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Torstein Dalen-Lorentsen
PhDCV
Torstein Dalen-Lorentsen holds a master's degree in sports physiology from the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences (2014).
Torstein defended his PhD thesis “Training load and health problems in football” in December 2021. Torstein has extensive experience working with top-level athletes in different sports, such as alpine skiing, handball and football.
Most recently, Torstein was working as the head of performance at the Norwegian professional football club Strømsgodset.
Torstein is a co-supervisor in Markus Vagle’s PhD project and is a part of different research projects surrounding the topics of training load and the implementation of preventive measures. Torstein is currently working as a research manager for the Health and performance technology group at SINTEF Digital.
Projects
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Modelling relative training load and injury risk
Project manager: Lena Kristin Bache-Mathiesen
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Assessing the cumulative effect of long-term training load on the risk of sports injury
Project manager: Lena Kristin Bache-Mathiesen
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Not straightforward: modelling non-linearity in training load and injury research
Project manager: Lena Kristin Bache-Mathiesen
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Methodological differences in analysing the relationship between the Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio and injury
Project manager: Torstein Dalen-Lorentsen
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Training load, injury and physical performance in Norwegian elite female football
Project manager: Markus Vagle
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Can training load management decrease injury and illness risk in elite youth-football?
Project manager: Torstein Dalen-Lorentsen
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Prevalence of health problems in elite-youth football
Project manager: Torstein Dalen-Lorentsen
Publications
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2023
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A new statistical approach to training load and injury risk: separating the acute from the chronic load
Bache-Mathiesen, Lena Kristin; Andersen, Thor Einar; Dalen- Lorentsen, Torstein; Tabben, Montassar; Chamari, Karim; Clarsen, Benjamin; Wang Fagerland, Morten
Biology of Sport 2023 41(1):119–134
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Prepare to fail or failing to prepare? Acute performance after the 11+ with and without strength exercises
Støvland, Varg Ringdal; Amundsen, Roar; Paulsen, Gøran; Dalen-Lorentsen, Torstein
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 2023 Nov 2;9(4) (online ahead of print)
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Physical Performance Profiles in Norwegian Premier League Female Football: A Descriptive Study
Vagle, Markus; Dalen-Lorentsen, Torstein; Moksnes, Håvard; Harøy, Joar; Bjørneboe, John; Thor Einar Andersen
International Journal of Sports Physiology & Performance 2023 May 18;18(7):695-703
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2022
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Training load and health problems in football: more complex than we first thought? (PhD Academy Award)
Dalen-Lorentsen, Torstein
Br J Sports Med. 2022 Feb 22;bjsports-2021-105403. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-105403.
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Injury characteristics in Norwegian male professional football: A comparison between a regular season and a season in the pandemic
Dalen-Lorentsen, Torsten; Andersen, Thor Einar; Thorbjørnsen, Christian; Brown, Michael; Tovi, David; Braastad, Anders, Lindinger, Tom Gerald; Williams, Christian; Moen, Eirik; Clarsen, Ben, Bjørneboe, John
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living 2022 Oct 21;4:915581. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2022.915581. eCollection 2022.
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Assessing the cumulative effect of long-term training load on the risk of injury in team sports
Bache-Mathiesen, Lena Kristin; Andersen, Thor Einar; Dalen-Lorentsen, Torstein; Clarsen, Benjamin; Fagerland, Morten Wang
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 2022:May 30;8(2):e001342. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2022-001342. eCollection 2022.
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Prevalence and burden of health problems in top-level football referees
Moen, Christian; Andersen, Thor Einar; Clarsen, Ben; Madsen-Kaarød, Gitte; Dalen-Lorentsen, Torstein
Science & Medicine in Football 2023 May;7(2):131-138
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2021
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More than a metric - how training load is used in elite sport for athlete management
West, Stephen W; Clubb, Jo; Torres-Ronda, Lorena; Howells, Daniel; Leng, Edward; Vescovi, Jason D; Carmody, Sean; Posthumus, Michael; Dalen-Lorentsen, Torstein; Windt, Johann
Int J Sports Med. 2021 Apr;42(4):300-306. doi: 10.1055/a-1268-8791. Epub 2020 Oct 19.
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A cherry, ripe for picking - the relationship between the acute-chronic workload ratio and health problems
Dalen-Lorentsen, Torstein; Andersen, Thor Einar; Bjørneboe, John; Vagle, Markus; Martin, Kevin Nordanger; Kleppen, Michael; Wang Fagerland, Morten; Clarsen, Benjamin
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2021 Apr;51(4):162-173. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2021.9893. Epub 2021 Jan 20.
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Not straightforward - modelling non-linearity in training load and injury research
Bache-Mathiesen, Lena Kristin; Andersen, Thor Einar; Dalen-Lorentsen, Torstein; Clarsen, Benjamin; Fagerland, Morten Wang
Bache-Mathiesen LK, et al. BMJ Open Sp Ex Med 2021;7:e001119. doi:10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001119
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Facilitators and barriers for implementation of a load management intervention in football
Dalen-Lorentsen, Torstein; Ranvik, Andreas; Bjørneboe, John; Clarsen, Benjamin; Andersen, Thor Einar
BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2021 Jun 22;7(2):e001046. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001046. eCollection 2021
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2020
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Does load management using the acute:chronic workload ratio prevent health problems? A cluster randomised trial of 482 elite youth footballers of both sexes
Dalen-Lorentsen, Torstein; Bjørneboe, John; Clarsen, Ben; Vagle, Markus; Fagerland, Morten Wang; Andersen, Thor Einar
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2020; Accepted Sept 10
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