• Associations between biological maturity level, match locomotion, and physical capacities in youth male soccer players 

      Gundersen, Hilde; Riiser, Amund; Algrøy, Erling Andre; Vestbøstad, Mona; Sæterbakken, Atle Hole; Clemm, Hege Synnøve Havstad; Grendstad, Halvard; Hafstad, Arild; Kristoffersen, Morten; Rygh, Cecilie Brekke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Introduction: Biological maturity level has shown to affect sport performance in youths. However, most previous studies have used noninvasive methods to estimate maturity level. Thus, the main aim of the present study was ...
    • Physical capacity, not skeletal maturity, distinguishes competitive levels in male Norwegian U14 players 

      Grendstad, Halvard Nikolai; Nilsen, Ann-Kristin; Rygh, Cecilie Brekke; Hafstad, Arild; Kristoffersen, Morten; Iversen, Vegard Vereide; Nybakken, Tone; Vestbøstad, Mona; Algrøy, Erling Andre; Sandbakk, Øyvind; Gundersen, Hilde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The main aim of the present study was to compare skeletal maturity level and physi-cal capacities between male Norwegian soccer players playing at elite, sub-elite and non-elite level. Secondary, we aimed to investigate ...