Ove Talsnes

• Landgraff, Ida Kalstad; Myrstad, Marius; Ranhoff, Anette Hylen; Talsnes, Ove; Holvik, Kristin & Meyer, Haakon E. (2026). Midlife physical activity, BMI, and hip fracture risk five decades later in men: a NOREPOS study. Archives of Osteoporosis. ISSN 1862-3522. 21(1), p. 1–9. doi: 10.1007/s11657-026-01657-1. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Summary: Research on hip fracture prevention in men is limited. In men, physical activity and body mass index were independently and jointly associated with hip fracture risk, with the highest risk among inactive and thin men. Promoting exercise and healthy weight in midlife may reduce fracture burden and support healthy ageing. Purpose: Hip fractures predominantly affect older people with frailty. The incidence increases with age, and the number is expected to increase substantially due to population aging. Physical inactivity and low body mass index (BMI) are key modifiable risk factors for hip fractures. This study aimed to explore the associations of physical activity and BMI with long-term hip fracture risk in men. Method: This prospective cohort study included 12,900 men aged 40 – 49 years from the Oslo study 1972 – 1973. A questionnaire assessed physical activity, whereas height and weight were measured. Hip fractures were identified through linkage to a national database. Cox regression calculated adjusted hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for hip fracture according to physical activity level. A secondary analysis examined a composite variable combining activity level (inactive/active) and BMI (< 22/22–24.9/ ≥ 25 kg/m 2 ). Results: During 195,384 person-years of follow-up, 1542 men (12%) sustained a hip fracture at a median age of 82 years. Inactive men had a 38% higher risk (HR 1.38 [95% CI 1.16 – 1.63]) than active men. Active men had a lower hip fracture risk across all categories of BMI, while the greatest risk was found in inactive men with a BMI < 22 kg/m 2 , HR 1.79 [95% CI 1.36 – 2.35] compared to active men with a BMI ≥ 25. Conclusions: Physical inactivity and low BMI in midlife were independently associated with increased long-term hip fracture risk. Inactive and thin men had the greatest risk, suggesting that maintaining physical activity in mid-life is important for healthy ageing and independence.

• Holvik, Kristin; Ellingsen, Christian Lycke; Solbakken, Siri Marie; Finnes, Trine Elisabeth; Talsnes, Ove & Grimnes, Guri [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2023). Cause-specific excess mortality after hip fracture: the Norwegian Epidemiologic Osteoporosis Studies (NOREPOS). BMC Geriatrics. 23(1). doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-03910-5. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Background: Information on cause of death may help appraise the degree to which the high excess mortality after hip fracture reflects pre-existing comorbidities or the injury itself. We aimed to describe causes of death and cause-specific excess mortality through the first year after hip fracture. Methods: For studying the distribution of causes of death by time after hip fracture, we calculated age-adjusted cause-specific mortality at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months in patients hospitalized with hip fracture in Norway 1999-2016. Underlying causes of death were obtained from the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry and grouped by the European Shortlist for Causes of Death. For estimating excess mortality, we performed flexible parametric survival analyses comparing mortality hazard in patients with hip fracture (2002-2017) with that of age- and sex matched controls drawn from the Population and Housing Census 2001. Results: Of 146,132 Norwegians with a first hip fracture, a total of 35,498 (24.3%) died within one year. By 30 days post-fracture, external causes (mainly the fall causing the fracture) were the underlying cause for 53.8% of deaths, followed by circulatory diseases (19.8%), neoplasms (9.4%), respiratory diseases (5.7%), mental and behavioural disorders (2.0%) and diseases of the nervous system (1.3%). By one-year post-fracture, external causes and circulatory diseases together accounted for approximately half of deaths (26.1% and 27.0%, respectively). In the period 2002-2017, cause-specific one-year relative mortality hazard in hip fracture patients vs. population controls ranged from 1.5 for circulatory diseases to 2.5 for diseases of the nervous system in women, and correspondingly, from 2.4 to 5.3 in men. Conclusions: Hip fractures entail high excess mortality from all major causes of death. However, the traumatic injury of a hip fracture is the most frequently reported underlying cause of death among older patients who survive less than one year after their fracture.

• Nordstrøm, Anine; Bahr, Roald; Clarsen, Benjamin Matthew & Talsnes, Ove (2022). Association Between Preseason Fitness Level and Risk of Injury or Illness in Male Elite Ice Hockey Players: A Prospective Cohort Study. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine (OJSM). 10(2). doi: 10.1177/23259671221076849. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Background: Little is known about the association between physical fitness and the risk of injury or illness in ice hockey. The least-fit players may be more prone to injury and illness. Purpose: To examine the association between preseason fitness level and injury or illness risk among elite ice hockey players during the regular season. Study Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 2. Methods: A total of 133 male ice hockey players in the GET League (the premier professional league in Norway) completed 8 different exercises (40-m sprint, countermovement jump, 3000-m run, squat, bench press, chin-ups, brutal bench, and box jump) at the annual 1-day preseason testing combine. During the 2017-2018 competitive season, the players reported all health problems (acute injuries, overuse injuries, and illnesses) weekly (31 weeks) using the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center Questionnaire on Health Problems. Results: Overall, the players reported 191 acute injuries, 82 overuse injuries, and 132 illnesses. The least-fit tercile of players did not report more health problems (mean, 3.0; 95% CI, 2.2-3.8) compared with the most-fit (mean, 3.4; 95% CI, 2.6-4.2) or the medium-fit (mean, 2.7; 95% CI, 1.9-3.5) players. The most-fit players reported more substantial health problems (mean, 2.0; 95% CI, 1.6-2.5) compared with the medium-fit (mean, 1.3; 95% CI, 0.8 -1.8) and least-fit (mean, 1.8; 95% CI, 1.3-2.3) (P = .02) players. There was no association between low physical fitness and number of health problems when comparing the least-fit tercile of the players with the rest of the cohort (P > .05); however, there was an association between low physical fitness and greater severity of all health problems when comparing the least-fit tercile of players to the rest of the cohort after adjusting for time on ice per game, playing position, and age (P = .02). Conclusion: Low physical fitness was not associated with increased rate of injury or illness but was associated with greater severity of all health problems after adjusting for time on ice per game, playing position, and age.

• Nordstrøm, Anine; Bahr, Roald; Bache-Mathiesen, Lena Kristin; Clarsen, Benjamin Matthew & Talsnes, Ove (2022). Association of Training and Game Loads to Injury Risk in Junior Male Elite Ice Hockey Players: A Prospective Cohort Study. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine (OJSM). 10(10). doi: 10.1177/23259671221129646. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Background: Training and game loads are potential risk factors of injury in junior elite ice hockey, but the association of training and game loads to injuries is unknown. Purpose: To investigate the association of chronic training and game loads to injury risk in junior male elite ice hockey players. Study Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 2. Methods: In this prospective cohort study, we monitored all health problems among 159 male junior ice hockey players (mean age, 16 years; range, 15-19 years) at sports-specific high schools during the 2018-2019 school year. Players reported their health problems every week using the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center Overuse Questionnaire on Health Problems (OSTRC-H2). The number of training sessions and games was reported for 33 weeks. We calculated the previous 2-week difference in training/game loads as well as the cumulative training/game loads of the previous 2, 3, 4, and 6 weeks and explored potential associations between training/game loads and injury risk using mixed-effects logistic regression. Results: The players reported 133 acute injuries, 75 overuse injuries, and 162 illnesses in total, and an average of 8.8 (SD ±3.9) training sessions and 0.9 (SD ± 1.1) games per week. We found no association between the difference of the two previous weeks or the previous 2- 3- and 4-week cumulative, training or game load and acute injuries, nor the difference of the two previous weeks, or the previous 4- and 6-week cumulative, training or game load and overuse injuries (OR, ∼1.0; P > .05 in all models). Conclusion: In the current study of junior elite ice hockey players, there was no evidence of an association between cumulative exposure to training/game loads and injury risk. This open-access article is published and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - No Derivatives License (https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits the noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction of the article in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. You may not alter, transform, or build upon this article without the permission of the Author(s). For article reuse guidelines, please visit SAGE’s website at http://www.sagepub.com/journals-permissions

• Landgraff, Ida Kalstad; Meyer, Haakon Eduard; Ranhoff, Anette Hylen; Holvik, Kristin; Talsnes, Ove & Myrstad, Marius (2022). Resting heart rate, self-reported physical activity in middle age, and long-term risk of hip fracture. A NOREPOS cohort study of 367,386 men and women. Bone. ISSN 8756-3282. 167. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2022.116620. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Enhanced knowledge regarding modifiable risk factors for hip fractures are warranted. We aimed to study the associations between two indicators of physical fitness (resting heart rate and level of physical activity) in middle-aged individuals, and the risk of hip fractures during the subsequent three decades. Data on objectively measured resting heart rate and self-reported leisure time physical activity from a national health survey (1985–1999) was linked to a database including all hip fractures treated in Norwegian hospitals from 1994 through 2018. We calculated hazard ratios (HR) with 95 % confidence intervals (95 % CI) for hip fractures according to categories of resting heart rate (mean of two repeated measures), and leisure time physical activity level in adjusted Cox proportional hazard models. In total, 367,386 persons (52 % women) aged 40 to 45 years were included, of whom 5482 persons sustained a hip fracture during a mean follow-up of 24.8 years. Higher resting heart rate was associated with higher hip fracture risk. Men with a resting heart rate above 80 bpm, who also reported low levels of physical activity, had a HR of 1.82 (95 % CI 1.49–2.22) for hip fracture compared to men with a resting heart rate below 70 bpm who reported high levels of physical activity. The same measure of association fo women was 1.62 (95 % CI 1.28–2.06). Physical fitness measured by low resting heart rate in middle age, and a high physical activity level were associated with a lower long-term risk of hip fractures in both men and women.

• Nordstrøm, Anine; Bahr, Roald; Clarsen, Benjamin Matthew & Talsnes, Ove (2021). Prevalens og belastning av helseproblem blant junior elite ishockeyspillere. En 44-uker prospektiv kohortstudie. In Nyheim, Kurt Tomas (Eds.), Book of Abstract - Idrettsmedisinsk høstkongress 2021. NIMF. p. 27–27. Full text in Research Archive
• Nordstrøm, Anine; Bahr, Roald; Clarsen, Benjamin Matthew & Talsnes, Ove (2021). Sammenhengen mellom fysisk form og risiko for skader og sykdom blant senior elite ishockeyspillere. In Nyheim, Kurt Tomas (Eds.), Book of Abstract - Idrettsmedisinsk høstkongress 2021. NIMF. p. 30–30. Full text in Research Archive
• Nordstrøm, Anine; Bahr, Roald; Clarsen, Benjamin Matthew & Talsnes, Ove (2021). Prevalence and Burden of Self-Reported Health Problems in Junior Male Elite Ice Hockey Players: A 44-Week Prospective Cohort Study. American Journal of Sports Medicine. ISSN 0363-5465. 49(12), p. 3379–3385. doi: 10.1177/03635465211032979. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Background: Little is known about the burden of overuse injuries and illnesses in junior elite ice hockey. Purpose: To describe the prevalence and burden of all health problems in junior male elite ice hockey players in Norway during 1 school year. Study Design: Descriptive epidemiological study. Methods: A total of 206 junior male ice hockey players (mean age, 17 years; range, 15-20 years) attending specialized sports academy high schools in Norway reported all health problems, acute injuries, overuse injuries, and illnesses, weekly during the 2018-2019 school year (44 weeks). The players self-reported injuries and illnesses using the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center Questionnaire on Health Problems. Results: Of the players included, 25% (95% CI, 23%-27%) reported at least 1 health problem at any given time, while 16% (95% CI, 14%-17%) experienced health problems with a substantial negative effect on training and performance. Of the total burden of health problems, acute injuries accounted for 44%, overuse injuries 31%, and illnesses 25%. For acute injuries, the greatest burden was caused by injuries to the ankle, knee, and hand, whereas for overuse injuries the most burdensome location was the hip/groin and knee. Conclusion: This study documented that while acute injuries did represent the greatest problem among junior elite ice hockey players, overuse injuries, especially to the knee and hip/groin, also had a substantial effect.

• Nordstrøm, Anine; Bahr, Roald; Talsnes, Ove & Clarsen, Benjamin Matthew (2020). Prevalence and Burden of Health Problems in Male Elite Ice Hockey Players: A Prospective Study in the Norwegian Professional League. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine (OJSM). 8(2). doi: 10.1177/2325967120902407. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Background: As previous epidemiological studies in elite ice hockey have focused on acute time-loss injuries, little is known about the burden of overuse injuries and illnesses in ice hockey. Purpose: To report the prevalence and burden of all health problems in male professional ice hockey players in Norway during a single competitive season. Study Design: Descriptive epidemiological study. Methods: A total of 225 male ice hockey players in the GET League (the premier professional league) in Norway reported all health problems (acute injuries, overuse injuries, and illnesses) during the 2017-2018 competitive season. Players reported all injuries and illnesses for 31 weeks using the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center Questionnaire on Health Problems. Results: At any given time, 40% (95% CI, 37%-43%) of players reported symptoms from an injury or illness, and 20% (95% CI, 19%-22%) experienced health problems with a substantial negative impact on training and performance. Acute injuries represented the greatest incidence, prevalence, and burden (defined as the cross-product of severity and incidence). The most burdensome acute injuries were to the head/face, shoulder/clavicle, knee, and ankle. The most burdensome overuse injuries were to the knee, lumbar spine, and hip/groin. Conclusion: This registration captured a greater burden from overuse injuries than traditional injury registration, but acute injuries did represent a major problem. These data provide guidance in the development of prevention programs for both acute and overuse injuries, which should focus on the lumbar spine, hip/groin, and knee.

• Dolatowski, Filip Celestyn; Frihagen, Frede Jon; Bartels, Stefan; Opland, Vidar; Benth, Jurate Saltyte & Talsnes, Ove [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2019). Screw Fixation Versus Hemiarthroplasty for Nondisplaced Femoral Neck Fractures in Elderly Patients - A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of bone and joint surgery reviews (JBJS Reviews). 101(2), p. 136–144. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.18.00316. Full text in Research Archive
• Pripp, Are Hugo; Talsnes, Ove; Reikerås, Olav; Engesæter, Lars B. & Dahl, Ola Einar (2014). The proportion of perioperative mortalities attributed to cemented implantation in hip fracture patients treated by hemiarthroplasty. HIP International. ISSN 1120-7000. 24(4), p. 363–368. doi: 10.5301/hipint.5000123. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Introduction: Bone cement for fixation of prostheses, comorbidity and age have been previously shown to be associated with increased relative risk of mortality within the first day of surgery. However, the proportion of mortalities associated to each of these exposures is not adequately expressed by relative risk estimates. Materials and methods: The attributable fraction (AF), i.e. the fraction of diseased individuals attributed to a given risk factor, was estimated for cemented fixation of hip prostheses in the elderly (>65 years) with a hip fracture. Dementia, symptomatic comorbidity (American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)≥ 3), old age (≥85 years), male gender, and a delay of 24 hours or more from fracture to operation were considered as additional risk factors for a fatal outcome in close proximity to surgery. Results: In the entire study population (n = 11210), the unadjusted and adjusted population AFs of cemented fixation on mortalities within the first day after surgery were 0.58 (95% CI 0.28-0.76) and 0.59 (95% CI 0.29-0.76), respectively. Symptomatic comorbidity and old age as risk factors had population AFs of 0.71 (95% CI 0.51-0.83) and 0.55 (95% CI 0.39-0.67), respectively. Male gender, dementia and time from fracture to operation all had considerably lower population AFs. Conclusions: The estimated AFs on perioperative mortality in hip fracture patients treated by hemiarthroplasty showed that about half of the mortalities within the first day of surgery could be associated with the use of bone cement.

• Talsnes, Ove; Hjelmstedt, Hans Fredrik; Pripp, Are Hugo; Reikerås, Olav & Dahl, Ola Einar (2013). No difference in mortality between cemented and uncemented hemiprosthesis for elderly patients with cervical hip fracture.A prospective randomized study on 334 patients over 75 years. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. ISSN 0936-8051. 133(6), p. 805–809. doi: 10.1007/s00402-013-1726-5. Full text in Research Archive
• Talsnes, Ove; Vinje, Tarjei; Gjertsen, Jan-Erik; Dahl, Ola Einar; Engesæter, Lars B. & Baste, Valborg [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2013). Perioperative mortality in hip fracture patients treated with cemented and uncemented hemiprosthesis: a register study of 11,210 patients. International Orthopaedics. ISSN 0341-2695. 37(6), p. 1135–1140. doi: 10.1007/s00264-013-1851-3. Full text in Research Archive
• Wangen, Helge; Hemstad, Lars; Jonsson, Håkan & Talsnes, Ove (2012). Spontaneous and uncomplicated anal elimination of a hip pin-a case report. Acta Orthopaedica. ISSN 1745-3674. 83(4), p. 420–422. doi: 10.3109/17453674.2012.718519. Full text in Research Archive
• Talsnes, Ove; Hjelmstedt, Hans Fredrik; Dahl, Ola Einar; Pripp, Are Hugo & Reikerås, Olav (2012). Biochemical lung, liver and kidney markers and early death among elderly following hip fracture. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. ISSN 0936-8051. 132(12), p. 1753–1758. doi: 10.1007/s00402-012-1611-7. Full text in Research Archive
• Talsnes, Ove; Hjelmsted, Hans Fredrik; Dahl, Ola Einar; Pripp, Are Hugo & Reikerås, Olav (2011). Clinical and biochemical prediction of early fatal outcome following hip fracture in the elderly. International Orthopaedics. ISSN 0341-2695. 35(6), p. 903–907. doi: 10.1007/s00264-010-1149-7. Full text in Research Archive

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• Holvik, Kristin; Ellingsen, Christian Lycke; Solbakken, Siri Marie; Finnes, Trine Elisabeth; Talsnes, Ove & Grimnes, Guri [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2023). Correction to: Cause-specific excess mortality after hip fracture: the Norwegian Epidemiologic Osteoporosis Studies (NOREPOS). BMC Geriatrics. 23(1). doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-04013-x. Full text in Research Archive
• Eik-Nes, Sindre; Valland, Susanna Fonneland; Talsnes, Ove; Østlie, Kristin; Holvik, Kristin & Finnes, Trine Elisabeth (2022). Increasing overrepresentation of diabetes in non-traumatic lower limb amputations. Endocrine Abstracts. ISSN 1479-6848. doi: 10.1530/endoabs.81.P331. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Background and Aim: Recent international studies indicate a secular decrease in the proportion of patients with diabetes who undergo lower limb amputations (LLA), and the same trend is observed in the national quality indicator. The validity of electronic databases and quality indicators are limited by multiple discharges and precision of coding. Furthermore, amputation codes included in the quality indicator do not include all amputations. We therefore aim to investigate the recent incidence of LLA in the catchment area of a middle-sized Norwegian hospital, and to compare it with data collected during 1990–99. Methodes: Medical records for all patients identified with LLA by the electronic discharge registers at Innlandet Hospital, Elverum, from 2013 through 2019 were retrieved. All codes for amputations and exarticulations were included, and amputations were verified by manual review by two of the authors. Traumatic and cancer-related amputations were excluded. Both minor and major amputations were included in further analyses. Diabetes was defined by the WHO criteria. The prevalence of diabetes was calculated using data from the Norwegian Prescription Database and Statistics Norway. Results: We identified 169 non-traumatic, non-cancer related amputations in 127 patients, of which 77 had diabetes. The proportion of amputees with diabetes had increased from 44% in the previous period to 61% in the recent data. Ten percent had type 1 diabetes compared to 4% during 1990–99. We estimated that 0.23% of individuals on antidiabetic drugs in the catchment area, underwent an amputation per year in the period 2013–19, compared to 0.31 % in 1990–99. The average absolute number of diabetics undergoing an LLA per year was 11 in both periods. Multiple amputations were common both in persons with and without diabetes and was present in 26% of the amputees, even though a high proportion in both groups underwent vascular surgery before amputation. Detailed information and further results will be provided. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the proportion of diabetics among patients undergoing non-traumatic, non-cancer related lower limb amputations has increased over the past decades. Multiple amputations are still common, despite comprehensive preoperative investigations and other surgical interventions.

• Holvik, Kristin; Ellingsen, Christian Lycke; Solbakken, Siri Marie; Finnes, Trine Elisabeth; Talsnes, Ove & Grimnes, Guri [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2022). Causes of death and cause-specific excess mortality after hip fracture. The Norwegian Epidemiologic Osteoporosis Studies (NOREPOS). Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Introduction: Hip fracture is a serious injury which affects older multimorbid patients and involves excess mortality. We aimed to describe leading causes of mortality through the first year after a hip fracture. Material and Methods: Hospital-treated hip fractures in Norway 1999-2016 were linked with age- and sex-matched population controls and the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry through 2017. Underlying causes of death were coded according to ICD-10 and grouped by the Eurostat shortlist. Results: Of 146,132 Norwegians with a first incident hip fracture, 35,498 (24.3%) died within one year. By 30 days post-fracture, external causes (usually the fall causing the fracture) were defined as the underlying cause for 53.8% of deaths, followed by circulatory diseases (19.8%), neoplasms (9.4%), respiratory diseases (5.7%), mental and behavioral disorders (2.0%) and diseases of the nervous system (1.3%). By one year post-fracture, external and circulatory causes together accounted for half of deaths (26.1% and 27.0%, respectively). For causes other than external causes, one-year relative mortality risks in hip fracture patients compared with population controls ranged from 1.5 for circulatory diseases to 2.5 for diseases of the nervous system in women. In men, the corresponding relative risks ranged from 2.4 for circulatory diseases to 5.3 for diseases of the nervous system. Conclusions: Hip fractures entail high excess mortality from all major causes of death. However, the traumatic injury of a hip fracture is the leading underlying cause of death the first year after the fracture, underlining the importance of preventing falls and fractures in older adults.

• Holvik, Kristin; Ellingsen, Christian Lycke; Solbakken, Siri Marie; Finnes, Trine Elisabeth; Talsnes, Ove & Grimnes, Guri [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2022). Causes of death and cause-specific excess mortality after hip fracture. The Norwegian Epidemiologic Osteoporosis Studies (NOREPOS). Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Background: A hip fracture is a serious injury particularly affecting older people with multimorbidity, and it is associated with high excess mortality. Information on causes of death may help appraise the degree to which this excess mortality reflects pre-existing comorbidities or the hip fracture trauma. We aimed to describe leading causes of excess mortality through the first year after a hip fracture. Methods: Information on all hospital-treated hip fractures in Norway 1999-2016 from the NOREPOS database were linked with age- and sex-matched population controls and the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry through 2017. Underlying causes of death were coded according to ICD-10 and grouped by the Eurostat shortlist. Results: Of 146,132 Norwegians with a first incident hip fracture, 35,498 (24.3%) died within one year. By 30 days post-fracture, external causes (usually the fall causing the fracture) were defined as the underlying cause for the majority of deaths (53.8%), followed by circulatory diseases (19.8%), neoplasms (9.4%), respiratory diseases (5.7%), mental and behavioral disorders (2.0%) and diseases of the nervous system (1.3%). By one year post-fracture, external and circulatory causes together accounted for half of deaths (26.1% and 27.0%). When comparing cause-specific mortality (from causes other than external causes) after hip fracture with population controls, relative mortality risks in women ranged from 1.5 for circulatory diseases to 2.5 for diseases of the nervous system. Corresponding relative risks in men ranged from 2.4 for circulatory diseases to 5.3 for diseases of the nervous system. Early excess mortality (first month) was particularly high in all cause of death categories. Conclusion: Hip fractures entail high excess mortality from all major causes of death. However, the traumatic injury of a hip fracture is the leading underlying cause of death the first year after the fracture, underlining the importance of preventing falls and fractures in older adults.

• Nordstrøm, Anine; Bahr, Roald; Bache-Mathiesen, Lena Kristin; Clarsen, Benjamin Matthew & Talsnes, Ove (2022). Sammenhengen mellom trening- og kampbelastning og risiko for skade blant junior elite ishockeyspillere. Full text in Research Archive
• Nordstrøm, Anine; Bahr, Roald; Clarsen, Benjamin Matthew & Talsnes, Ove (2021). Prevalence and burden of health problems in male junior elite ice hockey players - A 44-week prospective cohort study. Full text in Research Archive
• Nordstrøm, Anine; Bahr, Roald; Talsnes, Ove & Clarsen, Benjamin Matthew (2021). The prevalence and burden of health problems in male senior ice hockey: a prospective study in the Norwegian professional league. Full text in Research Archive
• Nordstrøm, Anine; Bahr, Roald; Clarsen, Benjamin Matthew & Talsnes, Ove (2021). The association between preseason fitness level and risk of injury or illness – a prospective cohort study in male elite ice hockey. Full text in Research Archive
• Nordstrøm, Anine; Bahr, Roald; Talsnes, Ove & Clarsen, Benjamin Matthew (2021). The prevalence and burden of health problems in male senior ice hockey - a prospective study in the Norwegian professional league. British Journal of Sports Medicine. ISSN 0306-3674. 55, p. A149–A149. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-IOC.358. Full text in Research Archive
• Nordstrøm, Anine; Bahr, Roald; Clarsen, Benjamin Matthew & Talsnes, Ove (2021). Prevalens og belastning av helseproblem blant junior elite ishockeyspillere en 44-uker prospektiv kohortstudie. Full text in Research Archive
• Nordstrøm, Anine; Bahr, Roald; Clarsen, Benjamin Matthew & Talsnes, Ove (2021). Sammenheng mellom fysisk form og risiko for skader og sykdom blant senior elite ishockeyspillere. Full text in Research Archive
• Holvik, Kristin; Ellingsen, Christian Lycke; Solbakken, Siri Marie; Finnes, Trine Elisabeth; Talsnes, Ove & Grimnes, Guri [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2020). Causes of death after hip fracture in Norway. Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease (TAMD). ISSN 1759-720X. 12, p. 51–52. doi: 10.1177/1759720X20969289. Full text in Research Archive
• Bahr, Roald; Maaseide, Bjørn; Talsnes, Ove & Tegnander, A. (1999). Idrett i varmt klima. Sandvolleyball. Full text in Research Archive
• Talsnes, Ove (2016). Femoral Neck Fractures Treated with Hemiprosthesis: Comorbidity, Organ Affection and Bone Cement. On the quest for factors affecting mortality. Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive
• Lindahl, Anne Karin; Talsnes, Ove; Figved, Wender; Ranhoff, Anette Hylen; Vesterhus, Elise Berg & Roald, Ole Kristian [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2014). Tiltak for økt overlevelse etter hoftebrudd. Folkehelseinstituttet. ISSN 9788281218529. Full text in Research Archive

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