Bakgrunn og erfaring
May Arna Risberg is a professor at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (50%) and a senior researcher at the Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital (50%). She worked at the Norwegian Sport Medicine Clinic (NIMI) for more than 20 years. She has an extensive international research collaboration and held an Affiliated Assistant Professor position at the Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, University of Delaware, USA, up to 2022. She had for more than 15 years a formal collaboration with the University of Delaware (Professor Lynn Snyder-Mackler) as a co-PI on the National Institutes of Health grant (NIH) on the "Delaware-Oslo ACL Cohort Study", a formal collaborations with the University of Southern Denmark (Professor Ewa Roos) with the OMEX Study, and an international grant as PI with LaTrobe University, Melbourne Australia (Dr Joanne Kemp); the HIPARTI Study. Furthermore, she has worked with the "Clinical rehabilitation trial group of the Task Force of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI)", part of the Lancet Committee for Osteoarthritis, and the OPTIKNEE group. Her main research areas are ACL injuries, knee, and hip osteoarthritis. She has been the main supervisor of 15 PhD students and co-supervisor of 4 PhD students. She has published more than 160 original research articles and systematic reviews.
Arbeidssteder
- Institutt for Idrettsmedisinske fag, Norges Idrettshøgskole
- Ortopedisk Klinikk, Oslo Universitetssykehus
Ansvarsområder
Forskningsprosjekter innen ACL skader, kne og hofteartrose
Masterprogram i Idrettsfysioterapi, MAS510.
Undervisning
Idrettsfysioterapi (MAS510), Metodeundervisning MET401 (Validitet og Reliabilitet og Etikk), Fysisk Aktivitet og Helse (MA453), Quanititaive Methods (PhD646).
Forskning
Idrettsskader, idrettsmedisin/idrettsfysioterapi, muskel-skjelett skader, sykdommer og plager (MUSSP), rehabilitering, ACL, kne- og hofteartrose.