Professor Grethe Myklebust is a physiotherapist and leading researcher in sports injury prevention, with over two decades of clinical and academic experience. Based at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences and the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre, she has helped shape evidence-based strategies to reduce injury risk in team sports.

Her doctoral research focused on ACL injury prevention in handball, laying the foundation for extensive contributions to injury epidemiology and neuromuscular training in football, handball, and youth sport. She has served as team physiotherapist for Norway’s national women’s teams in handball, football, and beach volleyball, and was part of the Olympic health teams for the Seoul and Sydney Games.

Prof Myklebust coordinates the Master’s programme in Sports Physiotherapy and teaches in clinical injury management and implementation science. Her projects include “Prep to be PRO” and “Safeplay,” which promote injury prevention strategies in adolescent athletes.

She is a board member of the Norwegian Sports Physiotherapy Association (FIA), a former medical commission member of the International Handball Federation, and a long-standing member of the ACL Study Group.