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Anna Hallén

I am a PhD student in the physiotherapy unit and work as a research coordinator in the Football Research Group (FRG). My research focus on injuries and other health issues among female professional football players.

Presenation

  • Research project: Epidemiology and characteristics of injuries and other female health issues in elite female football players.
  • In my research, I investigate the occurrence, risk factors and consequences of injuries among female professional football players in collaboration with the Union of European Football Association (UEFA).

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  • Teacher´s degree, with a focus on the later years of school and upper secondary school (May 2006)
  • Bachelor´s degree in public health science with a focus on physical activity (May 2006).
  • Master´s in Medical Science from Linköping University (August 2020).
  • Admitted as a PhD student (December 2023)

Publications

2025

Håkan Bengtsson, Martin Hägglund, Jan Ekstrand, Anna Hallén, Markus Walden (2025) No major changes in injury incidence in European club football during the 2022/23 FIFA World Cup season: a subanalysis of the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Vol. 11, Article e002772 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Anna Hallén, Rita Tomas, Jan Ekstrand, Håkan Bengtsson, Elke Van den Steen, Martin Hägglund, Markus Waldén (2024) UEFA Women's Elite Club Injury Study: a prospective study on 1527 injuries over four consecutive seasons 2018/2019 to 2021/2022 reveals thigh muscle injuries to be most common and ACL injuries most burdensome British Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol. 58, p. 128-135 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2023

Jan Ekstrand, Anna Hallén, Vittoria Marin, Håkan Gauffin (2023) Most modifiable risk factors for hamstring muscle injury in womens elite football are extrinsic and associated with the club, the team, and the coaching staff and not the players themselves: the UEFA Womens Elite Club Injury Study Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, Vol. 31, p. 2550-2555 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Jan Ekstrand, Anna Hallén, Håkan Gauffin, Håkan Bengtsson (2023) Low adoption in womens professional football: teams that used the Nordic Hamstring Exercise in the team training had fewer match hamstring injuries BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Vol. 9, Article e001523 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2022

Markus Waldén, Jan Ekstrand, Martin Hägglund, Alan McCall, Michael Davison, Anna Hallén, Håkan Bengtsson (2022) Influence of the COVID-19 Lockdown and Restart on the Injury Incidence and Injury Burden in Mens Professional Football Leagues in 2020: The UEFA Elite Club Injury Study Sports Medicine-Open, Vol. 8, Article 67 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

Organisation

Div of Physiotherapy

Unit of Physiotherapy

We are about 45 employees who together develop further teaching and research in physiotherapy. The link between clinical and academic activities is strong.
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Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV)

The research areas at HMV include experimental basic research to clinical, social and public health research. We conduct high-quality education in the sought-after care professions.
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Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK)

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences conducts research and education within medicine, healthcare and public health.

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