Sara Christina Dahlen

Norwegian version of this page Department of Sports Medicine

PhD Research Fellow

Email: sarad@nih.no
Phone: +4723262397

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Projects

Neurodegenerative disease in female football players

Research

Brain health in football players. Incidence, mechanisms, and consequences of heading and head traumas in top-level football.

Short biography

Sara Dahlén is a PhD candidate at the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of Sports Medicine. Her research focuses on brain health in football players. In 2023 Dahlén received a grant from UEFA Medical Research Grant Programme. Dahlén is a physician with specialisation in both neurology and rehabilitation medicine.

Peek, Kerry; Ross, Andrew; Andersen, Thor Einar; Meyer, Tim; Dahlén, Sara & Georgieva, Julia [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2024). Heading in football: a systematic review of descriptors, definitions, and reporting methods used in heading incidence studies. Science and medicine in football. ISSN 2473-3938. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2024.2362191.
Dyer, Bryce; Ahmed, Osman Hassan; Dahlén, Sara; Dalton, Kristin; Derman, Wayne & Donaldson, Amber [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2024). Evaluation of the SCAT 5 tool in the assessment of concussion in Para athletes: a Delphi study. British Journal of Sports Medicine. ISSN 0306-3674. 58(12), p. 655–664. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-107426.

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Bjørneboe, John Andreas; Andersen, Thor Einar & Dahlén, Sara (2024). Brain health in female football players.
Dahlén, Sara (2023). Brain health in female former football players.
Dahlén, Sara (2023). Brain health in female former football players.
Dahlén, Sara (2023). Hodeskader.
Holtzhausen, Louis; Dahlén, Sara; Sandmo, Stian Bahr & Andersen, Thor Einar (2023). Paneldiskusjon: Next steps in concussion awareness, diagnostics and management.
Dahlén, Sara & Sandmo, Stian Bahr (2023). Diagnosis and management of concussion - practising the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT5).

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Published Oct. 17, 2023 1:12 PM - Last modified Dec. 13, 2023 2:35 PM