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Torbjørn Soligard
Researcher at International Olympic Committee
Publications - 53
Citations - 5411
Torbjørn Soligard is an academic researcher from International Olympic Committee. The author has contributed to research in topics: Athletes & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 44 publications receiving 4110 citations. Previous affiliations of Torbjørn Soligard include University of Calgary & University of Queensland.
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Health protection of the Olympic athlete
TL;DR: In the future, risk factor and injury mechanism analyses in high-risk Olympic sports are essential to better direct injury-prevention strategies and periodic health evaluations of athletes will be instrumental to optimise health protection.
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How do the new Olympic sports compare with the traditional Olympic sports? Injury and illness at the 2018 Youth Olympic Summer Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Kathrin Steffen,Torbjørn Soligard,Torbjørn Soligard,Margo Mountjoy,Ignacio Dallo,Alan Maximiliano Gessara,Hernan Giuria,Leonel Perez Alamino,Joaquin Rodriguez,Natalia Salmina,Daniel Veloz,Richard Budgett,Lars Engebretsen +12 more
TL;DR: The overall injury incidence was higher, while the overall illness incidence was similar to previous youth and Olympic Games, and the new sports did not differ significantly compared with the other sports with respect to injury and illness risk.
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Sports Injuries at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics: Use of Diagnostic Imaging Services
Ali Guermazi,Daichi Hayashi,Mohamed Jarraya,Michel D. Crema,Roald Bahr,F.W. Roemer,João Grangeiro,Richard Budgett,Torbjørn Soligard,Romulo Domingues,Abdalla Skaf,Lars Engebretsen +11 more
TL;DR: The overall occurrence of imaging used to help diagnose sports-related injuries at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics was 6.4% of athletes, and in these cases, MR imaging comprised 60% of imaging utilization.
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2018 International Olympic Committee Consensus Statement on Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries:
Clare L Ardern,Guri Ranum Ekås,Hege Grindem,Håvard Moksnes,Allen F. Anderson,Franck Chotel,Moises Cohen,Magnus Forssblad,Theodore J. Ganley,Julian A. Feller,Jon Karlsson,Mininder S. Kocher,Robert F. LaPrade,Mike McNamee,Bert R. Mandelbaum,Lyle J. Micheli,Nicholas G. H. Mohtadi,Bruce Reider,Justin P. Roe,Romain Seil,Rainer Siebold,Holly J. Silvers-Granelli,Torbjørn Soligard,Erik Witvrouw,Lars Engebretsen +24 more
TL;DR: This consensus statement addresses 6 fundamental clinical questions regarding the prevention, diagnosis, and management of pediatric ACL injuries and helps children with ACL injury and their parents/guardians make the best possible decisions.
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The London 2012 Summer Olympic Games: an analysis of usage of the Olympic Village ‘Polyclinic’ by competing athletes
Ivor Vanhegan,Debbie Palmer-Green,Torbjørn Soligard,Kathrin Steffen,Kathrin Steffen,Philip O'Connor,Sarath Bethapudi,Richard Budgett,Fares S. Haddad,Lars Engebretsen,Lars Engebretsen,Lars Engebretsen +11 more
TL;DR: The Polyclinic managed a wide variety of both sports-related and non-sports-related injuries and illnesses and would recommend a similar structure of facilities and available expertise in one clinic when planning future mass participation sporting events.