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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

2026

Joanna Kvist, Angie Liu, Nicola Giannotti, Stephanie Filbay, Henrik Hedevik, Anders Stalman, Richard Frobell, Håkan Gauffin, Martin Englund (2026) Structural Changes of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL), Evaluated by MRI, and Their Relation to Clinical Outcomes, Within 2 Years After ACL Injury. Results From the NACOX Cohort Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, Vol. 56, p. 209-219 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2026.13397

2025

Sofi Sonesson, Roman Peter Kuster, Håkan Gauffin, Joanna Kvist (2025) Long-term physical activity in middle-aged patients with meniscal symptoms: a 10-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial comparing exercise therapy alone to knee arthroscopic surgery plus exercise therapy BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Vol. 26, Article 854 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-025-09151-4
L. Hassanlou, M. A. Bowes, A. Turkiewicz, Joanna Kvist, Håkan Gauffin, R. Frobell, S. Saarakkala, M. Englund (2025) Bone shape changes over two years following acute anterior cruciate ligament injury: Reconstructed vs non-reconstructed knees Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, Vol. 7, Article 100652 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2025.100652
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) https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2024-002182
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)

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.