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Håkan Gauffin

Associate Professor and Consultant in Orthopedic Surgery. My main interests in research are knee ligament and meniscal injuries, sports medicine including track and field and soccer.

About me

Network

  • Athletic Research Center (ARC)

Education

  • Medical programme

Publications

2025

Jan Ekstrand, Martin Hägglund, Markus Walden, Håkan Gauffin, Christophe Baudot, Paco Biosca, Markus Braun, Karl Heinrich Dittmar, Dimitrios Kalogiannidis, Steve Mcnally, Ricard Pruna, Nelson Puga, Max Sala, Luca Stefanini, Peter Ueblacker, Bruno Vanhecke, Maikel van Wijk, Wart Van Zoest, Jose Maria Villalon Alonso, Armin Spreco (2025) Higher level of communication between the medical staff and the performance staff is associated with a lower hamstring injury burden: a substudy on 14 teams from the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Vol. 11, Article e002182 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Carolina Lundqvist, Moa Jederström, Laura Korhonen, Håkan Gauffin, Sigrid Nilsson, Line Nordgren, Toomas Timpka (2025) Det krävs ingen diagnos för att utbilda idrottare om kost Läkartidningen (Article in journal)

2024

Moa Jederström, Sara Agnafors, Christina Ekegren, Kristina Fagher, Håkan Gauffin, Helena Gauffin, Laura Korhonen, Alicia Lindström, Malin Malmberg, Armin Spreco, Toomas Timpka (2024) 863 BO37 - Should lateral dominance be a topic for injury prevention in female competitive figure skaters? British Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol. 58 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Anna Samuelsson Selin, Håkan Gauffin, Henrik Hedevik, Anne Fältström, Joanna Kvist (2024) More knee reinjuries after ACL reconstruction compared to nonsurgical treatment of the ACL. A 2-year follow-up of the NACOX prospective cohort study Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Sofi Sonesson, Ingo Springer, Jafar Yakob, Henrik Hedevik, Håkan Gauffin, Joanna Kvist (2024) Knee Arthroscopic Surgery in Middle-Aged Patients With Meniscal Symptoms: A 10-Year Follow-up of a Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial American Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol. 52, p. 2250-2259 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

Research

Arthroscopy images of meniscus damages

Treatment of meniscus injuries

Keyhole surgery has long been the most common treatment for suspected meniscus injury. But the benefits of the operation are now being questioned and instead replaced with training primarily for middle-aged and older people with knee pain.
woman doing excersises at gym

Natural corollaries and recovery after acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury – the NACOX cohort study protocol

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury can result in joint instability, decreased functional performance, reduced physical activity and quality of life, and an increased risk for post-traumatic osteoarthritis.
Man doing knee lift at the gym.

Knee injuries in sports

Our research focus is on risk factors, treatment and consequences after sport injury, especially knee and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury.
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Athletics Research Center

Athletics (track and field) is globally one of the most popular individual sports and the largest sport at the Olympic Games. The Athletics Research Center is a hub for international multi-disciplinary Athletics research.

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