• Does baseline leisure-time physical activity level predict future depressive symptoms or physical activity among depressive patients? Findings from a Finnish five-year cohort study 

  Raatikainen, Ilkka; Mäntyselkä, Pekka; Heinonen, Ari; Vanhala, Mauno; Kautiainen, Hannu; Koponen, Hannu; Korniloff, Katariina (Taylor & Francis, 2020)

  Objectives: The aims of this study were to investigate whether baseline leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) is associated with future recovery from depression among patients with a depression diagnosis and whether baseline ...

• Associations between Perceived Outdoor Environment and Walking Modifications in Community-Dwelling Older People : A Two-Year Follow-Up Study 

  Skantz, Heidi; Rantanen, Taina; Rantalainen, Timo; Keskinen, Kirsi E.; Palmberg, Lotta; Portegijs, Erja; Eronen, Johanna; Rantakokko, Merja (SAGE Publications, 2020)

  Objectives: To examine associations of perceived outdoor environment with the prevalence and development of adaptive (e.g., slower pace) and maladaptive (e.g., avoiding walking) modifications in walking 2 km among older ...

• Changes in Self-Reported Physical Fitness, Performance, and Side Effects Across the Phases of the Menstrual Cycle Among Competitive Endurance Athletes 

  Solli, Guro S.; Sandbakk, Silvana B.; Noordhof, Dionne A.; Ihalainen, Johanna K.; Sandbakk, Øyvind (Human Kinetics, 2020)

  Purpose: To investigate changes in self-reported physical fitness, performance, and side effects across the menstrual cycle (MC) phases among competitive endurance athletes and to describe their knowledge and communication ...

• Effect of Sitting Posture on Sit-Skiing Economy in Non-disabled Athletes 

  Lajunen, Kimmo; Rapp, Walter; Ahtiainen, Juha P.; Lindinger, Stefan J.; Linnamo, Vesa (Frontiers Media, 2020)

  This study focused on resolving the differences in economy between two common sit-skiing postures used by disabled athletes, suspected to be the most and least effective. Ten experienced non-disabled male cross-country ...

• Irradiation of the head reduces adult hippocampal neurogenesis and impairs spatial memory, but leaves overall health intact in rats 

  Lensu, Sanna; Waselius, Tomi; Mäkinen, Elina; Kettunen, Heikki; Virtanen, Ari; Tiirola, Marja; Penttonen, Markku; Pekkala, Satu; Nokia, Miriam S. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)

  Treatment of brain cancer, glioma, can cause cognitive impairment as a side‐effect, possibly because it disrupts the integrity of the hippocampus, a structure vital for normal memory. Radiotherapy is commonly used to treat ...

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