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Jan Ekstrand

Visiting Professor

Publications

2024

Markus Walden, Mariann Gajhede Knudsen, Jan Ekstrand, Martin Hägglund, Pieter D'Hooghe, Hakan Alfredson, Håkan Bengtsson (2024) Achilles Tendon Pain in Male Professional Football Players - A Prospective Five-Season Study of 88 Injuries from the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol. 15, p. 171-179 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Anna Hallén, Rita Tomas, Jan Ekstrand, Håkan Bengtsson, Elke Van den Steen, Martin Hägglund, Markus Walden (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 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2023

Jan Ekstrand, Wart Van Zoest, Håkan Gauffin (2023) Changes in head staff members in male elite-level football teams are associated with increased hamstring injury burden for that season: the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study BMJ OPEN SPORT & EXERCISE MEDICINE, Vol. 9, Article e001640 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Jan Ekstrand, Peter Ueblacker, Wart Van Zoest, Raymond Verheijen, Bruno Vanhecke, Maikel van Wijk, Håkan Bengtsson (2023) Risk factors for hamstring muscle injury in male elite football: medical expert experience and conclusions from 15 European Champions League clubs BMJ OPEN SPORT & EXERCISE MEDICINE, Vol. 9, Article e001461 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
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

News

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Fewer injuries increases probability of success in football

The campaign for football glory in EURO 2020 has started. “Keeping your players healthy increases your chances of success”, says Martin Hägglund, who works with elite football players and their injuries.

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