• Differences in cardiometabolic risk profiles between Chinese and Finnish older adults with glucose impairment and central obesity 

  Le, S.; Zhang, Y.; Voutilainen, A.; Tan, X.; Laukkanen, J.; Wang, C.; Cheng, S. (Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Italian Society of Endocrinology, 2022)

  Background Obesity and ethnicity play important roles in cardiovascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study aimed to compare cardiometabolic risk profiles between Chinese and Finnish ...

• Effects of a 12-month home-based exercise program on functioning after hip fracture : Secondary analyses of an RCT 

  Soukkio, Paula K.; Suikkanen, Sara A.; Kukkonen‐Harjula, Katriina T.; Kautiainen, Hannu; Hupli, Markku T.; Aartolahti, Eeva M.; Kääriä, Sanna M.; Pitkälä, Kaisu H.; Sipilä, Sarianna (Wiley-Blackwell, 2022)

  Background Long-term functional limitations are common after hip fractures. Exercise may alleviate these negative consequences but there is no consensus on an optimal training program. The objective was to study the effects ...

• In vivo localised gastrocnemius subtendon representation within the healthy and ruptured human Achilles tendon 

  Khair, Raad M.; Stenroth, Lauri; Cronin, Neil J.; Reito, Aleksi; Paloneva, Juha; Finni, Taija (American Physiological Society, 2022)

  The Achilles tendon (AT) is composed of three distinct in-series elastic subtendons, arising from different muscles in the triceps surae. Independent activation of any of these muscles is thought to induce sliding between ...

• Total and regional body adiposity increases during menopause : evidence from a follow‐up study 

  Juppi, Hanna‐Kaarina; Sipilä, Sarianna; Fachada, Vasco; Hyvärinen, Matti; Cronin, Neil; Aukee, Pauliina; Karppinen, Jari E.; Selänne, Harri; Kujala, Urho M.; Kovanen, Vuokko; Karvinen, Sira; Laakkonen, Eija K. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2022)

  For women, menopausal transition is a time of significant hormonal changes, which may contribute to altered body composition and regional adipose tissue accumulation. Excess adiposity, and especially adipose tissue ...

• Effect of Childhood Developmental Coordination Disorder on Adulthood Physical Activity : Arvo Ylppö Longitudinal Study 

  Tan, Jocelyn L.K.; Ylä‐Kojola, Anna‐Mari; Eriksson, Johan G.; Salonen, Minna K.; Wasenius, Niko; Hart, Nicolas H.; Chivers, Paola; Rantalainen, Timo; Lano, Aulikki; Piitulainen, Harri (Wiley, 2022)

  Individuals at risk of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) have low levels of physical activity in childhood due to impaired motor competence, however physical activity levels in adulthood have not been established. ...

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