• Beta-band MEG signal power changes in older adults after physical exercise program with and without additional cognitive training 

  Kujala, Jan; Alexandrou, Anna Maria; Lapinkero, Hanna-Maija; Stigsdotter-Neely, Anna; Sipilä, Sarianna; Parviainen, Tiina (Elsevier, 2023)

  Physical exercise has been considered to be an efficient mean of preserving cognitive function and it influences both the structural and functional characteristics of the brain. It has especially been shown to increase ...

• Measurement Properties of Smartphone Approaches to Assess Physical Activity in Healthy Young People : Systematic Review 

  Parmenter, Belinda; Burley, Claire; Stewart, Courtney; Whife, Jesse; Champion, Katrina; Osman, Bridie; Newton, Nicola; Green, Olivia; Wescott, Annie B.; Gardner, Lauren A.; Visontay, Rachel; Birrell, Louise; Bryant, Zachary; Chapman, Cath; Lubans, David R; Sunderland, Matthew; Slade, Tim; Thornton, Louise (JMIR Publications Inc., 2022)

  Background: Physical inactivity is a preventable risk factor for several chronic diseases and one of the driving forces behind the growing global burden of disease. Recent evidence has shown that interventions using mobile ...

• Measuring Health Literacy in Basic Education in Finland : The Development of a Curriculum- and Performance-Based Measurement Instrument 

  Summanen, Anna-Mari; Rautopuro, Juhani; Kannas, Lasse; Paakkari, Leena (MDPI AG, 2022)

  This paper describes the development of an objective curriculum- and performance-based health literacy (HL) measurement instrument to assess Finnish 9th graders’ learning outcomes in the school subject termed Health Education ...

• Heme Oxygenase-1 and Blood Bilirubin Are Gradually Activated by Oral D-Glyceric Acid 

  Hirvonen, O. Petteri; Lehti, Maarit; Kyröläinen, Heikki; Kainulainen, Heikki (MDPI AG, 2022)

  It has been shown that small doses of oral D-glyceric acid (DGA) activate mitochondrial metabolism and reduce inflammation among 50–60-year-old healthy volunteers. The present results with the same small doses reveal that ...

• Analysis of Somatosensory Cortical Responses to Different Electrotactile Stimulations as a Method Towards an Objective Definition of Artificial Sensory Feedback Stimuli : An MEG Pilot Study 

  Liu, Jia; Piitulainen, Harri; Vujaklija, Ivan (IEEE, 2022)

  Sensory feedback is a critical component in many human-machine interfaces (e.g., bionic limbs) to provide missing sensations. Specifically, electrotactile stimulation is a popular feedback modality able to evoke configurable ...

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