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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. Head of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Community Medicine and head 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 specialization in sports medicine, 2014
  • PhD, LiU 2008
  • Physiotherapy bachelor degree, LiU 2000
  • Doctoral student supervision ongoing Timmy Gustafsson (main supervisor), Kalle Torvaldsson (assistant supervisor); completed: Hanna Tigerstrand Grevnerts (dissertation 2019, assistant supervisor) Ida Åkerlund (dissertation 2024, assistant supervisor)

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

2024

Sofi Sonesson, Hanna Lindblom, Martin Hägglund (2024) To play or not to play, that is the question: an interview study with amateur football coaches on perceptions of pain during sports participation BMJ OPEN SPORT & EXERCISE MEDICINE, Vol. 10, Article e001941 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Ida Åkerlund, Sofi Sonesson, Hanna Lindblom, Eric Hagelin, Siw Carlfjord, Martin Hägglund (2024) "I'd rather do that (Knee Control) than be injured and not able to play": a qualitative study on youth floorball players' and coaches' perspectives of how to overcome barriers for injury prevention exercise programme use BMJ OPEN SPORT & EXERCISE MEDICINE, Vol. 10, Article e001953 (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
Hanna Lindblom, Ida Åkerlund, Markus Walden, Sofi Sonesson, Martin Hägglund (2024) Players are positive regarding injury prevention exercise programmes, but coaches need ongoing support: a survey-based evaluation using the Health Action Process Approach model across one season in amateur and youth football BMJ OPEN SPORT & EXERCISE MEDICINE, Vol. 10, Article e002009 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Anne Fältström, Timmy Gustafsson, Nils Warnsberg, Sofi Sonesson, Anna Hermansen (2024) Athletes' perspectives on return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and their strategies to reduce reinjury risk: a qualitative interview study BMC SPORTS SCIENCE MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION, Vol. 16, Article 131 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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