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D-Index
129
Citations
73353
World Ranking
2558
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8

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
  • 2015 - Nordic Medical Prize, SalusAnsvar/Ulf Nilsonnes Foundation for Medical Research

Overview

Roald Bahr is affiliated with the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in Norway and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Their work encompasses Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The main topics in Roald Bahr's research include:

  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment
  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research

Roald Bahr has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with a total of 273 publications categorized under Medicine. Within this domain, 112 publications are related to Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, and 43 to Surgery. Their presence in the academic community includes frequent publications in certain venues:

  • British Journal of Sports Medicine (34 publications)
  • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports (13 publications)
  • BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine (10 publications)
  • Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine (6 publications)
  • The American Journal of Sports Medicine (4 publications)

Selected recent papers authored by Roald Bahr 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

Other papers linked to their research environment, though authored by different contributors, relate to injury reporting and injury epidemiology:

  • "Improved reporting of overuse injuries and health problems in sport: an update of the Oslo Sport Trauma Research Center questionnaires", 2020, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • "Single leg vertical jump performance identifies knee function deficits at return to sport after ACL reconstruction in male athletes", 2022, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • "Injury rates decreased in men's professional football: an 18-year prospective cohort study of almost 12 000 injuries sustained during 1.8 million hours of play", 2021, British Journal of Sports Medicine

Frequent collaborators in Roald Bahr's research include:

  • Karim Chamari (19 joint publications)
  • Rod Whiteley (17 joint publications)
  • Montassar Tabben (17 joint publications)
  • Benjamin Clarsen (15 joint publications)
  • Merete Møller (12 joint publications)

In 2015, Roald Bahr was recognized with the Nordic Medical Prize awarded by SalusAnsvar/Ulf Nilsonnes Foundation for Medical Research.

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

  • Why we should focus on the burden of injuries and illnesses, not just their incidence

    Roald Bahr;Benjamin Clarsen;Jan Ekstrand

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

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

  • Understanding injury mechanisms: a key component of preventing injuries in sport

    Roald Bahr;T. Krosshaug

  • 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

  • Prevention of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in female team handball players: a prospective intervention study over three seasons.

    Grethe Myklebust;Lars Engebretsen;Ingeborg Hoff Braekken;Arnhild Skjølberg

  • Risk factors for sports injuries--a methodological approach.

    R Bahr;I Holme

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

    Torbjørn Soligard;Grethe Myklebust;Kathrin Steffen;Ingar Holme

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

    Øystein B. Lian;Lars Engebretsen;Roald Bahr

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

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

  • 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

  • Anaerobic capacity determined by maximal accumulated O2 deficit

    J. I. Medbo;A. C. Mohn;I. Tabata;R. Bahr

  • 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

  • The Effect of a Proprioceptive Balance Board Training Program for the Prevention of Ankle Sprains A Prospective Controlled Trial

    Evert Verhagen;Allard van der Beek;Jos Twisk;Lex Bouter

  • Consensus statement on injury definitions and data collection procedures for studies of injuries in rugby union

    Colin W Fuller;Michael G Molloy;Christian Bagate;Roald Bahr

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

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

  • Development and validation of a new method for the registration of overuse injuries in sports injury epidemiology: the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre (OSTRC) Overuse Injury Questionnaire

    Benjamin Clarsen;Grethe Myklebust;Roald Bahr

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Engebretsen
Lars Engebretsen Oslo University Hospital
Jiri Dvorak
Jiri Dvorak Schulthess Clinic
Karim M. Khan
Karim M. Khan University of British Columbia
Ingar Holme
Ingar Holme Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Willem H. Meeuwisse
Willem H. Meeuwisse University of Calgary
Karim Chamari
Karim Chamari Naufar Center
Astrid Junge
Astrid Junge Fédération Internationale de Football Association
Jill Cook
Jill Cook La Trobe University
Paul McCrory
Paul McCrory Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Bente Klarlund Pedersen
Bente Klarlund Pedersen University of Copenhagen

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