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Urho Kujala

Professor emeritus

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Finland

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Sports Nutrition

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Exercise Physiology

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Cardiometabolic Health

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Cohort Study

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Exercise Psychology

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Sports Science

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Physical Activity

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Recent Grants

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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

Articles15

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

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2025

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

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2024

Metabolic syndrome and epigenetic aging: a twin study

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2024

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

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2024

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

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2023

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

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2023

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

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2023

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

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2023

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

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2023

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

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2023

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

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2023

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

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2023

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

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2022

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

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2022

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

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2022

Collaborators18

Eija Laakkonen

Associate Professor (Tenure-track)

University of Jyväskylä

FINLAND

Jan Wikgren

Senior lecturer

FINLAND

Päivi Herranen

University of Jyväskylä

FINLAND

Anja Bye

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

NORWAY

Alan R. Barker

University of Exeter Medical School

UNITED KINGDOM

Kirsi Pietiläinen

Professor in Clinical Metabolism

University of Helsinki

FINLAND

Juha J. Hulmi

University of Jyväskylä

FINLAND

Henri Vähä-Ypyä

FINLAND

Johanna K. Ihalainen

University of Jyväskylä

FINLAND

Sari Aaltonen

University of Helsinki

FINLAND

Elina Sillanpää

Associate professor of health promotion (tenure track)

University of Jyväskylä

FINLAND

Silja Kosola

University of Helsinki

FINLAND

Seppo Sarna

University of Helsinki

FINLAND

Teemu Palviainen

University of Helsinki

FINLAND

Heikki Kainulainen

Professor of exercise physiology

University of Jyväskylä

FINLAND

Jaakko Kaprio

University of Helsinki

FINLAND

George Batty

University College London

UNITED KINGDOM

Riikka Kivelä

University of Helsinki

FINLAND

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