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Sofi Sonesson

Senior Associate Professor, Head of Division, Head of Unit

Senior associate professor of physiotherapy and specialist physiotherapist in sports medicine and head of Unit of Physiotherapy. I conduct research and teach in physiotherapy and sports medicine.

Presentation

Research and teaching in physiotherapy with special interest in physical activity and sports medicine.

In my research, I study incidence of injuries and illnesses in sports, risk factors for health problems and preventive interventions. I work with developing exercise programs with the aim to prevent injuries, evaluation of interventions and I study implementation of injury prevention programs.

I also do research on rehabilitation after knee injuries, with a special focus on anterior cruciate ligament injuries. I study movement patterns and muscle function, effects of rehabilitation, recovery from injury and return to exercise and sports activity.

I teach at bachelor and advanced level of the Physiotherapy program and in various courses. I teach primarily in the areas of physical exercise, sports medicine and diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system.


About me

CV

  • Senior associate Professor of Physiotherapy, LiU 2022
  • Docent (Associate Professor) of Physiotherapy, LiU 2021
  • Specialist competence in Physiotherapy with a focus on Sports Medicine, 2014
  • PhD, LiU 2008
  • Physiotherapy bachelor degree, LiU 2000
  • Doctoral student supervision (assistant supervisor), ongoing: Ida Åkerlund, Kalle Torvaldsson; completed: Hanna Tigerstrand Grevnerts (dissertation 2019).

Fields of Teaching

  • Diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders
  • Physical activity and exercise
  • Sports medicine
  • Laboratory work in the motion science laboratory
  • Supervisor and examiner for degree projects at bachelor's, and master's level.

Publications

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Sofi Sonesson, Hanna Lindblom, Martin Hägglund (2021)
Performance on sprint, agility and jump tests have moderate to strong correlations in youth football players but performance tests are weakly correlated to neuromuscular control tests

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy , Vol.29 , s.1659-1669 Continue to DOI

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Håkan Gauffin, Sofi Tagesson (Sonesson), Andreas Meunier, Henrik Magnusson, Joanna Kvist (2017)
Knee Arthroscopic Surgery in Middle-Aged Patients With Meniscal Symptoms A 3-Year Follow-up of a Prospective, Randomized Study

American Journal of Sports Medicine , Vol.45 , s.2077-2084 Continue to DOI

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Sofi Tagesson (Sonesson), Joanna Kvist, Clare Ardern, Annika Österberg, Karin Grävare Silbernagel (2017)
Psychological factors are important to return to pre-injury sport activity after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: expect and motivate to satisfy.

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy , Vol.25 , s.1375-1384 Continue to DOI

2023

Kalle Torvaldsson, Hanna Lindblom, Sofi Sonesson, Eric Hamrin Senorski, Helena Stigson, Lykke Tamm, Jorgen Sandberg, Martin Hägglund (2023) Swedish Olympic athletes report one injury insurance claim every second year: a 22-year insurance registry-based cohort study Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy Continue to DOI
Sofi Sonesson, Hanna Lindblom, Martin Hägglund (2023) Higher age and present injury at the start of the season are risk factors for in-season injury in amateur male and female football players-a prospective cohort study Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy Continue to DOI
Hanna Lindblom, Sofi Sonesson, Josefin Forslind, Markus Waldén, Martin Hägglund (2023) Implementation of the injury prevention exercise programme Knee Control plus : a cross-sectional study after dissemination efforts within a football district Injury Prevention, Vol. 29, p. 399-406 Continue to DOI
Ida Åkerlund, Sofi Sonesson, Hanna Lindblom, Markus Waldén, Martin Hägglund (2023) Perceptions, facilitators, and barriers regarding use of the injury prevention exercise programme Knee Control among players and coaches in youth floorball: a cross-sectional survey study BMC SPORTS SCIENCE MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION, Vol. 15, Article 56 Continue to DOI
Sofi Sonesson, Örjan Dahlström, Nirmala Perera, Martin Hägglund (2023) Risk factors for injury and illness in youth floorball players- A prospective cohort study Physical Therapy in Sport, Vol. 59, p. 92-102 Continue to DOI

Research

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Sport without injury programme - SWIPE

Our research includes study of injury occurrence and risk factors in sports. We also evaluate the efficacy of injury preventive measures, and their effectiveness, including applicability in different sports and sporting populations.
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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.

Organisation

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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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Division of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Community Medicine (PRNV)

We are an interdisciplinary division that consists of three units: Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Clinical Medicine.
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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