Urho Kujala

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Finland

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Urho Kujala is a Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Jyväskylä University, Finland. His research spans several areas, including physical activity and health, metabolic syndrome, and the genetic factors influencing muscle strength and fitness. Kujala's recent publications examine the relationships between physical activity, mobility limitations, and health outcomes in various populations, including twins and older adults. He has also contributed to studies on the impact of contact sports on mental health and the role of physical fitness in chronic disease risk.

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Non-Invasive Real-Time Wearable Monitoring of Health and Physical-Performance Indicators

Open Date: 2017-03-01

Close Date: 2019-12-01

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Branched-chain amino acid catabolism and fat oxidation

Open Date: 2016-09-01

Close Date: 2020-08-01

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Long-term leisure-time physical activity and other determinants and correlates of older age physical activity/inactivity and cognition in twins.

Open Date: 2016-01-01

Close Date: 2017-12-01

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Long-term leisure-time physical activity and other determinants and correlates of older age physical activity/inactivity and cognition in twins.

Open Date: 2015-01-01

Close Date: 2016-12-01

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Female steroid hormone mediated regulation of apoptosis as a mechanism of muscle ageing and sarcopenia

Open Date: 2014-09-01

Close Date: 2018-08-01

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Eija Laakkonen

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University of Jyväskylä

FINLAND

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Association Between Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity and Mobility Limitations in Twins

Genome-Wide Polygenic Score for Muscle Strength Predicts Risk for Common Diseases and Lifespan: A Prospective Cohort Study

Metabolic syndrome and epigenetic aging: a twin study

Physical activity, physical fitness and self-rated health: cross-sectional and longitudinal associations in adolescents

Effects of Long-Term Physical Activity and BCAA Availability on the Subcellular Associations between Intramyocellular Lipids, Perilipins and PGC-1α

Associations of polygenic inheritance of physical activity with aerobic fitness, cardiometabolic risk factors and diseases: the HUNT study

Dementia in former amateur and professional contact sports participants: population-based cohort study, systematic review, and meta-analysis

Age But not Menopausal Status is Linked to Lower Resting Energy Expenditure

Suicide and depression in former contact sports participants: population-based cohort study, systematic review, and meta-analysis

Sports and exercise medicine clinic in public hospital settings: a real-life concept and experiences of the treatment of the first 1151 patients

Eating behaviours, menstrual history and the athletic career: a retrospective survey from adolescence to adulthood in female endurance athletes

Accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in nonagenarians: Associations with self-reported physical activity, anthropometric, sociodemographic, health and cognitive characteristics

Associations of cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, and blood pressure with arterial stiffness in adolescent, young adult, and middle-aged women

Factors associated with body size perception among adolescent goal-oriented sports participants and non-participants: a cross-sectional Finnish study.

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Estimation Based on Heart Rate and Body Acceleration in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Validation Study

Collaborators (18)

Eija Laakkonen

Jan Wikgren

Päivi Herranen

Anja Bye

Alan R. Barker

Kirsi Pietiläinen

Juha J. Hulmi

Henri Vähä-Ypyä

Johanna K. Ihalainen

Sari Aaltonen

Elina Sillanpää

Silja Kosola

Seppo Sarna

Teemu Palviainen

Heikki Kainulainen

Jaakko Kaprio

George Batty

Riikka Kivelä

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