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Lars Engebretsen

Lars Engebretsen

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Medicine
Norway
2026

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Medicine

D-Index
143
Citations
87292
World Ranking
1497
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Norway Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Lars Engebretsen is affiliated with Oslo University Hospital in Norway and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly focusing on surgery, orthopedics, and sports medicine. Their research output spans over 400 publications, reflecting a significant involvement in both clinical and epidemiological aspects of sports-related injuries and treatments.

Their work primarily addresses topics related to sports injuries and prevention, with a notable concentration on knee injuries and reconstruction techniques. Additional research interests include total knee arthroplasty outcomes, shoulder injury and treatment, cardiovascular effects of exercise, osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms, and injury epidemiology and prevention.

Frequent publication venues for Lars Engebretsen include the British Journal of Sports Medicine, which accounts for a large share of their work, as well as Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy, Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, The American Journal of Sports Medicine, and the Journal of ISAKOS Joint Disorders & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine.

The scientist often collaborates with several coauthors in the field, including Gilbert Moatshe, Robert F. LaPrade, Richard Budgett, Torbjørn Soligard, and R. Kyle Martin, with whom there have been numerous joint publications.

Notable recent papers by Lars Engebretsen 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
  • Consensus statement on concussion in sport-the 5 th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • 2023 International Olympic Committee's (IOC) consensus statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs), 2023, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sport Mental Health Assessment Tool 1 (SMHAT-1) and Sport Mental Health Recognition Tool 1 (SMHRT-1): towards better support of athletes' mental health, 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

Best Publications

  • Consensus statement on concussion in sport

    Paul McCrory;Willem H. Meeuwisse;Mark Aubry;Bob Cantu

  • Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016

    Paul McCrory;Willem H. Meeuwisse;Jiri Dvorak;Mark Aubry

  • Consensus statement on Concussion in Sport - The 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012

    Paul McCrory;Willem Meeuwisse;Mark Aubry;Bob Cantu

  • Injury Mechanisms for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Team Handball A Systematic Video Analysis

    Odd-Egil Olsen;Grethe Myklebust;Lars Engebretsen;Roald Bahr

  • Understanding and Preventing Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries A Review of the Hunt Valley II Meeting, January 2005

    Letha Y. Griffin;Marjorie J. Albohm;Elizabeth A. Arendt;Roald Bahr

  • Mechanisms of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in Basketball Video Analysis of 39 Cases

    Tron Krosshaug;Atsuo Nakamae;Barry P. Boden;Lars Engebretsen

  • Risk factors for injuries in football.

    Arni Arnason;Stefan B. Sigurdsson;Arni Gudmundsson;Ingar Holme

  • Mental health in elite athletes: International Olympic Committee consensus statement (2019).

    Claudia L Reardon;Brian Hainline;Cindy Miller Aron;David Baron

  • Simple decision rules can reduce reinjury risk by 84% after ACL reconstruction: the Delaware-Oslo ACL cohort study

    Hege Grindem;Lynn Snyder-Mackler;Håvard Moksnes;Lars Engebretsen

  • Non-contact ACL injuries in female athletes: An International Olympic Committee current concepts statement

    Per Renstrom;A. Ljungqvist;E. Arendt;B. Beynnon

  • Prevalence of Jumper's Knee among Elite Athletes from Different Sports: A Cross-sectional Study:

    Øystein B. Lian;Lars Engebretsen;Roald Bahr

  • Knee Osteoarthritis After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury A Systematic Review

    Britt Elin Øiestad;Lars Engebretsen;Kjersti Storheim;May Arna Risberg

  • IOC Consensus Statement: Dietary Supplements and the High-Performance Athlete

    Ronald J. Maughan;Louise M. Burke;Jiri Dvorak;D. Enette Larson-Meyer

  • Exercises to prevent lower limb injuries in youth sports: cluster randomised controlled trial.

    Odd Einar Olsen;Grethe Myklebust;Lars Engebretsen;Ingar Holme

  • Consensus statement on concussion in sport--the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012.

    Paul McCrory;Willem Meeuwisse;Karen Johnston;Jiri Dvorak

  • Mechanisms for Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Knee Joint Kinematics in 10 Injury Situations From Female Team Handball and Basketball

    Hideyuki Koga;Atsuo Nakamae;Yosuke Shima;Junji Iwasa

  • How much is too much? (Part 2) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of illness

    Martin Peter Schwellnus;Torbjørn Soligard;Juan-Manuel Alonso;Roald Bahr;Roald Bahr

  • Prevention of hamstring strains in elite soccer: an intervention study.

    A. Arnason;T. E. Andersen;I. Holme;L. Engebretsen

  • Sports injuries and illnesses during the London Summer Olympic Games 2012

    Lars Engebretsen;Torbjørn Soligard;Kathrin Steffen;Juan Manuel Alonso

  • Physical fitness, injuries, and team performance in soccer.

    Arni Arnason;Stefan B. Sigurdsson;Arni Gudmundsson;Ingar Holme

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert F. LaPrade
Robert F. LaPrade Twin Cities Orthopedics
Roald Bahr
Roald Bahr Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Jon Karlsson
Jon Karlsson University of Gothenburg
Frank W. Roemer
Frank W. Roemer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Jiri Dvorak
Jiri Dvorak Schulthess Clinic
Lynn Snyder-Mackler
Lynn Snyder-Mackler University of Delaware
Willem H. Meeuwisse
Willem H. Meeuwisse University of Calgary
Ali Guermazi
Ali Guermazi Boston University
Lyle J. Micheli
Lyle J. Micheli Boston Children's Hospital
Ewa M. Roos
Ewa M. Roos University of Southern Denmark

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