The overall purpose of the study is to deepen the knowledge regarding injury problems in young female football players. This is done by mapping joint and muscle function, assessing the prevalence and incidence of injury problems, and identifying risk factors by examining the relationship between potential factors and injury problems.
The research questions regarding young female football players that the study aims to address are:
KIC is conducted at Karolinska Institutet in collaboration with the Scandinavian College of Naprapathic Manual Medicine. The implementation of KIC is entirely dependent on the significant efforts of a number of students at the Scandinavian College of Naprapathic Manual Medicine, led by Victor Lyberg, Martin Samuelsson, and Nathan Weiss. Other students participating in KIC include Edvin Ambrus, Anton Ruthberg, Vibeke Greverud, Joanna Uggla, Henrik Yttervik, Markus Nilsson, Dan Lindoff, Daniel Wesslund, Alexander Carlgren, Sirin Tiftikci, David Björkman, Filip Malmgren, Hanna Magnusson, Simon Millak, Truls Omsland, Eirik Pedersen, Victor Kristiansen, Joakim Bogren, and others.
There is great interest in the study among players, clubs, and researchers in the field. The study's design and implementation have been presented by project leader Professor Eva Skillgate at several major sports medicine congresses, including the Swedish Football Association's congress in Stockholm and FIFA's international congress, The Future of Football Medicine, at Camp Nou in Barcelona.
If you would like to know more about the study, please contact Victor Lyberg in DN48 (Victor.Lyberg@ki.se) or Eva Skillgate (Eva.Skillgate@ki.se)
