Magnus Forssblad

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Article: KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY. 2026;34(8):2814-2822
Preoperative knee laxity is not associated with subjective knee function or revision surgery after primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: An analysis of 5425 patients
Cristiani R; von Essen C; Senorski EH; Helito CP; Samuelsson K; Eriksson K; Forssblad M; Stalman A
Article: KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY. 2026;34(7):2340-2351
Surgical caseload and annual volume influence cartilage treatment strategies in primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Rizvanovic D; Walden M; Forssblad M; Stalman A
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2026;54(8):1894-1902
Progressive Cartilage Degeneration After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Longitudinal Evidence From the Swedish Knee Ligament Registry
Agostinone P; Romandini I; Rotzius P; Zaffagnini S; Forssblad M; Sandon A
Article: KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY. 2026
Similar revision rates after ACL reconstruction with hamstring tendon or bone-patellar tendon-bone autografts in young females: Results from the Swedish knee ligament registry
Koca F; von Essen C; Senorski EH; Samuelsson K; Eriksson K; Stalman A; Forssblad M; Cristiani R
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2026;54(3):558-568
Patient-Reported Outcomes and Revision Rates After ACL Reconstruction With Quadriceps Versus Hamstring and Patellar Tendon Autografts: Sex-Stratified Results From the Swedish Knee Ligament Registry
Rizvanovic D; Walden M; Forssblad M; Cristiani R; Von Essen C; Stalman A
Article: ORTHOPAEDIC JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2025;13(10):23259671251381340
Debridement or Microfracture for Full-Thickness Cartilage Lesions in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A 10-Year Cohort Study of 326 Patients in Norway and Sweden
Kjennvold S; Rotterud JH; Forssblad M; Engebretsen L; Aroen A; Ulstein S
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2025;53(10):2407-2414
Effect of Focal Cartilage Lesions on Patient-Reported Outcomes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A 10-Year Nationwide Cohort Study of 7040 Patients
Kjennvold S; Ulstein S; Aroen A; Forssblad M; Engebretsen L; Rotterud JH
Article: ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY. 2025;41(7):2496-2505
Lower Surgical Volume Reduces the Odds of Performing Meniscus Repair for Tears During Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Rizvanovic D; Walden M; Forssblad M; Stalman A
Article: KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY. 2025;33(7):2368-2378
Young age and return to play increase the likelihood of subsequent ACL reconstruction in football players: Data from the Swedish National Knee Ligament Registry
Faltstrom A; Forssblad M; Sandon A
Article: KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY. 2025;33(7):2356-2367
Return to competition after ACL reconstruction: Factors influencing rates and timing in Swedish football players
Sandon A; Kvist J; Hedevik H; Forssblad M
Article: ORTHOPAEDIC JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2025;13(5):23259671251335978
Comparison of Outcomes Between a Fixed-Loop Cortical Suspensory Device and Metal Interference Screw for Femoral Fixation of Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Grafts in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Scandinavian Registry Study.
Tandberg AN; Zegzdryn M; Aga C; Lygre SHL; Gifstad T; Drogset JO; Engebretsen L; Lind M; Forssblad M; Heir S
Article: ORTHOPAEDIC JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2024;12(12):23259671241295834
Return to Soccer After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: An Outcome or a Decision?
Hallen I; Kvist J; Forssblad M; Sandon A
Article: ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY. 2024;40(10):2588-2591
Patient's Height and Sex Predict Graft Diameter: A Cohort Study of 4,519 Patients With Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using Semitendinosus Autograft
Sarakatsianos V; Cristiani R; Forssblad M; Edman G; Stalman A
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2024;52(8):1937-1943
A High Grade of Postoperative Knee Laxity Is Associated With an Increased Hazard of Revision Surgery: A Cohort Study of 4697 Patients With Primary ACL Reconstruction
Cristiani R; Forssblad M; Helito CP; Edman G; Eriksson K; Stalman A
Article: ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY. 2024;40(6):1824-1832
The Addition of the Gracilis Tendon to a Semitendinosus Tendon Autograft Is Not Associated With Knee Muscle Strength, Subjective Knee Function, or Revision Surgery After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Cristiani R; Forssblad M; Edman G; Eriksson K; Stalman A
Article: ORTHOPAEDIC JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2024;12(3):23259671241233695
Influence of Surgeon Experience and Clinic Volume on Subjective Knee Function and Revision Rates in Primary ACL Reconstruction: A Study from the Swedish National Knee Ligament Registry
Rizvanovic D; Walden M; Forssblad M; Stalman A
Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2024;58(2):66-72
Depression and anxiety-related disorders and suicide among Swedish male elite football players: a nationwide cohort study
Kader M; Pasternak B; Lim C-E; Neovius M; Forssblad M; Svanstroem H; Ludvigsson JF; Ueda P
Article: HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES. 2023;21(1):34
Experience-based health state valuation using the EQ VAS: a register-based study of the EQ-5D-3L among nine patient groups in Sweden
Teni FS; Burstrom K; Devlin N; Parkin D; Rolfson O
Article: LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;8(4):e256-e265
Neurodegenerative disease among male elite football (soccer) players in Sweden: a cohort study
Ueda P; Pasternak B; Lim C-E; Neovius M; Kader M; Forssblad M; Ludvigsson JF; Svanstroem H
Article: KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY. 2023;31(2):475-486
Surgeon's experience, sports participation and a concomitant MCL injury increase the use of patellar and quadriceps tendon grafts in primary ACL reconstruction: a nationwide registry study of 39,964 surgeries
Rizvanovic D; Walden M; Forssblad M; Stalman A
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Editorial: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2022;379:e074093
Alcohol related disorders among elite male football players in Sweden: nationwide cohort study
Ueda P; Pasternak B; Svanstrom H; Lim C-E; Neovius M; Forssblad M; Ludvigsson JF; Kader M
Review: KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY. 2022;30(5):1828-1835
Age, time from injury to surgery and hop performance after primary ACLR affect the risk of contralateral ACLR
Cristiani R; Forssblad M; Edman G; Eriksson K; Stalman A
Letter: ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY. 2020;36(7):1794-1795
Regarding "Editorial Commentary: Meniscal Repair-Why Bother?"
Cristiani R; Forssblad M; Edman G; Engstrom B; Stalman A
Editorial: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2019;53(20):1259-1260
15 years of the Scandinavian knee ligament registries: lessons, limitations and likely prospects
Senorski EH; Svantesson E; Engebretsen L; Lind M; Forssblad M; Karlsson J; Samuelsson K
Editorial: KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY. 2019;27(8):2387-2388
Should "garbage in-garbage out" be replaced by "little in-little out"? Questionnaire response rates need to be improved in surgical quality registries!
Sandon A; Forssblad M; Hagglund M; Walden M
Editorial: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2018;52(20):1297-1298
Prevention, diagnosis and management of paediatric ACL injuries
Ardern CL; Ekas GR; Grindem H; Moksnes H; Anderson A; Chotel F; Cohen M; Forssblad M; Ganley TJ; Feller JA; Karlsson J; Kocher MS; LaPrade RF; McNamee M; Mandelbaum B; Micheli L; Mohtadi NGH; Reider B; Roe JP; Seil R; Siebold R; Silvers-Granelli HJ; Soligard T; Witvrouw E; Engebretsen L
Review: ORTHOPAEDIC JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2018;6(3):2325967118759953
2018 International Olympic Committee Consensus Statement on Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
Ardern CL; Ekas G; Grindem H; Moksnes H; Anderson AF; Chotel F; Cohen M; Forssblad M; Ganley TJ; Feller JA; Karlsson J; Kocher MS; LaPrade RF; McNamee M; Mandelbaum B; Micheli L; Mohtadi NGH; Reider B; Roe JP; Seil R; Siebold R; Silvers-Granelli HJ; Soligard T; Witvrouw E; Engebretsen L
Editorial: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2016;50(22):1355
Swedish Society for Physical Activity and Sports Medicine: a long history of excellence in sport and exercise medicine
Forssblad M; Khan K
Meeting abstract: INJURY PREVENTION. 2016;22:A268-A269
INJURY INCIDENCE AND LOCATION OF ACUTE INJURIES AT A NATIONAL LEVEL IN SEVEN POPULAR SPORT
Aman M; Forssblad M; Henriksson-Larsen K
Editorial: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2015;49(22):1419-1420
Can you feel the real paper?
Borjesson M; Forssblad M; Karlsson J
Editorial: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2015;49(22):1421
Looking back over 20 years of sports medicine prevention and treatment: progress, but still a lot to achieve
Borjesson M; Forssblad M; Karlsson J
Editorial: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2015;49(10):636-638
Why registries analysing cruciate ligament surgery are important
Engebretsen L; Forssblad M; Lind M
Letter: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2014;111(12-13):557
[How many "unnecessary" knee arthroscopies are performed really?].
Forssblad M
Published conference paper: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2012;40(10):2230-2235
The Swedish National Anterior Cruciate Ligament Register A Report on Baseline Variables and Outcomes of Surgery for Almost 18,000 Patients
Ahlden M; Samuelsson K; Sernert N; Forssblad M; Karlsson J; Kartus J
Editorial: KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY. 2009;17(2):115-116
Why knee ligament registries are important...
Engebretsen L; Forssblad M
Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2007;104(19):1509-1513
[Injuries of the menisci and the cruciate ligaments].
Roos H; Forssblad M; Karlsson J
Letter: KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY. 2007;15(5):686
About ACL registries
Forssblad M
Doctoral thesis: 2004
A concept for treatment of sports related knee injuries
Forssblad M

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Affiliated to Research, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2026-2029

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Docent, Orthopaedics, Karolinska Institutet, 2014
Doctor Of Philosophy, Dept of Surgical Science, Karolinska Institutet, 2004

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