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Astrid Junge is affiliated with the Fédération Internationale de Football Association in Switzerland. The main focus of their research lies within the field of Medicine, with 99 publications to date, particularly emphasizing Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their scholarly output includes extensive work on topics such as Sports injuries and prevention, Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise, Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, Sports Performance and Training, Sport Psychology and Performance, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, and Winter Sports Injuries and Performance.

Frequent publication venues for Astrid Junge include:

  • British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Journal of science and medicine in sport
  • BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
  • Sports Medicine - Open
  • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Astrid Junge cover important consensus statements and systematic reviews related to injury and illness surveillance and sex differences in sports injuries. Notable publications include:

  • International Olympic Committee consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020 (including STROBE Extension for Sport Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS)), 2020, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • International Olympic Committee Consensus Statement: Methods for Recording and Reporting of Epidemiological Data on Injury and Illness in Sports 2020 (Including the STROBE Extension for Sports Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS)), 2020, Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Sex differences in injury rates in team-sport athletes: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis, 2021, Journal of Sport and Health Science
  • Sex-Specific Differences in Running Injuries: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression, 2021, Sports Medicine
  • Female athlete health domains: a supplement to the International Olympic Committee consensus statement on methods for recording and reporting epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport, 2023, British Journal of Sports Medicine

Astrid Junge has collaborated frequently with several co-authors including Karsten Hollander, Pascal Édouard, Margo Mountjoy, Laurent Navarro, and Pedro Branco, indicating a strong network within the sports medicine research community.

Best Publications

  • Consensus Statement on Injury Definitions and Data Collection Procedures in Studies of Football (Soccer) Injuries

    Colin W Fuller;Jan Ekstrand;Astrid Junge;Thor E Andersen

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

    Torbjørn Soligard;Grethe Myklebust;Kathrin Steffen;Ingar Holme

  • International Olympic Committee consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020 (including STROBE Extension for Sport Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS))

    Roald Bahr;Benjamin Clarsen;Wayne Derman;Jiri Dvorak

  • Sports Injuries During the Summer Olympic Games 2008

    Astrid Junge;Lars Engebretsen;Lars Engebretsen;Margo L. Mountjoy;Juan Manuel Alonso

  • Low status control, high effort at work and ischemic heart disease: prospective evidence from blue-collar men.

    Johannes Siegrist;Richard Peter;Astrid Junge;Peter Cremer

  • Prevention of Soccer Injuries: A Prospective Intervention Study in Youth Amateur Players:

    Astrid Junge;Dieter Rösch;Dieter Rösch;Lars Peterson;Toni Graf-Baumann

  • Incidence of football injuries and complaints in different age groups and skill-level groups

    Lars Peterson;Astrid Junge;Jiri Chomiak;Toni Graf-Baumann

  • Soccer injuries: a review on incidence and prevention.

    Astrid Junge;Jiri Dvorak

  • Injuries in Team Sport Tournaments During the 2004 Olympic Games

    Astrid Junge;Gijs Langevoort;Andrew Pipe;Annie Peytavin

  • Football injuries and physical symptoms. A review of the literature.

    Jiri Dvorak;Astrid Junge

  • Injury surveillance in multi-sport events: the International Olympic Committee approach

    Astrid Junge;Lars Engebretsen;Juan Manuel Alonso;Per Renström

  • Clinical experience with the Dynesys semirigid fixation system for the lumbar spine: surgical and patient-oriented outcome in 50 cases after an average of 2 years.

    Dieter Grob;Arnoldo Benini;Astrid Junge;Anne F. Mannion

  • Severe injuries in football players. Influencing factors.

    Jiri Chomiak;Astrid Junge;Lars Peterson;Jiri Dvorak

  • Sports injuries and illnesses during the Winter Olympic Games 2010

    Lars Engebretsen;Kathrin Steffen;Juan Manuel Alonso;Mark Aubry

  • Influence of definition and data collection on the incidence of injuries in football

    Astrid Junge;Jiri Dvorak

  • Efficacy of the FIFA 11+ Injury Prevention Program in the Collegiate Male Soccer Player

    Holly Silvers-Granelli;Bert Mandelbaum;Ola Adeniji;Stephanie Insler

  • Injuries in Female Soccer Players: A Prospective Study in the German National League

    Oliver Faude;Astrid Junge;Wilfried Kindermann;Jiri Dvorak

  • Active therapy for chronic low back pain: part 3. Factors influencing self-rated disability and its change following therapy.

    Anne F. Mannion;Astrid Junge;Simo Taimela;Markus Müntener

  • Injury and illness definitions and data collection procedures for use in epidemiological studies in Athletics (track and field): Consensus statement

    Toomas Timpka;Juan-Manuel Alonso;Jenny Jacobsson;Astrid Junge

  • Football Injuries During FIFA Tournaments and the Olympic Games, 1998–2001 Development and Implementation of an Injury-Reporting System

    Astrid Junge;Jiri Dvorak;Toni Graf-Baumann;Lars Peterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiri Dvorak
Jiri Dvorak Schulthess Clinic
Roald Bahr
Roald Bahr Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Lars Engebretsen
Lars Engebretsen Oslo University Hospital
Anne F. Mannion
Anne F. Mannion Schulthess Clinic
Toomas Timpka
Toomas Timpka Linköping University
Hannu Kautiainen
Hannu Kautiainen University of Helsinki
Willem H. Meeuwisse
Willem H. Meeuwisse University of Calgary
Paul McCrory
Paul McCrory Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Achim Elfering
Achim Elfering University of Bern
Werner Helsen
Werner Helsen KU Leuven

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