Projects

The RUNSAFE research group conducts research in the field of running-related injuries.

Within this thematic, we specificly adress the following areas:

  • Running Injury and Prevention
  • Treatment of Running Injuries
  • Biomechanics of Running Injuries
  • Motivation and Behavior in Running
  • Causal statistics in Running Injury Research

For more on this, please see our
running injury research strategy

Start Running

Status: Completed
Design: Randomized trial
Lead by: Michael Bertelsen
Objective: To investigate the etiology of running injuries in novice runners with BMI 30-35. 

ProjectRun21

Status: Completed
Design: Cohort study
Lead by: Camma Damsted  
Objective: To investigate effects of running experience and current running level on injury risk.

Run CLEVER

Status: Completed
Design: Randomized trial
Lead by: Daniel Ramskov
Objective: To compare the risk of injury across two different running programs.

RunTech

Status: Completed
Design: Cohort study
Lead by: Rene Korsgaard 
Objective: To investigate the etiology of running-related injuries amongst recreational runners.

DANO-RUN

Status: Completed
Design: Cohort study
Lead by: Rasmus Nielsen
Objective: To investigate the etiology behind running injuries in novice runners. 

Running Health Study

Status: Ongoing
Design: 1½-year cohort study 
Lead by: Rasmus Nielsen 
Objective: To investigate causes to running-related injuries.