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. Alanen A-M, Gibson E, Critchley M, Benson L, Jordan M, Ferber R, Pasanen K. Differences in Situational Patterns During Change of Direction Movements Greater than 90° in Youth Male and Female Soccer Player. J Human Kin 2023 (Accepted).
2. Critchley M, Bonfield S, Ferber R, Pasanen K, Kenny S. Risk factors for dance-related injury in pre-professional ballet dancers. JOSPT 2023 (Accepted).
3. Kattilakoski O, Kauranen N, Leppänen M, Kannus P, Pasanen K, Vasankari T, Parkkari J. Intra-rater reliability and analysis of learning effects in the Y balance test. Methods Protoc 2023; 6(2): 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/mps6020041
4. Alanen A-M, Benson LC, Jordan MJ, Ferber R, Pasanen K. Effects of game specific demands on accelerations during change of direction movements: Analysis of Youth Female Soccer. Biomech 2023; 3: 250-257.
5. Alanen A-M, Bruce O, Benson L, Chin M, van den Berg C, Jordan M, Ferber R, Pasanen K. Capturing in Season Change-of-Direction Movement Pattern Change in Youth Soccer Players with Inertial Measurement Units. Biomech 2023; 3: 155–165.
6. Tuominen J, Leppanen M, Jarske H, Pasanen K, Vasankari T, Parkkari J. Test-retest reliability of isokinetic ankle, knee and hip strength in physically active adults using Biodex System 4 Pro. Methods Protoc 2023; 6(2): 26. https://doi.org/10.3390/mps6020026
7. Critchley M, Ferber R, Pasanen K, Kenny S. Pre-Season Screening Assessment: Normative data for pre-professional ballet dancers. J Dance Med Sci 2023 (In Press).
8. Fortington LV, Handcock R, Derman WE, Emery CA, Pasanen K, Schwellnus M, Verhagen E, Finch CF. The citation impact and reach of the IOC sport and exercise medicine consensus statements. BMJ Open SEM 2023; 9: e001460. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2022-001460
9. Fortington LV, Badenhorst M, Bolling C, Derman WE, Emery CA, Pasanen K, Schwellnus M, Verhagen E, Finch CF. Are we levelling the playing field? A qualitative case study of the awareness, uptake and relevance of the IOC consensus statements on two countries. BJSM 2023 doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-105984
10. Raisanen A, Galarneau J-M, van den Berg C, Eliason P, Benson L, Owoeye OBA, Pasanen K, Hagel B, Emery CA. Who does not respond to injury prevention warm-up programs? A secondary analysis of trial data from neuromuscular training programs in youth basketball, soccer, and physical education. JOSPT 2023; 53: 94–102.