Jan Ekstrand
Gästprofessor
Jag har varit huvudansvarig ansvarig för UEFAs forskning om idrottssäkerhet för fotbollspelare på elitnivå inom Europa fram till 2022. Jag deltar i en forskningsgrupp inom LiU (Football Research Group, FRG) som handlägger dessa UEFA projekt.
Om mig
CV
- Professor, Med Dr, specialistkompetens i ortoped, allmän kirurgi samt gynekologi/obstetrik
- Disputation 1982.¨ Soccer Injury and their Prevention¨
- Chefsläkare (CMO,Chief Medical Officer) vid Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital 2018-2020. 950 anställda från 70 länder
- Professor i Idrottsmedicin vid Linköpings Universiter (utnämnd år 2000)
- Ledare av UEFA Elite Club Injury studies 2001-2022
- Läkare för Svenska herrlandslaget i fotboll (120 matcher under perioden 1980-1997),
- VM medal i herrfotboll 1994
- 10 000 följare på X: @JanEkstrand
Nätverk
- Football Research Group (FRG)
- UEFA Elite Club Injury study network (women and men)
Publikationer
Ekstrand J, Gillquist J, Liljedahl S-O. Prevention of soccer injuries through medical supervision: the role of doctors and physiotherapists. Am J Sports Med 1983.
Detta var den första randomiserade kontrollerade studien (RCT) som visade möjligheten att förebygga idrottsskador
Ekstrand J, Bengtsson H, Waldén M, et al. Hamstring injury rates have increased during recent seasons and now constitute 24% of all injuries in men’s professional football: the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study from 2001/02 to 2021/22. Br J Sports Med 2022
Denna studie var den mest citerade i BJSM (impact faktor 11) under 2022
Ekstrand, J., Hallén, A., Marin, V. et al. Most modifiable risk factors for hamstring muscle injury in women’s elite football are extrinsic and associated with the club, the team, and the coaching staff and not the players themselves: the UEFA Women’s Elite Club Injury Study. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 31, 2550–2555 (2023)
Denna studie fick ESKAs pris för bästa artikel publicerad i KSSTA under 2023
Detta var den första randomiserade kontrollerade studien (RCT) som visade möjligheten att förebygga idrottsskador
Ekstrand J, Bengtsson H, Waldén M, et al. Hamstring injury rates have increased during recent seasons and now constitute 24% of all injuries in men’s professional football: the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study from 2001/02 to 2021/22. Br J Sports Med 2022
Denna studie var den mest citerade i BJSM (impact faktor 11) under 2022
Ekstrand, J., Hallén, A., Marin, V. et al. Most modifiable risk factors for hamstring muscle injury in women’s elite football are extrinsic and associated with the club, the team, and the coaching staff and not the players themselves: the UEFA Women’s Elite Club Injury Study. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 31, 2550–2555 (2023)
Denna studie fick ESKAs pris för bästa artikel publicerad i KSSTA under 2023
2025
Return to play time for the 30 most common injuries in the UEFA Women's Elite Club Injury Study
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Vol. 11, Artikel e002724
(Artikel i tidskrift)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2025-002724
No major changes in injury incidence in European club football during the 2022/23 FIFA World Cup season: a subanalysis of the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Vol. 11, Artikel e002772
(Artikel i tidskrift)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2025-002772
A Higher Thigh Muscle Injury Incidence in Professional Male Soccer Players Returning to Play After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Analysis of 110 Cases From the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study
American Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol. 53, s. 2440-2446
(Artikel i tidskrift)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03635465251353213
'Good communication and good team building, it's half of the work in managing a player': how team doctors perceive communication in the European professional men's football context
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Vol. 11, Artikel e002392
(Artikel i tidskrift)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2024-002392
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, Artikel e002182
(Artikel i tidskrift)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2024-002182
Forskning
- Level of communication between the medical staff and the performance staff and association with hamstring injury burden: a sub-study on 14 teams from the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study
- Do injuries to key players relate to team success in male Champions League teams? A sub-study on 14 teams from the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study
- Return to play time for common injuries in elite European women’s club football. A 7- year follow up of injuries in the UEFA Women’s Elite Club Injury Study
- Do replacements of staff around a women’s elite team affect injury rates?