Affiliations
Sports Orthopedic Research Center – Copenhagen (SORC-C), Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Denmark.
About
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.
Research interest
- Hip dysplasia
- Hip and groin-related pain
- Exercise physiology
- Health-related cardiovascular and metabolic adaptations to exercise
- Movement-related neuroplasticity
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.