Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center

Details about researcher: Mario Bizzini

CV

Mario Bizzini is as a research associate at the Schulthess Clinic in Zürich, Switzerland, where he works since 1989.

He earned a Master of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh (School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, 2001), and completed his PhD at the Oslo Sports Trauma and Research Center at the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences (2010).

Mario was also 12 years (2002-2016) with the FIFA Medical Research and Assessment Center (F-MARC), and currently, he is with the Human Performance Lab and the Swiss Concussion Center. His research interests focus on prevention and rehabilitation of sports injuries.

Mario has at today 83 peer-reviewed publications, 6 books, and 17 book chapters on these topics, and is Deputy Editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine. He is also a specialist in sports physiotherapy (he’s a committee member of the Swiss association of Sports Physiotherapy, and was in the Executive Board of the International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy between 2009 and 2017), a rehabilitation consultant for professional ice hockey and football/soccer teams, and has worked at three FIFA World Cups (2006, 2010, 2014), two FIFA Women’s World Cups (2007, 2015) and three Olympic Games (2008, 2012, 2016).  

Projects

• Effect of 11+ on performance and injury risk

  Project manager: Kathrin Steffen

• Different delivery methods of the 11+ injury prevention program

  Project manager: Kathrin Steffen

• Injuries in football referees

  Project manager: Mario Bizzini

• The 11+

  Project manager: Torbjørn Soligard

Publications

• 2022

  • Sports injury prevention programmes from the sports physical therapist's perspective: An international expert Delphi approach

    Mendonça, Luciana De Michelis; Schuermans, Joke; Denolf. Sander; Napier, Christopher; Bittencourt, Natália F N; Romanuk, Andrés; Tak, Igor: Thorborg, Kristian; Bizzini, Mario; Ramponi, Carlo; Paterson. Colin; Hägglund, Martin; Malisoux, Laurent; Attar, Wesam Saleh A Al; Samukawa, Mina; Esteve, Ernest; Bakare, Ummkulthoum; Constantinou, Maria; Schneiders, Anthony; Gomes, Alexandre Cavallieri; Florentz, Didier; Kaya, Derya Ozer; Lesmana, Syahmirza Indra; Harøy, Joar; Kuparinen, Vesa; Philips, Nicola; Jenkins, Walter; Wezenbeek, Evi; Witvrouw, Erik

    Physical Therapy in Sport 2022:55:146-154

• 2021

  • There are more football injury prevention reviews than randomised controlled trials. Time for more RCT action!

    Bricca, Alessio; Juhl, Carsten B; Bizzini, Mario; Andersen, Thor Einar; Thorborg Kristian

    Br J Sports Med. 2018 Nov;52(22):1477-1478. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099373. Epub 2018 Sep 10

• 2013

  • Evaluation of how different implementation strategies of an injury prevention programme (FIFA 11+) impact team adherence and injury risk in Canadian female youth football players: a cluster-randomised trial

    Steffen, Kathrin; Meeuwisse, Willem H; Romiti, Maria; Kang, Jane; McKay, Carly; Bizzini, Mario; Dvorak, Jiri; Finch, Caroline; Myklebust, Grethe; Emery, Carolyn A

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2013:47(8):480-487

  • High adherence to a neuromuscular injury prevention programme (FIFA 11+) improves functional balance and reduces injury risk in Canadian youth female football players: a cluster randomised trial

    Steffen, Kathrin; Emery, Carolyn A; Romiti, Maria; Kang, Jane; Bizzini, Mario; Dvorak Jiri; Finch, Caroline F; Meeuwisse, Willem H

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2013:247(12):794-802

• 2010

  • PhD thesis

    Bizzini, Mario

    Injuries and musculoskeletal complaints in football referees. Norwegian School of Sport Sciences 2010

  • Countrywide campaign to prevent soccer injuries in Swiss amateur players

    Junge, Astrid; Lamprecht, Martin; Stamm, Hanspeter; Hasler, Hansruedi; Bizzini, Mario; Tschopp, Markus; Reuter, Harald; Wyss, Heinz; Chilvers, Chris; Dvorak, Jiri

    American Journal of Sports Medicine 2011:39(1):57-63

• 2009

  • Female soccer referees selected for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007: survey of injuries and musculoskeletal problems

    Bizzini, Mario; Junge, Astrid; Bahr, Roald; Dvorak, Jiri

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2009:43(12):936-942

  • Injuries and musculoskeletal complaints in referees - A complete survey in the top divisions of the Swiss Football League

    Bizzini, Mario; Junge, Astrid; Bahr, Roald; Dvorak, Jiri

    Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 2009:19(2):95-100

  • Injuries of football referees: a representative survey of Swiss referees officiating at all levels of play

    Bizzini, Mario; Junge, Astrid; Bahr, Roald; Dvorak, Jiri

    Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports 2011:21(1):42-47

• 2008

  • Injuries and musculoskeletal complaints in referees and assistant referees selected for the 2006 FIFA World Cup-retrospective and prospective survey

    Bizzini, Mario; Junge, Astrid; Bahr, Roald; Helsen, Werner; Dvorak, Jiri

    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2009:43(7):490-497

  • Comprehensive warm-up programme to prevent injuries in young female footballers: cluster randomised controlled trial

    Soligard, Torbjørn; Myklebust, Grethe; Steffen, Kathrin; Holme, Ingar; Silvers, Holly; Bizzini, Mario; Junge, Astrid; Dvorak, Jiri; Bahr, Roald; Andersen, Thor Einar

    British Medical Journal 2008:9:337

  • Comprehensive warm-up programme to prevent injuries in female footballers: a cluster randomised controlled trial

    Soligard, Torbjørn; Myklebust, Grethe; Steffen, Kathrin; Holme, Ingar; Silvers, Holly; Bizzini, Mario; Junge, Astrid; Dvorak, Jiri; Bahr, Roald; Andersen Thor Einar

    British Medical Journal 2008:337:a2469