Sally Oppendieck Andersen

Kort præsentation

BSc. Exercise & Sports Science, MSc. Human Physiology, PhD-student

Sally is a physiologist with great interest in exercise science and musculoskeletal hip and groin problems in young active individuals. She has been affiliated with SORC-C since 2019, finishing her Master Thesis in Human Physiology from Department of Nutrition, Exercise & Sports (NEXS), University of Copenhagen (UCPH) in January 2021 under the supervision of Professor Per Hölmich. During her studies at UCPH, Sally spent 6 months at Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia attending courses of the Exercise Science program.

As a former competitive dancer on elite level, Sally strives to improve awareness and treatment of hip and groin-related pain in young sports and physical active individuals. In February 2022 Sally became a board member of Dance Science Denmark, an association dedicated to improve knowledge and understanding of dance injuries, injury prevention and dance teaching.

Primære forskningsområder

Research interest

• Hip dysplasia
• Hip and groin-related pain
• Exercise physiology
• Health-related cardiovascular and metabolic adaptations to exercise
• Movement-related neuroplasticity

Affiliations

Sports Orthopedic Research Center – Copenhagen (SORC-C), Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Denmark

Aktuel forskning

Projects

Prescribed exercise as supplementary treatment to joint-preserving surgery in patients with hip dysplasia (PhD project)

Master Thesis

Physical capacity among patients treated with periacetabular osteotomy for hip dysplasia: a cross-sectional study