; Risberg, May Arna

    Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy 2012:42(3):172-183

• 2008

  • Performance-based functional outcome for children 12 years or younger following anterior cruciate ligament injury: a two to nine-year follow-up study

    Moksnes, Håvard; Engebretsen, Lars; Risberg May Arna

    Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 2008:16(3):214-223