Anu Räisänen

PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL ARTICLES  

Crossley KM, Whittaker JL, Patterson B, Shill I, Heming EE, Bullock GS, Dijkstra HP, Donaldson A, McKay CD, Mountjoy M, Møller M, Owoeye OBA, Räisänen AM, Schulz JM, Blauwet C, McHugh TL, Mosler AB, Myklebust G, Palmer D, Ross A, Schneider KJ, Thornton J, Chintoh A, Verhagen E, Emery CA. Female, woman and/or girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) practical recommendations: International Olympic Committee (IOC) consensus meeting held in Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2025;59:1546-1559.

Islam J & Räisänen AM. In-person and digital health promotion interventions in higher education: An integrative literature review. Journal of American College Health. November 3, 2025 (online first). doi: 10.1080/07448481.2025.2578654

Whittaker JL, Räisänen AM, Martin CL, Martin MD, Galarneau JM, Bullock GS, Losciale JM, Bizzini M, Bourne M, Dijkstra HP, Dubé MO, Girdwood MA, Hayden A, Hägglund M, McLeod S, Mkumbuzi NS, Mosler B, Murpy MC, Myklebust G, Møller M, Ocarino JM, Owoeye OBA, Palmer D, Pasanen K, Rio E, Thorborg K, van Middelkoop M, Verhagen EALM, Warden JS, Whalan M, Crossley KM, Emery CA. Modifiable risk factors for lower-extremity injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis for the Female, woman and girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2025;59:1499-1513. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2025-109902

Bullock GS, Räisänen AM, Martin CL, Martin MD, Galarneau JM, Whittaker JL, Losciale JM, Bizzini M, Bourne M, Dijkstra HP, Dubé MO, Girdwood MA, Hayden A, Hägglund M, McLeod S, Mkumbuzi NS, Mosler B, Murpy MC, Myklebust G, Møller M, Ocarino JM, Owoeye OBA, Palmer D, Pasanen K, Rio E, Thorborg K, van Middelkoop M, Verhagen EALM, Warden JS, Whalan M, Crossley KM, Emery CA. Prevention strategies for lower extremity injury: A systematic review and meta-analyses for the Female, woman and girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus. British Journal of Sports Medicine. July 11, 2025 (online first). doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2025-109910

Islam J, Ruby Dixon C, O’Rourke M, Räisänen AM. Characteristics of resistance training programs targeting improvements in health outcomes in postmenopausal women: A scoping review. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 2025;39:815-822. doi:10.1519/JSC.0000000000005147

Brown Z, Freeman K, Räisänen AM. Integrating Lifestyle Medicine Content into Health Professions Programs. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. February 19, 2025 (online first). doi:10.1177/15598276251321418

Critchley ML, Rio E, Friesen KB, Räisänen AM, Kenny SJ, Emery CA. Injury Prevention Strategies in Dance: A Systematic Review. Journal of Dance Medicine & Science. February 5, 2025 (online first). doi:10.1177/1089313X251314987

Sell TC, Zerega R, King V, Reiter C, Wrona H, Bullock GS, Mills N, Räisänen A, Ledbetter L, Collins G, Kvist J, Filbay SR, Losciale J. Anterior Cruciate Ligament Return to Sport after Injury Scale (ACL-RSI) Scores over Time After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis. Sports Med - Open 10, 49 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-024-00712-w 

Lutz D, van den Berg C, Räisänen AM, Shill I, Kim J, Vaandering K, Hayden A, Pasanen K, Schneider K, Emery CA, Owoeye O. Best practices for the dissemination and implementation of neuromuscular training injury prevention warm-ups in youth team sport: A systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2024;58:615-625. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-106906 

Phillips A, Räisänen AM, St. Clair T. Lifestyle Medicine as a Curricular Thread in Occupational Therapy Education: A Scoping Review and Discussion of Feasibility. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. April 20, 2024 (online first). doi:10.1177/15598276241247759 

Brown Z & Räisänen AM. Implementing Lifestyle Medicine Competencies in Didactic and Clinical Settings for Allied Health Professionals: A Call to Action. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. March 31, 2024 (Online first). doi:10.1177/15598276241240412 

Bullock GS, Ward P, Impellizzeri FM, Kluzek S, Hughes T, Hillman C, Waterman BR, Danelson K, Henry K, Barr E, Healey K, Räisänen AM, Gomez C, Fernandez G, Wolf J, Nicholson KF, Sell T, Zerega R, Dhiman P, Riley RD, Collins GS. Up front and open, shrouded in secrecy, or somewhere in between? A Meta Research Systematic Review of Open Science Practices in Sport Medicine Research. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. October 20, 2023 (online first). doi: 10.2519/jospt.2023.12016.  

Bullock G, Dartt CE, Ricker EA, Fallowfield J, Arden N, Clifton D, Danelson K, Fraser JJ, Gomez C, Greenlee TA, Gregory A, Gribbin T, Losciale J, Molloy JM, Nicholson KF, Polich J-G, Räisänen AM, Shah K, Smuda M, Teyhen DS, Allard RJ, Collins GS, de la Motte S, Rhon DI. Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation of Musculoskeletal Injury Mitigation Programs for Military Service Members Around the World: A Scoping Review. Injury Prevention. August 23, 2023 (online first). doi: 10.1136/ip-2023-044905 

Volkova V, Räisänen AM, Benson LC, Ferber R, Kenny S. A systematic review of methods used to measure training load in dance. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 2023;9:e001484. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2022-001484.  

Yeates KO, Räisänen AM, Premji Z, Debert C, Frémont P, Hinds S, Smirl J, Barlow K, Davis GA, Echemendia R, Feddermann-Demont N, Fuller C, Gagnon I, Giza CC, Iverson GL, Makdissi M, Schneider KJ. What tests and measures accurately diagnose persisting post-concussive symptoms in children, adolescents and adults following sport-related concussion? A systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2023;57:780-788. 

Schneider KJ, Patricios J, Meeuwisse W, Schneider GM, Hayden, Premji Z, Ahmed OH, Blauwet C, Broglio SP, Cantu RC, Davis GA, Dvorak J, Echemendia R, Emery CA, Iverson GL, Leddy JJ, Makdissi M, McCreA MA, McNamee M, Putukian M, Yeates KO, Black AM, Burma JS, Critchley M, Eliason P, Räisänen AM, Tabor J, Toomey C, Paul Ronksley P, Cassidy JD. The Amsterdam 2022 Process: A Summary of the Methodology for the International Consensus on Concussion in Sport. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2023;57:712-721. 

Räisänen AM, Galarneau JM, van den Berg C, Eliason P, Benson LC, Owoeye OBA, Pasanen K, Eliason P, Hagel B, Emery CA. Who does not respond to injury prevention warm-up programs? A secondary analysis of trial data on neuromuscular training programs in youth basketball, soccer and physical education. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy 2023;53(2):94–102.  https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2022.11526 

Whittaker JL, Culvenor AG, Juhl CB, Berg B, Bricca A, Filbay SR, Holm PM, Macri EM, Urhausen A, Ardern CL, Bruder AM, Bullock GS, Ezzat AM, Girdwood MA, Haberfield MJ, Hughes M, Ingelsrud LH, Khan KM, Le CY, Losciale JM, Lundberg M, Miciak M, Øiestad BE, Patterson BE, Räisänen AM, Skou ST, Thorlund JB, Toomey CM, Truong LK, van der Meer B, Young JJ, Lohmander LS, Emery CA, Risberg MA, van Middelkoop M, Roos EM, Crossley KM. OPTIKNEE 2022: Consensus Recommendations to Optimise Knee Health after Traumatic Knee Injury to Prevent Osteoarthritis. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2022;56:1393–1405. 

Filbay SR, Skou ST, Bullock GS, Le CY, Räisänen AM, Toomey C, Ezzat AM, Hayden A, Culvenor AG, Whittaker JL, Roos EM, Crossley KM, Juhl CB, Emery CA. Long-term quality of life, work limitation, physical activity, economic cost and disease burden following ACL and meniscal injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the OPTIKNEE consensus. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2022;56(24):1465-1474. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-105626. 

Räisänen AM, van den Berg C, Owoeye OBA, McKay C, Emery CA. Running every time, planking sometimes: Youth adherence to a neuromuscular training program. Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, 2022;4(7): e000209 doi: 10.1249/TJX.0000000000000209 

Bullock GS, Sell TC, Zarega, R, Reiter C, King V, Wrona H, Mills N, Ganderton C, Duhig S, Räisänen A, Ledbetter L, Collins GS, Kvist J, Filbay S. Kinesiophobia, Knee Self-Efficacy, and Fear Avoidance Beliefs in People with ACL Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sports Med 2022;52(12):3001-3019. doi: 10.1007/s40279-022-01739-3 

Gibson E, Cairo A, Räisänen AM, Kuntze C, Emery CA, Pasanen K. The epidemiology of sport-related shoulder injuries among youth: a systematic review. Translational Sports Medicine, 2022:8791398. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/8791398 

Benson LC, Räisänen AM, Sidhu S, Emery CA. Comparison of Measured and Observed Exercise Fidelity during a Neuromuscular Training Warm-Up. Biomechanics 2022;2,361–373. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomechanics2030029 

Räisänen AM, Benson LC, Whittaker J, Emery CA. Evaluating a wearable solution for measuring lower extremity asymmetry during landing. Physiotherapy Canada 2023; 75(3); 271–275; doi:10.3138/ptc-2021-0086 

Cairo AL, Räisänen AM, Shill IJ, Black AM, Emery CA. High Injury and Concussion Rates in Female Youth Team Sport: An Opportunity for Prevention. International Journal of Sports Medicine 2022; 43:608-615. doi: 10.1055/a-1697-2195 

Benson LC, Räisänen AM, Clermont CA, Ferber R. Is this the real life, or is this just laboratory? A scoping review of IMU-based running gait analysis. Sensors. 2022;22(5):1722. doi.org/10.3390/s22051722.  

Emery CA, Owoeye OBA, Räisänen AM, Befus K, Hubkarao T, Palacios-Derflingher L, Pasanen K. The "SHRed Injuries Basketball" Neuromuscular Training Warm-up Program Reduces Ankle and Knee Injury Rates by 36% in Youth Basketball. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2022 Jan;52(1):40-48. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2022.10959.  

Hilska M, Leppänen M, Vasankari T, Aaltonen S, Raitanen J, Räisänen AM, Steffen K, Forsman H, Konttinen N, Kujala UM, Pasanen K. Adherence to an Injury Prevention Warm-Up Program in Children’s Soccer—A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(24):13134. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413134 

Befus K, McDonough MH, Räisänen AM, Owoeye OWA, Pasanen K, Emery CA. Player adherence to SHRed Injuries Basketball neuromuscular training warm-up program: Can exercise fidelity be objectively measured? Translational Sports Medicine 2021; 4: 817– 825. doi:10.1002/tsm2.285 

Owoeye OBA, Whittaker JL, Toomey CM, Räisänen AM, Jaremko JL, Carlesso LC, Manske SL, Emery CA. Health-Related Outcomes 3-15 Years Following Ankle Sprain Injury in Youth Sport: What Does the Future Hold? Foot Ankle Int 2022 Jan;43(1):21-31. doi: 10.1177/10711007211033543.  

Shill IJ, Räisänen AM, Black AM, Barden C, van den Berg C, McKay C, West S, Pasanen K, Hagel BE, Emery CA. Canadian high school rugby coaches readiness for an injury prevention strategy implementation: Evaluating a Train-the-Coach workshop. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living 2021;3:672603. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.672603 

Hilska M, Leppänen M, Vasankari T, Aaltonen S, Kannus P, Steffen K, Kujala U, Konttinen N, Räisänen AM, Pasanen K. Neuromuscular training warm-up prevents acute non-contact lower extremity injuries in children’s soccer. A cluster randomized controlled trial. The Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 2021;9(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671211005769 

Alanen A-M, Räisänen AM, Benson LC, Pasanen K. The use of inertial measurement units for analyzing change of direction movement in sports: A scoping review. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. April 1, 2021 (online first). https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541211003064 

Benson LC, Owoeye OBA, Räisänen AM, Stilling C, Edwards B, Emery CA. Magnitude, Frequency and Accumulation: Workload Among Injured and Uninjured Youth Basketball Players. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2021; 3:607205. doi:10.3389/fspor.2021.607205 

Räisänen AM, Owoeye OBA, Befus K, van den Berg C, Pasanen K, Emery C. Warm-ups and coaches’ perceptions: Searching for clues to improve injury prevention in youth basketball. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2021;3:619291. doi:10.3389/fspor.2021.619291 

Benson L, Räisänen AM, Volkova V, Pasanen K, Emery C.  Workload a-WEAR-ness: Monitoring workload in team sports with wearable technology – A scoping review. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy 2020;50(10):549–563. 

Owoeye O, McKay C, Räisänen AM, Hubka T, Palacios-Derflingher L, Emery C. Psychosocial Factors and the Effects of a Structured Injury Prevention Workshop on Coaches’ Self-Efficacy to Implement the 11 Exercise Program. International Journal of Exercise Science. 2020;13(5):1459 – 1475. 

Nowell L, Laventure A, Räisänen AM, Strzalkowski N, Kenny N. Postdoctoral scholars’ perceptions of a university teaching certificate program. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 2020:11(3);233. https://doi.org/10.1108/SGPE-12-2019-0088 

Rossi MK, Pasanen K, Heinonen A, Ayrämö S, Räisänen AM, Leppänen M, Myklebust G, Vasankari T, Kannus P, Parkkari J. Performance in Dynamic Movement Tasks and Occurrence of Low Back Pain in Young Athletes: A Prospective PROFITS Cohort Study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2020;21:350. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03376-1 

Räisänen AM, Kulmala T, Parkkari J, Vasankari T, Kannus P, Krosshaug T, Kujala UM, Vesanto J, Pasanen K. There is no relationship between lower extremity alignment during unilateral and bilateral drop jumps and the risk of knee or ankle injury: a prospective study. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy 2020;50(5):267–274. doi:10.2519/jospt.2020.9247  

Räisänen A, Arkkila H, Vasankari T, Steffen K, Parkkari J, Kannus P, Forsmann H, Pasanen K. Investigation of knee control as a lower extremity injury risk factor: A prospective study in youth football. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 2018;28(9): 2084 - 2092. doi: 10.1111/sms.13197 

Räisänen A, Kokko S, Pasanen K, Leppänen M, Rimpelä A, Villberg J, Parkkari J. Prevalence of adolescent physical activity-related injuries in sports, leisure time, and school: the National Physical Activity Behaviour Study for Children and Adolescent. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018;19:58. doi: 10.1186/s12891-018-1969-y.  

Räisänen A, Pasanen K, Krosshaug T, Vasankari T, Kannus P, Heinonen A, Kujala UM, Avela J, Perttunen J, Parkkari J. Association between frontal plane knee control and lower extremity injuries: A prospective study on young team sport athletes. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 2018;4;e000311. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2017-000311.  

Räisänen A, Parkkari J, Karhola L, Rimpelä A. Adolescent physical activity related injuries in sports club, school sports and other leisure-time physical activities. Cogent Medicine 2016;3:1260786. doi: 10.1080/2331205X.2016.1260786.  

Räisänen A, Pasanen K, Krosshaug T, Avela J, Perttunen J, Parkkari J. Single-leg squat as a tool to evaluate young athlete's frontal plane knee control. Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine 2016;26:478–82. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000288.  

Räisänen A, Eklund J, Calvet J-H, Tuomilehto J. Sudomotor Function as a Tool for Cardiorespiratory Fitness Level Evaluation: Comparison with Maximal Exercise Capacity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2014;11:6:5839–48. doi: 10.3390/ijerph110605839.