Dr. Kati Pasanen

Kati Pasanen is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary. Her PhD in Injury Prevention (2009) is from the Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tampere, Finland. Her scientific work focuses on research of sport injuries, including epidemiological, clinical, biomechanical, as well as experimental studies. The primary focus of Dr. Pasanen’s research is the identification of mechanisms and risk factors for knee and ankle joint injuries, and evaluation of prevention methods to decrease the risk of injury in team sports.

Before moving to Calgary, she worked as a Research and Development Manager in the Tampere Research Center of Sports Medicine at the UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Finland. She has developed, taught, and instructed many educations courses for physiotherapists, physicians, coaches, and PE teachers in the area of sport injury prevention. Over thirty years she has served as a coach for adult and adolescent team sport athletes in both national and international level.

Peer-reviewed scientific articles (10 most recent)

1. Pasanen K, Alanko L, Osmala J, Kenny S, Vasankari T, Aaltonen S. Injuries among professional ballet dancers in Finland: a prospective cohort study over five ballet seasons (FinBallet Study). Phys Sportsmed 2025 (In Press).
2. Müller-Kühnle J, Bill K, Thun P, Mai P, Bagehorn T, Kamatsuki Y, Mausehund L, Solbakken S, Singh M, Petrovic M, Hildebrandt S, Volden S, Carlsen E, Kersting U, Mørtvedt A, Eriksrud O, Pasanen K, Krosshaug T. A Novel Cutting Technique and Resistance Training Intervention to Improve Movement Patterns in Youth Female Handball Players. JOSPT Open 2025: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/josptopen.2025.0144.
3. Arafat A, Vandenberg S, Pasanen K. Characteristics of Adult Patients Transferred by Emergency Medical Services from a Large-Scale Music Festival to Emergency Departments in Calgary, Alberta. Mass Gathering Medicine 2025; 4: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mgmed.2025.100025
4. Whittaker J, Raisanen A, Bizzini M, Bournef M, Bullock G, Dijkstra P, Dubei M-O, Galarneau J-M, Girdwood M, Hayden A, Hagglund M, Losciale J, Martin C, Martin M, McLeod S, Mkumbuzio N, Mosler A, Murphy M, Myklebust G, Moller M, Ocarinos J, Owoeue O, Palmer D, Pasanen K, Rio E, Thorborg K, van Middelkoop M, Verhagen E, Warden S, Whalan M, Crossley K, Emery C. Modifiable risk factors for lower-extremity injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis for the Female, woman and girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus. Br J Sports Med 2025.
5. Cairns JT, Kolstad AT, Galarneau J-M, van den Berg C, Jordan MJ, Schneider KJ, Pasanen K, Emery CA. Down, Set, Record: Assessing warm-up structure and use of neuromuscular training exercises in Canadian Adolescent Tackle Football. Int J Sports Sci Coach 2025. https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541251373073
6. Spörri J, Monsonís OB, Balsiger P, Bahr R, Dios C, Engebretsen L, Finnoff JT, Gillespie S, Hörterer H, Mitterbauer G, Pasanen K, Raschner C, Reardon C, Scherr J, Schobersberger W, Valtonen M, Weihrather T, Gouttebarge V, Bolling C,  Verhagen E. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) consensus statement on training and testing in competitive alpine and freestyle skiers and snowboarders. BMJ Open Sports Med 2025; 11:e002623.
7. Monsonís OB, Verhagen E, Gouttebarge V, Alhammoud M, Collins D, Ellenberger L, Gilgien M, Jordan MJ, Lasshofer M, Mitterbauer G, Okell A, Pasanen K, Supej M, Bolling C, Spörri J. A risk management framework for competitive alpine skiing – co-developed with experts and stakeholders. BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med 2025;11:e002507.
8. Bullock GS, Räisänen AM, Martin CL, Martin MD, Galarneau J-M, Whittaker JL, Losciale JM, Bizzini M, Bourne M, Dijkstra HP, Dubé M-O, Girdwood M, Hayden A, Hägglund M, McLeod S, Mkumbuzi MS, Mosler AB, Murphy MC, Myklebust G, Møller M, Ocarino JM, Owoeye OBA, Palmer D, Pasanen K, Rio E, Thorborg K, van Middelkoop M, Verhagen EALM, Warden SJ, Whalan M, Crossley KM, Emery CA. Prevention strategies for lower extremity injury: A systematic review and meta-analyses for the Female, woman and girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus. Br J Sports Med 2025 (In Press).doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2025-109910
9. Pasanen K, Parkkari J, Ayramo S, Vasankari T, Krosshaug T, Leppanen M. No association between knee biomechanics during 90-degree cutting maneuver and future ACL injury in female floorball players. Clin Biomech 2025; 126: 106571.
10. Pasanen K, Seppanen A, Leppanen M, Tokola K, Jarvela T, Myklebust G, Vasankari T, Krosshaug T, Parkkari J. Knee laxity, joint hypermobility, femoral anteversion, hamstring flexibility, and navicular drop as risk factors for noncontact ACL injury in female athletes. A 4.5-year prospective cohort study. Knee Surg Sport Traumatol Arthrosc 2025; 1–8.