January Featured Author

Einar Andreas Sivertsen, MD.
Lovisenberg Diaconal Hospital
Oslo, Norway

From the January issue: No Association Between Risk of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture and Selected Candidate Collagen Gene Variants in Female Elite Athletes From High-Risk Team Sports

Podcast: Listen to Dr. Siversten discuss his article in the January issue.

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Dr. Sibersten is an orthopaedic surgeon based in Oslo, Norway. He has experience with techniques of molecular biology during his PhD work. After switching to the field of orthopaedic surgery, he have focused my research on  injuries of the knee,  including ligament injuries as well as cartilage injuries..

Selected Other Published Work

Sivertsen EA, Haug KBF, Kristianslund EK, Trøseid AS, Parkkari J, Lehtimäki T,
Mononen N, Pasanen K, Bahr R. No Association Between Risk of Anterior Cruciate
Ligament Rupture and Selected Candidate Collagen Gene Variants in Female Elite
Athletes From High-Risk Team Sports. Am J Sports Med. 2018 Nov
28:363546518808467. doi: 10.1177/0363546518808467. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed
PMID: 30485117.

Røtterud JH, Sivertsen EA, Forssblad M, Engebretsen L, Årøen A. Effect on Patient-Reported Outcomes of Debridement or Microfracture of Concomitant
Full-Thickness Cartilage Lesions in Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Reconstructed
Knees: A Nationwide Cohort Study From Norway and Sweden of 357 Patients With
2-Year Follow-up. Am J Sports Med. 2016 Feb;44(2):337-44. doi:
10.1177/0363546515617468. Epub 2015 Dec 11. PubMed PMID: 26657851.

Røtterud JH, Sivertsen EA, Forssblad M, Engebretsen L, Arøen A. Effect of meniscal and focal cartilage lesions on patient-reported outcome after anterior
cruciate ligament reconstruction: a nationwide cohort study from Norway and
Sweden of 8476 patients with 2-year follow-up. Am J Sports Med. 2013
Mar;41(3):535-43. doi: 10.1177/0363546512473571. Epub 2013 Jan 31. PubMed PMID:
23371474.

Røtterud JH, Sivertsen EA, Forssblad M, Engebretsen L, Årøen A. Effect of gender and sports on the risk of full-thickness articular cartilage lesions in
anterior cruciate ligament-injured knees: a nationwide cohort study from Sweden
and Norway of 15 783 patients. Am J Sports Med. 2011 Jul;39(7):1387-94. doi:
10.1177/0363546510397813. PubMed PMID: 21730206.