Making sport and sports medicine history—Lillehammer 1994, 2019 and 2021

Abstract

Welcome to this scintillating Norwegian issue of the BJSM. The Scandinavian knee ligament registries ( See page 1259 ) were established 15 years ago, and they now inform us with data from >70 000 patients. Did you know that you can lower the risk of revision anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction for hamstring versus patella tendon autograft by 14% for every 0.5 mm increase in hamstring graft diameter?1 In a cohort of professional male Norwegian football players followed up after 8 years ( See page 1279 ), we found that 6 of the 595 players with negative preparticipation cardiac screening suffered a severe cardiovascular event; three of these six events were sudden cardiac arrests (SCA). Rather than introducing more preparticipation cardiac screening in Norway, we will focus on recognising athletes with early symptoms of cardiac disease. We will examine them thoroughly, and be prepared to treat SCA by having staff well trained and AEDs widely available. It is critical to recognise SCA early as proven by another Norwegian study ( See page 1293 ) where authors analysed 35 sports-related SCAs that were captured on video. Agonal respiration, prone landing, …