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1. Safety promotion and injury surveillance with special focus on young people´s club sports : Challenges and possibilities
Abstract : Physical activity in youth has many benefits, but parallel to these benefits, sport related injuries pose considerable risks. It is important to public health to address sport related injuries, particularly those affecting young people, who comprise the majority of participants in organised sport in Sweden. READ MORE
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2. Assessing the effects of societal injury control interventions
Abstract : Injuries have emerged as one of the biggest public health issues of the 21th century. Yet, the causal effects of injury control strategies are often questioned due to a lack of randomized experiments. READ MORE
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3. Epidemiology of unintentional injuries in rural Vietnam
Abstract : The main objective of this epidemiological study was to assess the incidence of unintentional non-fatal injuries, together with their determinants and consequences, in a defined Vietnamese population, thus providing a basis for future prevention. A one-year follow-up survey involved four quarterly cross-sectional household injury interviews during 2000. READ MORE
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4. Acute sports injuries in Sweden and their possible prevention : an epidemiological study using insurance data
Abstract : Physical activity is an essential component of a healthy life, e.g. to prevent obesity, cardiovascular disease and premature death, of which sports can be an important part. Unfortunately, sports activities increase the risk of both overuse and acute injuries. READ MORE
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5. Risk factors for injury in men´s professional football
Abstract : This thesis includes four papers based on three different prospective cohort studies on injury characteristics in men’s professional football. The same general methodology was used in all papers. Time-loss injuries and player individual exposure was registered for match and training separately. READ MORE